I noticed Nautilus moved a menu I rarely used from toolbar into the main menu but that does not bother me much (actually "Show hidden files" is more accessible now) and they added back "backspace = up directory" feature which for me is great. I think we are lucky to have so many GUI alternatives while still being able to reuse the best tools GNU/Linux can offer. And what's great is they are evolving even if slowly and backtracking (like backspace in Nautilus :)).
I'm totally with you on most of your post... But how is Gedit "heavy"?
Re:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by sandGorgon on Friday April 18, 2014 @02:52PM
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I'm not sure what was happening, but I used to have many gedit processes running in the background. Geany is much, much lighter for me.
Same with Nautilus.
Re:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by johnchristopher on Friday April 18, 2014 @08:33AM
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On my atom n280 geany is really snappy while gedit is slow when moving around and bringing out menus.
Re:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by systematical on Friday April 18, 2014 @08:57AM
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Agreed. It gets out of your way and looks good.
Plus, if you dont like certain things - you can customize it within seconds using extensions.gnome.org (for example - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/15/alternatetab/ )
I think all the design decision by Unity are a bit jarring for me - including all the left-window-close-maximize things. BTW, if you follow my script, Unity is not really wiped out, but certain heavy applications (like Nautilus/Gedit) are replaced by lightweight alternatives (like Nemo/Geany).
P.S. were you not surprised by the weird way Nautilus groups icons now ?