1) On my system, the square of the app you're switching to is shown brighter. I don't know why it doesn't happen on yours.
2) Alt always used to be bound (it didn't pop up a textbox, it selected the menu), especially in Windows (it might have been different in Gnome, I can't remember now, but I think it wasn't).
3) There's a control panel with all the configuration elements, but yes, compizconfig is a maze, and I don't think it's even installed by default.
4) I find this extremely frustrating too, it's the same on OS X. You open two terminals, you only get one button.
5) Same as OS X again (I don't know why you say it doesn't work like the Mac, when it's exactly the same). Alt+tab switches apps, Alt+` switches windows, like in OS X. I hate it.
6) Yeah, I don't know why they can't bundle Chromium in a PPA by default.
Ultimately, we're an entirely different market from regular users. The average "Linux on the desktop" user doesn't care about readline shortcuts, or configuration, or pressing the alt key. They want all their programs in a dock, and all my family/friends whom I've switched to Ubuntu (to decrease my support time, and it worked fabulously) swear by it.
Can you tell which one is active and which one is the app I'm switching to? I can't process it.
2) I think the super key is the one that's always bound. I can't remember this one either. It's been a while since I used Windows for longer than a week.
3) There is? I think the multiple app icons and the ridiculously slow moving sliding dock must have pushed it down somewhere, either that or it's been camouflaged by all the similarly looking icons... they are all the same shape.
5) Thanks for this tip! I don't know why I didn't try this combo, must have scared of touching the Alt key...
1) Ah, hm. The one you're switching to is the whiter one with the name ("Terminal", here), although I don't think the active window is shown there.
2) The super key alone is dead, so it doesn't do anything. I think the alt key used to work in Gnome too (how will you access the menu otherwise?) but I'm not positive on that.
3) It's on the top-right cog button, together with the shutdown/logoff/etc stuff, it says "System Settings" and everything is gathered there.
5) Haha, no problem. I went into compizconfig and switched to the static switcher, which has the old behaviour, but you might like the new one more, coming from OS X.
1) On my system, the square of the app you're switching to is shown brighter. I don't know why it doesn't happen on yours. 2) Alt always used to be bound (it didn't pop up a textbox, it selected the menu), especially in Windows (it might have been different in Gnome, I can't remember now, but I think it wasn't). 3) There's a control panel with all the configuration elements, but yes, compizconfig is a maze, and I don't think it's even installed by default. 4) I find this extremely frustrating too, it's the same on OS X. You open two terminals, you only get one button. 5) Same as OS X again (I don't know why you say it doesn't work like the Mac, when it's exactly the same). Alt+tab switches apps, Alt+` switches windows, like in OS X. I hate it. 6) Yeah, I don't know why they can't bundle Chromium in a PPA by default.
Ultimately, we're an entirely different market from regular users. The average "Linux on the desktop" user doesn't care about readline shortcuts, or configuration, or pressing the alt key. They want all their programs in a dock, and all my family/friends whom I've switched to Ubuntu (to decrease my support time, and it worked fabulously) swear by it.