Best Alternative Operating System To Ubuntu?

[Avi]

ANDY wrote:

> The issue isn't just about resisting change a new interface.  The
> problem is that it seems forced by Canonical rather than an option
> for the user.

The change is being forced by the demise of Gnome 2, not Canonical.
Canonical, being the distributor, picked where to change to and chose
Unity.

Gnome 2 is an option for the user in 11.04, but wont be come 11.10. All
the other DEs will still be available, though.

> Hopefully Gnome 2 (and then Gnome 3 when ready) will remain an easy
> user choice option and Unity not an Apple style forced feature.

Gnome2 has ended development, but Unity relies on some of Gnome 2's
libraries, so Gnome 3 and Unity coexisting is going to be difficult.
You can already install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu, but you will break Unity and
Gnome 2.

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Avi