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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu 11.04 will use Unity as the default desktop
On 29 Oct 2010 23:24, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Grant Sewell wrote:
> With every passing release, I am getting close and closer to having a
> damn good clear out of my data, duplicating it somewhere and plonking
> Debian back on the laptop.
Thought for the weekend: Do you *need* a desktop environment on your
workstation (ie. the sort of thing that lets you drag and drop "files" to
the desktop), or could use *use* a windowing environment (ie. something to
manage lots of individual programs, but not neccessarily allow them to
communicate with each other or drop files anywhere)...
I know I'm stuck in the dark ages, but I've been using a windowing
environment since I first used X windows off a Sun worktation. Before
that, I used 'screen' on vt100 type terminals, before that it really was
the dark ages, however...
My file manager is 'ls'... And find, locate and a few other command-line
utilities...
Ah well... time for bed!
Gordon
No, I don't *use* a Desktop Environment for file management purposes. I can't remember the last time I used Nautilus. I used to be a died-in-the-wood Sawfish user with an xterm open on pretty much each virtual desktop.
Grant.
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