Ubuntu to use its netbook Unity interface in 11.04, not GNOME 3

[Anthony Papillion]

I have to agree with you Kevin. While I've never seen the Netbook
Remix so I'm speaking from a purely ignorant stance, I think it would
take a *lot* to get dedicated users to move away from Ubuntu and I
doubt that this is going to be that tipping point. Sure, we're going
to see some move away, but those of us who support the distro will
stick with it for the long haul I think.

That said, I'm definitely not a fan of being locked into a desktop.
It's not a deal breaker for me and, considering the alternatives, I'm
not likely to jump ship. And, like you said, with Natty still six
months away, anything can happen.

Canonical has shown an absolute passion for the UX with Ubuntu and I
believe that, whatever they do with Natty, is going to be done to push
the distro forward in a good way.

Best,
Anthony

On 10/25/10, Kevin Hunter <hunteke at earlham.edu> wrote:
> At 11:37pm -0400 Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Michael Haney wrote:
>> Many users may stick with Ubuntu [ ... or they won't].
>
>> Either that, it'll drive more and more users over to Kubuntu.
>
> Perhaps, but I don't think so.  We're still six months away from Natty,
> and so far, despite the gripes from this rather picky list, I continue
> to believe Ubuntu to be a very high quality operating system.  I believe
> Natty will take shape and will be every bit as high quality as Hardy
> was.  (I recognize that there are those on this list who believe Hardy
> and Lucid to be of lower quality, and on this point, we'll have to at
> least agree that we have different use-cases.)
>
> IMVHO, Ubuntu is the first Linux desktop, that "gets it" and has
> continued to get it.  Fine, they miss little details here and there, and
> are at the mercy of upstream projects, but Mark Shuttleworth et al.
> continue to understand that for a mainstream operating system, things
> have to "just work", and they have to work in an intuitive sense.  The
> derivatives, like Maverick's netbook remix aren't there, but the core
> project, where the brunt of the work happens, is very high quality.
>
> Is it perfect?  Absolutely not.  Is it better than Fedora, Suse, or Damn
> Small Linux?  Depends on your needs.  Is it better than Vista?  You bet.
>   Is it better than Windows 7?  Debatable.  Ubuntu is a choice, and one
> that I continue to make for the majority of my end-user facing machines.
>
>  From a different angle, when friends, acquaintances, and the curious
> ask me about this "Lie Nux" thing, I feel very comfortable pointing them
> to Ubuntu.  I don't lie to them and suggest that is a panacea.  In my
> southern American parlance, I say "Ubuntu is what it is."  It's got
> "these" benefits and "those" bugs.  When folks say they're interested, I
> usually spend about two hours setting them up with a system, explaining
> different aspects, and ... that's about it.
>
> And in Linux history terms, that's incredible!  That I can spend one
> initial foray with them, introducing them to the concepts and the
> current issues and benefits, and then to hear next to nothing from them
> is amazing.  I'd hazard a guess that of the 30 or so people who've
> out-of-the-blue asked me about Lie-nux in the past year, maybe 5 have
> said "I can't take this".  This retention rate for completely voluntary
> switches is truly remarkable.
>
> So, back to the question at hand: Will Linux users move in droves to
> another distribution/Kubuntu because of this Shell issue?  As Natty has
> hardly begun to take shape, it is way too soon to be making predictions
> based on quality of the use experience.  However, based on past
> performance of Canonical and the Ubuntu community, I do not think so.
>
> As always, time will tell.
>
> Kevin
>
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