Posted: Sep 26, 2013 12:44 pm
stevecook172001 wrote:
Address the points of argument in terms, if you can.
Ooh, there it is again!
When you make a point (to someone), you'll have someone with whom to argue.
OlivierK wrote:As far as I can see you're simply parading your ignorance of elementary bookkeeping and/or numeracy.
You've arrived at this point in other threads, Steve:
stevecook172001 wrote:But, it just seems to me that the loss, like the concept on which it was based, are both as meaningless as each other, so I let go of both the concept and the sense of loss of it.
Stick to installing Linux:
stevecook172001 wrote:Ok, I've run full installs of Mint with Mate and/or Gnome 3 and Ubuntu with Mate and/or Gnome 3 and, on balance, Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome 3 is the most stable, the most out-of-the-box-peripheral-compatable and the most tweakable. I have finally settled on the following setup till something much better comes along:
Ubuntu 12.04 with a significantly modified Gnome 3 desktop that is basically set up to look like a classic MS windows desktop but without the MS bloat. That is to say, one panel on the bottom with the notification applets (clock/sound/network/mail) at the right hand end and with a single menu button at the left end with everything on that one menu including applications, places and system settings. On the desktop I have got a computer and recycle bin icons, a shortcut to my home folder, a folder containing links to my most commonly used internet sites, a folder containing shortcuts to my most commonly used applications and a shared folder for my virtual machines.
It's running rock solid and fast as hell. Which, for me, is important because my machine is far from a new build. It is, in fact, a Pentium-D/3.4GHz/dual-core with 2Gb-RAM. A very slow machine by the latest standards. Though, you'd never guess it from my current setup.