Re: Unicode Font Issues

[Bric]

On 11/03/2014 08:09 AM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2014, Bric wrote:
>
> > One particular, however:  I would stay away from "Unity", and opt for 
> > "GNOME" during installation. Someone could still correct me and 
> > persuade me about the glory of Unity, but I have instinctively 
> > disliked it from its inception, and am happily using the 
> > "traditional" Gnome.
>
> With "traditional" do you mean Gnome 2.x or the new Gnome 3.x + 
> Gnome-shell?
>
> Just like Unity (which I have not tried yet) Gnome3/Gnome-shell can be 
> quite a shock if you are looking for a "traditional" desktop. I am 
> really happy with it now, but it did take some time to get used to.
>
> There are other alternatives if you are looking for something more 
> "traditional". Linux = freedom of choice.

good point. I guess there was a big leap from 2 to 3.  I am using 3.10.4 
currently.  The bigger differences though are internal, AFAICT; the 
exterior of 3 doesn't seem that much different from 2.0.  (And I did use 
the word "traditional" in quotes, originally ;-)