[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

[scoundrel50a]

On 02/12/11 10:59, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 01/12/11 23:52, thegeeksquadron at ymail.com wrote:
>> Is Ubuntu going in the wrong direction?
>
> I personally don't believe so, no. I personally think it's going in 
> exactly the _right_ direction, but some people seem obsessed by 
> yesterday, today and tomorrow and not next year or next decade.
>
>> For starters, it seems as though hordes of users -
>
> Define "hordes".
>
>> including myself have switched over to Linux Mint and Arch in some 
>> cases.
>>
>
> Yay! Enjoy Mint! Choice is great. If you personally don't like Ubuntu 
> you can switch to something else. I personally like Ubuntu so I'm 
> sticking with it :)
>
>> I've been using Ubuntu since Hardy and am sad to leave it go, but the 
>> last two versions have been buggy beyond belief,
>
> Got some bug numbers?
>
>> and furthermore Unity is for tablets and Netbooks, not Desktops and 
>> laptops.
>>
>
> That's just not true at all. Look for example at how much Unity uses 
> keyboard shortcuts and how badly it works on touch devices!
>
>> The attitude of Canonical is so poor - so many users have been saying 
>> what they want; they've ignored,
>
> Examples?
>
> Just because someone demands something doesn't mean a) they are right, 
> b) they should get what they want.
>
>> and Linux Mint has filled the hole.
>
> Many people don't like change. If some people prefer Mint, great, 
> isn't it awesome that Clem is providing an alternative?
>
>
>> Mint 11 was perfect; Mint 12, I'm not liking Gnome 3 MSGE, regularly 
>> crashes, but they're supporting MATE - which is the future as far as 
>> I am concerned, along with the old Gnome 2.x as well.
>>
>> Ubuntu just lags and lags and is so irresponsive. The memory leaks so 
>> badly lately - which was the reason I made the Mint switchover that 
>> so many are doing.
>>
>
> Got some bug numbers?
>
>> Not trying to start a flame war, but I loved the OLD Ubuntu, now that 
>> Ubuntu is Mint.
>>
>> Ditch Unity, change the attitude and we're onto a winner again.
>>
>
> Unity isn't going away. Deal with it or use something else.
>
>> Is this a sneek peek of Win8, supposedly 'tablet/mobile and desktop', 
>> in a way I kinda hope so ;) - at least Windows will be gone. 
>> Seriously, you only have to look at DistroWatch to count down the 
>> days before Mint overtakes its base, as Ubuntu did with Debian.
>
> In 2007 PCLinuxOS overtook Ubuntu. People claimed this was the end of 
> Ubuntu then.
>
> Al.
>

And you wonder why Ubuntu is static......