Comments on: De-windowizing Ubuntu: Turning off the terminal close warning dialog box.

By: ali1ear

ali1ear — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:12:16 +0000

Hmm .. using a window point and click thingy to get rid of a window?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:18:54 +0000

Thanks. That fucking dialogue box asking me whether I really close the terminal has been annoying me for months.

By: Scotlyn

Scotlyn — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:22:44 +0000

Just wanted to say, I have been reading your Linux posts slowly, carefully and with many trips to various IT-type dictionaries. I am definitely not a back-end computer person. Still, you have me very tempted, although still somewhat nervous of making the switch. Thanks for the posts. If I do find my virtual cojones and start using Linux – I’ll let you know how it goes…Thanks

By: Scotlyn

Scotlyn — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:16:51 +0000

s/cajoles/cajones/

The term is “cojones” – but I like “cajoles” too – possibly “cojones” + “frijoles”? A tasty XXX dish?
PS – “cajones” = large boxes (not a typical male boast)

By: xd carte memoire

xd carte memoire — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:51:16 +0000

There have been a lot of users complaining about the new Ubuntu 9.10 splash screen. First users are complaining that cosmetically it looks unprofessional and tacky. Second, there is no obvious way to configure this splash screen.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:49:40 +0000

Ultimately both Linux and Windows are portals for running programs the end-user wants. Neither is an end-product in and of itself. There are times Microsoft and Canonical forget this (much more frequently Microsoft than Canonical), but ultimately both Windows and Ubuntu are useless in and of themselves. The only way they are useful out of the box is because they usually come with some key applications pre-installed. As such both have served the same function as far as I’m concerned (the only difference being that Ubuntu has served that function better).

As for Linux serving the needs of “real people”, many “real people” want and/or need those “satanic” messages. That’s why they are there by default. And gconf-editor is available for “real people” like you who don’t want and/or need them. Personally I consider myself lucky when I find an unpleasant default behavior that I can change: not every FOSS program give that level of control to normal users without programming skills.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:19:56 +0000

Innocent bystander: And the same can be said of deleting a file (non Linux userse: If you select a file and “delete it” it goes away. No questions asked. How cool is that!?!? … you can get it back from the trash if you want)

The think is that I don’t want constant useless warnings. if I make a mistake, so be it. And besides, unlike Windows, accidently deleting a runnin process in Linux is hardly every going to have collateral negative consequences to the system.

Fred, you are quite wrong about Linux and Windows serving the same need. Utterly wrong.

Linux serves the needs of real people. Windows serves the needs of Windows Corporation Inc.

As to the idea that I should perhaps use a different system: That may well be true. Ubuntu is still probably the best entry level system. Maybe I should try something different.

Or, in true OpenSourceosity, and I’m surprized no one has mentioned this yet, I can poke my nose more directly into the OpenSource community and get involved with Ubuntu development.

Maybe I can even write a blog in which I express my opinion and people can discuss the issues and stuff!!!

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:55:27 +0000

Then obviously Ubuntu isn’t the right distribution for you. Ubuntu has been moving in this direction for some time: its “windowization” is nothing new. Canonical and Mark Shuttleworth have spent lots of effort making Ubuntu user friendly by new user standards (both new Linux users or new computer users), and are continuing work with every release to further achieve that goal. It’s also clear that you don’t realize that all operating systems, both Windows and Linux based, attempt to serve the same needs. With that said there will be many similarities between them. It’s called convergent evolution, and it’s not a bad thing.

By: Innocent Bystander

Innocent Bystander — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:31:08 +0000

May be one day, you have something running in Terminal that you don’t want to interrupt. You click close and it closes right away without warning. That day, you will understand why there is a warning message.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:57:22 +0000

I wish you understand the gnu licence : and the free culture.

http://www.free-culture.cc/

If you can do whatever you want being 100% free, is it better : yes !

Any devellopement need time : then the only problem is the marketing.

Understand what is your freedom : and what mean the free culture.