Shock announcement

[Doug]

On 04/06/2017 12:06 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Funny.  I seem to recall Unity coming out in 10.10 or so.  You know -- 
> five years or so *after* Ubuntu had made itself a "reconisable 
> brand."  If you're so wed to a single UI that it defines your entire 
> experience, well, I think you're overly dependent on what the UI 
> means.  As for what Ubuntu means to me:
>
> * Ease-of-setup
> * Not getting lost in the "free/libre" weeds and politics
> * Frequent releases
> * Lots of easy hardware support
> * Long-term support for releases (VASTLY longer than Debian's)
> * Actual corporate backing which helps with bringing into companies
> * Support for *multiple* UIs: GNOME, MATE, KDE, and, yeah, Unity.
>
> At the end of the day, Ubuntu is way more than a single UI.  And for 
> that matter, I doubt that Unity will be thrown in the trash; it will 
> simply lose its place as the primary target.  I would not be surprised 
> at all if it continues to have extra-Canonical support.
>
> $.02
>
> -Ken
Perhaps Ken is right about the UI remaining available. However, for me, 
I am wedded to a particular UI, and if it became unavailable with a 
particular OS, I would look for another OS
where it was still available. For me, that UI is KDE (Kubuntu). Other 
OS's have KDE.
--doug