Unity interface

[Liam Proven]

On 7 March 2011 20:06, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7 March 2011 01:24, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> IMO it's not getting better. The basic premise of swapping everyone over
>>> to Unity (modified Gnome3) as default is just plain wrong (IMO). I
>>> certainly wouldn't mind if 11.04 concentrated on fixing broken crap from
>>> 10.10 and offering Unity as an alternate. But to use 11.04 (a "LTS" btw)
>>> as a testing ground for showcasing Unity as default? Give it a rest.
>>
>> Hang on a cotton-pickin' minute. 11.04 is /not/ going to be an LTS
>> release. The next LTS is expected to be 12.04, 2yr on from 10.04, as
>> that was 2yr on from 8.04 and that was from the slightly-delayed 6.06.
>>
> He's right.  LTS releases only come once every 2 years.
>
>> They're most certainly not testing Unity out on an LTS. They did that
>> with the button-move, which I thought was brave or foolish, but they
>> are at least giving Unity 2 full releases before the next LTS. Plenty
>> of time to abandon it if it all goes wrong!
>>
>
> Mark Shuttleworth I think is a bit jealous of Apple's success.  If
> you've noticed, the Ubuntu desktop has been getting more and more
> Mac-ish over the years.

You think so?

I mean, GNOME 2 is vaguely more Mac-like than KDE, but the resemblance
in both to Windows is far stronger than the resemblance of either to
the Mac. A top panel is not a fixed menu bar. The folder windows have
a (now-optional) tree, which is a Windows thing, and it's always
sported a Windows-like Start menu analog. The keystrokes and so on are
very Windows-like.

Frankly, I'm surprised that no significant Linux desktop is
particularly Mac-like. I know that Windows is dominant but MICROS~1 is
a far bigger litigation threat than Apple these days.

And come to that, while wondering why there is no Classic MacOS nor OS
X clone Linux desktop or distro, where, come to that, are the
ripoffs^H^H^H^H^H^H^H loving recreations of GEM and the Amiga, or of
Irix or SunOS?

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