[CoLoCo] Unity decision: (Fwd) Default Desktop Experience for 11.04

[Neal McBurnett]

The continuing discussion on the devel list (available via the web I
think, or you can subscribe) is interesting.  Sounds like there are a
bunch of folks really happy with the new keyboard acceleration options
in Unity among other things.

-Neal

On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 09:19:06AM -0600, David Overcash wrote:
> Interesting ...  I had suspicions that the groans in the community would be
> heard and Unity might be delayed...  That being said, I'm all for just pushing
> it live.  At the worst, I'll personally stick with 10.10 until Unity works as I
> need it to.  But hey- that's just me.  :)
> 
> -David
> 
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
> 
>     If folks want to weigh in on the final decision, here's your chance.
> 
>     Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/
> 
>     ----- Forwarded message from Rick Spencer <rick.spencer at canonical.com>
>     -----
> 
>     To: ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com
>     Cc: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>     From: Rick Spencer <rick.spencer at canonical.com>
>     Subject: Default Desktop Experience for 11.04
>     Organization: Canonical
> 
>     Hello all,
> 
>     Back at UDS for 11.04 in Orlando, Mark set the goal of using Unity by
>     default on the Ubutu desktop. Given the current course of development,
>     it appears that we are going to achieve this goal, and Unity will stay
>     the default for 11.04.
> 
>     I'm following up on this list at the suggestion of the Tech Board to
>     give folks a chance to respond or escelate any concerns.
> 
>     Note that there are some arguments for changing the default from Unity
>     to "classic' GNOME:
>     1. There are key feature regressions, for example, there is no systray
>     support for many important applications.
>     2. There are usability problems, for example, settings are hard to find,
>     the launcher icons behave differently when you click on the trash can
>     versus the home folder launcher, it's hard to find a categorized view of
>     applications, searches do not always turn up expected results.
>     3. We are coming in too hot, there are too many crashers on some
>     hardware and the final product will be buggy.
> 
>     I won't rebut these points myself, as I am rather striving to represent
>     the viewpoints not argue against them.
> 
>     Representing the desktop team, Jason Warner believes that Unity will
>     deliver the superior experience for most users in 11.04. I agree with
>     this position and support staying the course.
> 
>     Cheers, Rick
> 
>     PS - You can reference the recent and current bug fixing efforts of the
>     Unity team here:
>     https://launchpad.net/unity/+milestone/3.8.4
>     https://launchpad.net/unity/+milestone/3.8.6
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity
> 
> 
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