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:OSNews: What Sucks About DEs, pt. I: Ubuntu's GNOME
OSNews: What Sucks About DEs, pt. I: Ubuntu's GNOME
Jun 4, 2006, 20 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (10386 reads)

(Other stories by Thom Holwerda)

"I enjoy using many different desktop environments and operating systems. On a day-to-day basis, I use Finder, Explorer, GNOME, and KDE. They all have their good sides, but obviously, they have their fair share of bad sides as well. The next couple of columns will be about the latter. This week, I take a look at whatever bothers me about Ubuntu's GNOME/Linux combination (Dapper, obviously).

"I specifically say 'combination,' as some of the things that bother me when using GNOME are more related to the kernel or other parts of the distribution than to GNOME itself. This will be a rather dry list, as I believe that sugarcoating my words won't do anybody any good..."

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The way this article is written is juven ...   What 'sucks' about the way this article is   
Allen Maher
Jun 4, 2006, 21:51:11
 
Normally I'd say don't be so cri ...   Better computing! Better life.   
Spud
Jun 4, 2006, 22:50:31
 
This article was nothing but a complete  ...   Horrible.... nothing more can be said.   
Travis
Jun 5, 2006, 16:14:08
 
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