Unity ROCKS!!!

[Albert Wagner]

On 05/02/2011 08:43 PM, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Montag, den 02.05.2011, 20:06 -0500 schrieb Albert Wagner:
>> On 05/02/2011 11:17 AM, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>>> hi,
>>> Am Montag, den 02.05.2011, 10:34 -0500 schrieb Albert Wagner:
>>>> On 05/02/2011 04:22 AM, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> did you try unity-2d on old or slow hardware yet so that you can claim
>>>>> there was a broken promise ?
>>>>>
>>>> Did you read my previous posts?
>>>>
>>> yes, thats why i asked if you took a look at the upcoming low power
>>> system solution before claiming such a thing ....
>> No, I haven't tried an "upcoming" low power system.  Maybe when it is no
>> longer "upcoming."  Do you have a link?
> not much more than a google search would reveal, if you run natty you
> can just apt-get install unity-2d and select it at login time ...
> there is a maverick PPA too ...
>
> https://launchpad.net/unity-2d is the home of the project
>
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/unity-2d-a-quick-look-at-the-latest-updates/ might probably shed some light ...
>
> and here is a quote from http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/646
>
> "Our desktop has come together beautifully, and in the next release
> we’ll complete the cycle of making it available to all users, with a 2D
> experience to complement the OpenGL based Unity for those with the
> hardware to handle it."
>
> so low end users are not left alone :)
>
I think I'll wait until it's released :)