Why do you use Unity?

[Cory Sadowski]

I was just typing up a big thing, but Ryan says it perfectly. I'd just
like to add that I also don't like using Unity due to the unstable
Compiz that seems to come with it. It tends to break things if you
play with it. I'm using Unity on the desktop just to experiment, but
my college workhorse tends to be the laptop, and that's KDE all the
way for these very reasons. Of course, I also randomly "dual-boot"
into KDE on the desktop, as it were, just because.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 06:45:08PM -0600, Ryan Neufeld wrote:
>    I switched to KDE for 11.04. I tried out Unity but didn't go with it for a
>    few reasons:
>    -sometimes basic things felt sluggish with my drivers (radeon) and small
>    animations weren't snappy. For me this is a big deal
>    -very little configurability. Using GNOME up till this point I've always
>    been uncomfortable with how little you can configure without using
>    gconf-editor, but this just got worse in Unity
>    -it has plenty of rough edges still (obviously)
>    -I'm not sold on docks or global menus or even app indicators
> 
>    I of course realize that at least some of these things are temporary
>    problems.
> 
>    I really like trying out new features and experimenting with my workflow
>    (this is why I use a distro with a 6 month release cycle in the first
>    place) but the sum of those things held me back. Then I sort of realized
>    that KDE 4 has been out long enough to see some good polish, I like the
>    way it looks, and it's configurable to the point of absurdity. I've been
>    pretty happy with it, though I of course wish some of my old favourite
>    applications integrated better.
> 
>    I guess to me being a power user is about having control over my computer,
>    and KDE's configurability fulfills that completely for me.
> 
>    2011/6/24 Craig Duncan <[1]ubuntu at duncanc.co.uk>
> 
>      I personally use it for the following reasons:
> 
>        * Launcher and Taskbar in one
>        * Quicklists are awesome
>        * Prefer to lose horizontal space than vertical space on my desktop
> 
>      My only issue is that I find it long winded to find a specific window
>      when they are grouped. Ie the terminal I want when I have several open.
> 
>      On 25/06/11 01:06, Ram�n Rocha wrote:
> 
>        Hi everyone,
>        There's a good discussion going on�initiated�by Sebastian but I wanted
>        to start a separate thread asking why you, as a power user, use Unity?
>        �I am curious, what made you say: "This is better than the way it was
>        before". �Was it the way it looked? �Some particular feature? �If you
>        don't use Unity, why not?
>        Personally, I still use the Classic Desktop because I feel I don't
>        have any of the problems Unity aims to solve. �Also, I use easystroke
>        and multiple monitors and Unity was not very compatible with my
>        existing way of doing things. �To me, it wasn't better...just
>        different (like when the window buttons were moved) so why change my
>        habits?
>        So how about you? �I think this might help us organize our thoughts
>        and what we want from this group. �It is not my intention to start
>        a�flame-war�so let's be respectful to each other. �Cheers.
>        -Ram
> 
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