Explain to me again why Unity is so great...

[chris]

On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 18:21 -0400, Doug wrote:
> On 04/22/2011 05:38 PM, Shaun Jones wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > On Apr 22, 2011 4:32 PM, "Thierry de Coulon" <tcoulon at decoulon.ch>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Friday 22 April 2011 10:58:29 pm Colin Law wrote:
> > > > On 22 April 2011 21:43, Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 22 April 2011 20:26, Zach <zach at zcsmith.com> wrote:
> > > > >>     I'm asking this in all sincerity as I'm trying to grasp
> > as to why
> > > > >> Ubuntu is so hell-bent on promoting this desktop when, from
> > what I've
> > > > >> seen so far, it's nothing to write home about.
> > > > >
> > > > > Given this is a support list, your question is somewhat
> > offtopic, and
> > > > > despite the disclaimer could well be seen as trollish,
> > especially when
> > > > > worded the way it is.
> > > >
> > > > I suggest that asking for help in understanding the logic behind
> > the
> > > > evolution of Ubuntu is a perfectly valid subject for this list.
> >  An
> > > > answer would increase the readers understanding of Ubuntu and
> > where it
> > > > is going and would presumably help us to get the most out of the
> > OS.
> > > >
> > > > So is there an answer to the question as to why Ubuntu is going
> > down
> > > > this route?  Hopefully the answer is not 42.
> > > >
> > > > Colin
> > >
> > > I absolutely second this. I don't really feel concerned with Unity
> > - I run
> > > Trinity on a desktop, with wired mouse and keyboard, so I am
> > probably even
> > > more turning "dodo" than Ric.
> > >
> > > However, I've allready experienced this on the SuSE lists with KDE
> > 4: we are
> > > told that we should move on with the others, but when we ask _why_
> > the
> > > new "thing" is better.... no answer.
> > >
> > > No one on this list seems able to answer the simple question that
> > is in the
> > > title of these mails. Ric did not either actually: the desktop
> > computer is
> > > supposed to die, ok, but in what does this make Unity so great?
> > >
> > > Thierry
> > >
> > >
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> > Xubuntu will give you the classic style your looking for plus there
> > are other options. For example you could use icewm with gnome apps
> > and this works quite well. There are many alternatives out there,
> > unity gnome 3 are all aiming at the tablet and mobile platform and I
> > don't think this way of thinking is gonna change. If you come to the
> > Xubuntu side ill see ya there moved awhile ago and haven't looked
> > back.
> > 
> > Mister Jones
> > 
> I see that several of the contributors here have mentioned the death
> of the home computer, and the ascendancy of the tablet.  I don't know
> about
> anyone else, but when the touchscreen becomes all there is, I hope to
> have passed on.  Certainly I won't be using it.  (My daughter has one,
> and I've tried it.  What a disaster!)  I'll join in with the previous
> poster who said he's an old fogy.  Me too!
> 
> --doug
> 
> -- 
> Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley

+1 /me