Three New Tweaks I Like In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

[mark45]

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One could customize the launcher size before 14.04.
In Summer 2013 I was using Ubuntu and the option was there.

[joh22n]

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One could customize the launcher size before 14.04.
In Summer 2013 I was using Ubuntu and the option was there.

I, too, have been able to change launcher icon size for many years now.

[tuuker]

We might still get Kernel 3.14 if it gets released before April 3, even if there is one more RC release.

[brent]

We might still get Kernel 3.14 if it gets released before April 3, even if there is one more RC release.

Is there any specific reason why? Sure I'd love it, but there wouldn't be any time left to fix bugs/regressions.

[tuuker]

Is there any specific reason why? Sure I'd love it, but there wouldn't be any time left to fix bugs/regressions.

they will be fixed along road to final, April 3 is kernel freeze.

[TheSoulz]

Is there any specific reason why? Sure I'd love it, but there wouldn't be any time left to fix bugs/regressions.

unless 3.14 would seriusly break something ubuntu uses like on phone or something, i dont see why they shouldnt.
they can merge 3.14 before kernel freeze and then fix the bugs, bugs dont haver a freeze date i belive.

[pandev92]

Is there any specific reason why? Sure I'd love it, but there wouldn't be any time left to fix bugs/regressions.

with kernel 3.13 I have bad sound compared to windows, I hope 3.14 will solve it.

[Calinou]

So just change your habits? Just a week of getting used to... Consistency over personalization.

It's still a bad idea to remove settings that don't bloat the code or slow down the whole thing.

[Bestia]

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One could customize the launcher size before 14.04.
In Summer 2013 I was using Ubuntu and the option was there.

Yes Michael is wrong about that but this option now allow you to change the size to as low as 16px. Before system settings allowed only going to 32px and if you wanted to make launcher smaller you had to install and use CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM).

They also changed it to only allow even numbers because odd sizes looked blurry.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991310

[Bestia]

It's still a bad idea to remove settings that don't bloat the code or slow down the whole thing.

The thing is that they replaced old gtk-window-decorator with new unity-decorations. Marco Trevisan the developer that implemented this new decorations didn't implement any way of changing position of window controls.

http://blog.3v1n0.net/informatica/linux/ubuntu-introducing-locally-integrated-menus-to-unity-7/

https://code.launchpad.net/~3v1n0/unity/unity-decorations/+merge/202582

This new decorations bringed LIM, anti aliased corners, normal resize that doesn't suck and Gtk3 CSS theming for decorations and panel.