I also lost my programming job at age 60 (after 31 years with the company) due to "staff reduction". Fortunately I received a nice severance package (1 year's salary) which along with unemployment benefits allowed me to get by for the next 2 years. I spent those 2 years seeking another job without any success. No one seemed interested in hiring a 60+ year old programmer. At 62 I decided to say screw it and formally retired. Started collecting social security and my company pension. Still haven't had to touch my 401(k). Turns out it was the best decision I ever made. I am actually enjoying life for a change. No more meetings, 2:00 am wake-up calls, self evaluations, status reports, etc. Life is good. And you never know when it will end. I have had several friends in their early 60's who have passed away due to heart attacks and cancer. Bottom line, retire at the first chance you get and enjoy life.
MLB.TV is also screwed up. You cannot view the games of teams in your "market". I live in St. Louis and can view the games of every team EXCEPT the team I want to watch, the St. Louis Cardinals!
I have a mixed views of gnome, one criticism I have with it the old one of it has been simplified to the point of being un-intuitive. When people accused gnome of this in the past I dismissed it! Now I have noted that to minimize the open application I have to point to the upper left corner, no buttons for this. File, Edit etc are not part of Gnome apps they are in the bar at the very top of the screen. Much of this change is change for changes sake, its unfamiliar (no other desktop works this way).
Its a shame because the general concept is good. One area (top left corner) gives you access to all applications and parts of the system.
If you want a minimize button on windows, install GnomeTweakTool. It has an option that allows you to select the arrangement of buttons on a window's title bar.
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I hated GNOME 3 when it was first introduced. However, I stuck with it and now I love it. Would never go back to GNOME 2.
I also lost my programming job at age 60 (after 31 years with the company) due to "staff reduction". Fortunately I received a nice severance package (1 year's salary) which along with unemployment benefits allowed me to get by for the next 2 years. I spent those 2 years seeking another job without any success. No one seemed interested in hiring a 60+ year old programmer. At 62 I decided to say screw it and formally retired. Started collecting social security and my company pension. Still haven't had to touch my 401(k). Turns out it was the best decision I ever made. I am actually enjoying life for a change. No more meetings, 2:00 am wake-up calls, self evaluations, status reports, etc. Life is good. And you never know when it will end. I have had several friends in their early 60's who have passed away due to heart attacks and cancer. Bottom line, retire at the first chance you get and enjoy life.
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MLB.TV is also screwed up. You cannot view the games of teams in your "market". I live in St. Louis and can view the games of every team EXCEPT the team I want to watch, the St. Louis Cardinals!
I have a mixed views of gnome, one criticism I have with it the old one of it has been simplified to the point of being un-intuitive. When people accused gnome of this in the past I dismissed it! Now I have noted that to minimize the open application I have to point to the upper left corner, no buttons for this. File, Edit etc are not part of Gnome apps they are in the bar at the very top of the screen. Much of this change is change for changes sake, its unfamiliar (no other desktop works this way). Its a shame because the general concept is good. One area (top left corner) gives you access to all applications and parts of the system.
If you want a minimize button on windows, install GnomeTweakTool. It has an option that allows you to select the arrangement of buttons on a window's title bar.
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