Ubuntu and its community

[Evan Huus]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM, satchitb at gmail.com <satchitb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wholeheartedly agree with everyone, especially Sebastian. It has always
> eluded me why CCSM isn't included in the stock installation of Ubuntu. After
> all, if you want to wow new users with Compiz's amazing effects, surely you
> must give them the power to play around with those effects. If you feel that
> it is too complicated, or there is a danger of users causing damage to their
> systems, well, then make CCSM simpler, or hide the more dangerous effects
> away.
>
> Customisation and tweaking in Ubuntu is scattered across too many programs:
> Ubuntu Tweak, CCSM, a myriad of ambiguous Preferences filed away in
> different places (Sound Prefs under Sound Menu, System Settings mysteriously
> under the Shut Down button), and with Natty, it's only gotten harder. In
> previous versions of Ubuntu, you'd just go to System >
> Preferences/Administration, and findd what you wanted. In Natty, you really
> have to go looking if you want to adjust, say, your screen resolution
> (though, hearteningly, typing in "resolution" in the Dash does throw up
> Monitors). This does not change the fact that settings management really
> needs to come together to be more intuitive and easy to use. I think there
> should really be two programs to do everything. One, an administrative
> settings program, not unlike Tweak, or Kitchen Sink, as discussed earlier by
> the group. The second, a friendlier program to handle the look and feel of
> the system, and which won't prove any danger at all. Effects, Themes, Icons,
> Screen Resolution, etc should all go into this.

As of quite recently in Oneiric (due out in October), all the
configuration is grouped together and organized nicely in the new
Gnome3 Control Panel. It doesn't address all of the concerns in this
thread, I know, but it should help with some of them.

Cheers,
Evan