Unity Desktop

[Alan Pope]

On 17 April 2011 09:25, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
> Unity is designed for netbooks and related touch-based devices?
>

It was originally designed for netbooks, as the netbook UI for Ubuntu.
It was then decided that Ubuntu desktop should get the UI. It seems to
have some support for touch/multi-touch devices, but that's not the
immediate target.

> I am not using neither a netbook nor a touch-based device.
>

Nor am I, and I'm using unity on a laptop and a desktop.

> What is the recommended 11.04 install for a ubuntu laptop/desktop-pc user?
>

There's only one Ubuntu installer, i.e. there is no netbook edition anymore.

> I am still awaiting a simple complete explanation about what the idea
> behind unity is (without having to read pages and pages of information on
> the internet *smile*)

http://unity.ubuntu.com/about/

"What is Unity?"

> I have skimmed somewhere, that unity is an attempt to create a Mac
> looking/feeling ubuntu linux?
>

There's certainly elements of the Mac UI design that are in Unity.
Quite a few in fact. Not sure that's the goal though.

Al.