shutdown compared ubuntu vs fedora

[Valent Turkovic]

On 5/16/07, David Nielsen <david at lovesunix.net> wrote:
> ons, 16 05 2007 kl. 18:00 +0200, skrev Valent Turkovic:
> > > The logout dialog is one of the best-hated derivations from upstream
> > > that you can find in Ubuntu.
> >
> > Hated by whom? And why? Can you explain a bit?
>
> Pretty much anyone I've asked at least including myself. It's
> non-sensical and looks out of place, if we need to redesign the upstream
> dialog it should be done there with an eye to how the rest of the
> desktop works and looks not in every distro.
> I'm sure there's room for improvement in the default but the Ubuntu
> dialog does not represent any significant added value.

I can bet that you have read Debian statements when Ubuntu came out -
they also concluded the same - but didn't bother to ask the users what
they think or want.
When Ubuntu came out the users answers were clear.