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Old 07-27-2011, 11:27 AM   #1
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F15- Why?


As a rule I usually upgrade my 2 Linux development systems when a new release comes out. Fedora 15 recently came out and I updated it. I did the same with Ubuntu 11.04.

I should have looked at what was changing and stopped. Does anyone know why the human interface changed in both so drasticly? If you still use a keyboard and mouse, the new UIs require a lot more work to use. I use the O/S that is reqired to do the job a hand. Whether I was on Mac OS X, Linux, or Windows, I could quickly figure out how to get things done. But with F15 and Ubuntu 11.04, I'm lost most of the time. I don't think you can blame it on tablets because tablets all have new types of input devices like touchscreen or wheels and they usually have customer UIs, like the Android and iPad tablets do.

I'm hoping some sanity returns soon to the UI for normal Linux.

P.S. F15 has a lot of bugs just getting things to work, like adding printers, connecting to servers, etc. None of this was a problem with F14.
 
Old 07-27-2011, 12:09 PM   #2
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I'm hoping some sanity returns soon to the UI for normal Linux.
Sanity was never gone for the UI in Linux, only for Gnome and Unity. Try KDE, XFCE, LXDE or Enlightenment for a classical desktop feeling.
 
Old 07-27-2011, 12:31 PM   #3
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Sanity was never gone for the UI in Linux, only for Gnome and Unity. Try KDE, XFCE, LXDE or Enlightenment for a classical desktop feeling.
Good Point. It's just Gnome that's has lost it's mind.
 
Old 07-29-2011, 08:21 AM   #4
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gnome in FC15 is the absolute worst designed desktop manager of all time. ALL TIME.
 
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gnome in FC15 is the absolute worst designed desktop manager of all time. ALL TIME.
jeje change to KDE !
 
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I plan to install Fedora 15, any advice?
 
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I plan to install Fedora 15, any advice?
What kind of advice?
 
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I plan to install Fedora 15, any advice?
Start your own thread?

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will it make me feel good?
like ubuntu?
 
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will it make me feel good?
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Just try it.

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Old 08-02-2011, 11:40 AM   #11
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i burn the DVD of F15 64bit, during installation, after packages customization, it tells me there is a perl package cannot be read,
could it be my *.iso image got defect?
The installation fails.
 
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It can either be the ISO-image (you can test that with md5sum) or a bad burn.
 
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i burned with Ashampoo.
maybe the iso file is corrupted?
i will try amother download.
 
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maybe the iso file is corrupted?
Did you do a md5 checksum?
Sometimes it helps to burn the iso at a lower speed.

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Why don't you test the ISO-image first with md5sum?
Also, the program used for burning has no impact on burning quality.
 
  


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