Why do you use Unity?

[Ryan Neufeld]

I switched to KDE for 11.04. I tried out Unity but didn't go with it for a
few reasons:
-sometimes basic things felt sluggish with my drivers (radeon) and small
animations weren't snappy. For me this is a big deal
-very little configurability. Using GNOME up till this point I've always
been uncomfortable with how little you can configure without using
gconf-editor, but this just got worse in Unity
-it has plenty of rough edges still (obviously)
-I'm not sold on docks or global menus or even app indicators

I of course realize that at least some of these things are temporary
problems.

I really like trying out new features and experimenting with my workflow
(this is why I use a distro with a 6 month release cycle in the first place)
but the sum of those things held me back. Then I sort of realized that KDE 4
has been out long enough to see some good polish, I like the way it looks,
and it's configurable to the point of absurdity. I've been pretty happy with
it, though I of course wish some of my old favourite applications integrated
better.

I guess to me being a power user is about having control over my computer,
and KDE's configurability fulfills that completely for me.

2011/6/24 Craig Duncan <ubuntu at duncanc.co.uk>

>  I personally use it for the following reasons:
>
>    - Launcher and Taskbar in one
>    - Quicklists are awesome
>    - Prefer to lose horizontal space than vertical space on my desktop
>
> My only issue is that I find it long winded to find a specific window when
> they are grouped. Ie the terminal I want when I have several open.
>
>
>
> On 25/06/11 01:06, Ramón Rocha wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>  There's a good discussion going on initiated by Sebastian but I wanted to
> start a separate thread asking why you, as a power user, use Unity?  I am
> curious, what made you say: "This is better than the way it was before".
>  Was it the way it looked?  Some particular feature?  If you don't use
> Unity, why not?
>
>  Personally, I still use the Classic Desktop because I feel I don't have
> any of the problems Unity aims to solve.  Also, I use easystroke and
> multiple monitors and Unity was not very compatible with my existing way of
> doing things.  To me, it wasn't better...just different (like when the
> window buttons were moved) so why change my habits?
>
>  So how about you?  I think this might help us organize our thoughts and
> what we want from this group.  It is not my intention to start
> a flame-war so let's be respectful to each other.  Cheers.
>
>  -Ramón
>
>
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