> IMHO below. In present time many problems come from GNOME fast
> destruction and simpility/stupidity behavior. GNOME reduces its
> functionality very fast, and this changes are not tested for all
> regressions and bugs, this changes are not discussed with gnome-users.
> So many problems are common for all distros - i.e. Ubuntu 13.10,
> OpenSuSe 12.3, Fedora 20, Mageia 4 and others will use the same buggy
> and untested GNOME 3.x. As the most conservative solution we can use
> CentOS 6.5 (with GNOME 2.28 !! ) or Gentoo (with GNOME 2.32), but this
> solution is not universal for all users.
>
> So If you choose Ubuntu, I recommend to use Ubuntu LTS ...
Thanks for your detailed explanation, now I understand better why it is
lucky, that my daugther (physicist and chemist) uses LTS. So I will
leave her LTS alone until the next LTS.
Dear Norbert!
> IMHO below. In present time many problems come from GNOME fast
> destruction and simpility/stupidity behavior. GNOME reduces its
> functionality very fast, and this changes are not tested for all
> regressions and bugs, this changes are not discussed with gnome-users.
> So many problems are common for all distros - i.e. Ubuntu 13.10,
> OpenSuSe 12.3, Fedora 20, Mageia 4 and others will use the same buggy
> and untested GNOME 3.x. As the most conservative solution we can use
> CentOS 6.5 (with GNOME 2.28 !! ) or Gentoo (with GNOME 2.32), but this
> solution is not universal for all users.
>
> So If you choose Ubuntu, I recommend to use Ubuntu LTS ...
Thanks for your detailed explanation, now I understand better why it is
lucky, that my daugther (physicist and chemist) uses LTS. So I will
leave her LTS alone until the next LTS.
Best wishes,
Peter.