Canonical Ubuntu splits from Gnome over design issues

[Basil Chupin]

On 26/10/2010 22:03, Anthony Papillion wrote:
> So what happens to older hardware that *doesn't* meet the hardware
> requirements for Unity? Will it install Gnome by default or are those
> users just out of luck?
>
> Anthony
>
> On 10/26/10, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>    

>> Canonical is changing the default interface on the next release of
>> Ubuntu from Gnome to Unity, a new open source project that focuses on
>> simplified interface and three dimensional displays.
>>      
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>> Because Canonical was already developing Unity for netbooks for OEM
>> (original equipment manufacturer) customers, "We went ahead and did the
>> engineering" for a general desktop interface for the next release,
>> Shuttleworth said. "Essentially, it is a very different product from the
>> Gnome shell, and has a very different way of organizing things," he said.
>>
>>
>> http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/canonical-ubuntu-splits-gnome-over-design-issues-846
>>      

You asking ME?! :-)

Ah, OK, so it was a rhetorical question.... :-) .

Ask the ONE... and ONLY,... the GREAT!..... <FX:drum roll.....> SABDFL 
himself! <FX: wild and hysetrical cheering from all over the planet>

BC

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