[ubuntu-us-in] A Natty Day To You All

[Simón Ruiz]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Jeremy L. Gaddis <jlgaddis at gnu.org> wrote:
> Simón Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Starting with Natty Narwhal, the default Ubuntu Linux desktop will
>> look and feel quite a bit different than before, as we move onto
>> Unity.
>
> For better or worse... it's not being forced on me, so I'm indifferent
> really.

Indeed, that's just the default environment.

There's also "Ubuntu Classic", that you can select from the login
menu, which is the more familiar GNOME desktop.

>> So far, I haven't had the chance to switch my main desktops over to
>> it, but up here the Fort Wayne LUG had Jorge Castro of Canonical come
>> out and give us a tour, and I've got to say I'm actually looking
>> forward to it.
>
> See you in 11.10 when they revert back.  =)

I dunno, Canonical seems pretty bent on pushing this, and willing to
take the flack for changing things.

It may be new, different, and uncomfortable, but I *think* I'd be
disappointed if they pushed hard on Unity now, and then gave up and
just moved to GNOME shell and looked like everyone else. Diversity,
open competition, and the innovations they push, are part of the
reason I came to Linux.

And this was probably the right release to go for it:

A) Every other distro is moving to GNOME 3, and still trying to figure
that out, so people are currently open to new desktop experiences
anyhow. The desktop metaphor was getting a little stale, and now's the
time to experiment.
B) This is not an LTS release, and they still have a couple releases
before they have to polish it up (or, if you're right, rip it out) for
the next LTS version.

Just some thoughts.

> --
> Jeremy L. Gaddis

Simón