archaeometrist
August 14th, 2014, 06:33 PM
i just upgraded to 14.04 because of problems with drivers in 12.04 (I got a message to upgrade because the problem isn't a security issue and won't be high on anyone's priority list).
The first thing I did was go to "Gnome Flashback". This is a DESKTOP, not a tablet, and I absolutely WILL NOT USE UNITY. If I need to use a tablet, I will use mine. So no "Unity" answers. (I'd rather spend the week needed for installing and configuring a different distro than ever use Unity).
The second thing I did was try to put my taskbar back the way it was. I can't. ALT-right click and ALT-SUPER-right click do NOTHING. The taskbar is almost worthless the way it is... I have no use for the "Active Window"-like button up there (I use the little X to close windows), and used to have multiple programs that I used frequently (like - several times a day) up there for quick starting. The only value to it right now is the Applications and Places Drawers (plus the time and the power button on the right).
I also have no use for the "feature" that shows some sort of overview of the different desktops when the mouse moves to the far left top corner - in fact, it's irritating me to the point of wanting to scrap Ubuntu, because that's where I go to activate applications and close windows. (I often will have a dozen or more windows open at one time, and pop in and out of programs all the time - that is when I'm not in class.) Several times a day I have to click on the active desktop (on the right) to get back to where I belong. (I also use all four desktops and wish the old 2x2 icon/buttons in the bottom right of my main monitor was back.)
(1) How do I change and configure the top taskbar? Get rid of that worthless "Active Window" like button, and install quick-start applets/buttons for my frequently used apps - without changing how the rest of the desktop operates?
(2) How do I get rid of that worthless feature that activates every time I move the mouse to the top-left corner of my main monitor? (I have and use -all the time- dual monitors.)
Change for the sake of change may be nice to some folks, but for those of us who use a computer as a tool, unless we try to do the changes ourselves because they make things more efficient - LEAVE THINGS ALONE!!!!!!!!
:mad:
The first thing I did was go to "Gnome Flashback". This is a DESKTOP, not a tablet, and I absolutely WILL NOT USE UNITY. If I need to use a tablet, I will use mine. So no "Unity" answers. (I'd rather spend the week needed for installing and configuring a different distro than ever use Unity).
The second thing I did was try to put my taskbar back the way it was. I can't. ALT-right click and ALT-SUPER-right click do NOTHING. The taskbar is almost worthless the way it is... I have no use for the "Active Window"-like button up there (I use the little X to close windows), and used to have multiple programs that I used frequently (like - several times a day) up there for quick starting. The only value to it right now is the Applications and Places Drawers (plus the time and the power button on the right).
I also have no use for the "feature" that shows some sort of overview of the different desktops when the mouse moves to the far left top corner - in fact, it's irritating me to the point of wanting to scrap Ubuntu, because that's where I go to activate applications and close windows. (I often will have a dozen or more windows open at one time, and pop in and out of programs all the time - that is when I'm not in class.) Several times a day I have to click on the active desktop (on the right) to get back to where I belong. (I also use all four desktops and wish the old 2x2 icon/buttons in the bottom right of my main monitor was back.)
(1) How do I change and configure the top taskbar? Get rid of that worthless "Active Window" like button, and install quick-start applets/buttons for my frequently used apps - without changing how the rest of the desktop operates?
(2) How do I get rid of that worthless feature that activates every time I move the mouse to the top-left corner of my main monitor? (I have and use -all the time- dual monitors.)
Change for the sake of change may be nice to some folks, but for those of us who use a computer as a tool, unless we try to do the changes ourselves because they make things more efficient - LEAVE THINGS ALONE!!!!!!!!
:mad: