[ubuntu-za] 11.04 Beta 2

[Andre Hugo]

Hi All,

I have been using Ubuntu 11.04 since beta 1 and Unity has grown on me.
Before trying Unity I also was worried and started looking at other distro's
as a plan B. Long story short Unity is great once you have accepted that it
is totally different for gnome 2+

http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/4472015615/how-i-multitask-in-unity

The above video showed me a couple of tricks that really sped up my work
flow. Have a look and give Unity a try for a week or two before you decide
if you like it or not. My feeling is that once you have given it a week or
two you will be hooked.

I have tried Fedora 15 (Alpha) also which has gnome shell installed by
default but I have not give it the 2 week trail due to skype crashing. So I
can not compare Unity with Gnome shell.

The fact is that change is coming to the gnome environment and one will have
to choose a path forward and let go of the past.

Cheers
Andre


2011/4/16 Daniël Louw <daniel at dline.co.za>

> A while ago we had a similar discussion. I think it was about 10.10 then,
> but the main focus was the Unity/Gnome debacle and why Canonical decided to
> phase out Gnome and replace It with Unity.
>
> At some stage I wrote a very lengthy letter stipulating my opinions, and I
> believe many agreed with me. I am not going to repeat myself, you can look
> in the archives for that particular discussion.
>
> Basically it (in my opinion) boils down to the following.
>
> All these decisions that Canonical made, makes sense when we look at it
> from a 'market share' point of view. If we regard ourselves, Ubuntu users,
> as being involved in a battle to take over the world with Ubuntu, what are
> we going to use as weapons? Gnome Classic, with it's vast customization
> options that can easily overwhelm someone that's new to it? Or Unity? Albeit
> slow and restrictive, it's easier to understand for new users and because
> it's so restrictive, it prevents a new user from breaking it.
>
> I drag my poor mother into discussions like this too often, but she's a
> good guinea pig and a fine example. She has the worst case of finger-trouble
> that I know of. She managed to put my dad's bakkie in 4X4, and keep it
> there, all the way from Sandton to Waterkloof (ouch!). I will NEVER trust
> her on my pc, running Lucid standard. I will however, trust her on a Unity
> machine, as it's more difficult for her break something there.
>
> The beauty, and the whole point of GNU/Linux is to give it's users the
> choice and freedom to do what they want. If you do not like Unity, take it
> off, and replace it with something else. Easy peasy.
> Unity is going to open the doors for a lot of hardware vendors enabling
> them to sell Ubuntu machines, and knowing that they will not have unhappy
> clients.
>
> All of us should stop worrying about what we want (we're GNU/Linux users,
> we will never get what we want). We should rather worry about what we will
> need to help convince someone to switch to Ubuntu, and GNU/Linux in general.
>
> Because in the end, it's all about taking over the world. :-)
>
> PLEASE NOTE: This mail is not aimed at anyone specific. And everything is
> my opinion, you do not have to agree (if you do, that'll be awesome!).
>
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>
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