[DC LoCo] Dis-Unity: An Update On My Adventures in Getting Unity to Work.

[Jeremy Bicha]

On 11 May 2011 00:38, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> After poking around in Unity I decided to go and stick with the
> classic UI for now.  Not just because of the Dock, but because Unity
> needs work.  Its not easy to find the applications you want anymore.
> I like how Ubuntu does it in Gnome 2.x, where the app launchers are in
> a menu sorted by categories and easy to find.  Now you need to hunt
> for what your looking for in Unity or you need to know the name of the
> app your looking for to type it in.  Its a very counter-intuitive UI
> and I think it still needs some serious work.  Unity as a UI for
> newbies to Linux is NOT ready for prime time.  If anything it will
> turn them off of Ubuntu.
>

I'm glad you found the open source drivers and that they're working
well for you. Those drivers should be even better in 11.10 as it's
being actively worked on in Linux 2.6.39 and the newer Mesa.

It is still possible to browse the menus in Unity. Just click More
Apps and expand. You can even narrow the list down using the drop-down
category list. I'm sure the category interface will look a bit better
in 11.10 as it looks out of place now.

Honestly, I wouldn't say that 11.04 is all the way there for those new
to Ubuntu but it actually does quite well and I'm sure it will be even
better in the next release gearing up for LTS.

Jeremy bicha