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Rob BeardNov 10, 2007 12:39 pm 
Philip NewboroughNov 10, 2007 1:04 pm 
Kris DouglasNov 10, 2007 3:32 pm 
Rob BeardNov 10, 2007 4:05 pm 
Chris RowsonNov 10, 2007 4:32 pm 
Alan PopeNov 10, 2007 4:37 pm 
Tony ArnoldNov 11, 2007 12:42 am 
London School of PuppetryNov 11, 2007 3:09 am 
Kris MarshNov 11, 2007 3:58 am 
Tony ArnoldNov 11, 2007 5:10 am 
Chris RowsonNov 11, 2007 9:00 am 
Subject:Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another happy Ubuntu user :-)
From:Alan Pope (al@popey.com)
Date:Nov 10, 2007 4:37:05 pm
List:com.ubuntu.lists.ubuntu-uk

Hi Chris,

On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 00:32 +0000, Chris Rowson wrote:

She preferred it to Ubuntu because the 'start menu' was located in the bottom left where she expected it to be; and that by having only one panel, the interfaces took up less screen real estate (which is important on her old 1024x768 laptop display.

I have never quite understood this argument, or the "it's brown" one. The panels are very configurable, so you could have exactly what Linux Mint gives you with standard Ubuntu and a dozen or so mouse clicks.

Cheers, Al.