Windoze(tm) user asks " why ????tu/*nix" - was [Re: (OT) Explain to me again why Unity is so great...]

[Richard Owlett]

N.B. - top posted 'for cause'
I'm a Windows(tm) user
I'd like a usable OS & was referred to Ubuntu variant of *nix.

I downloaded the .iso of a 'live' version.
It can be loaded/run on my system.
It is as *BLOATED*/'????'/{it's way or highway} as anything from 
Gates Inc.

I.E.
You folks be arguing about the *WRONG* question(s) ;<

Signed
A. Lurker {wishing to leave Redmond ;}


Alan Pope wrote:
> On 22 April 2011 22:27, Zach<zach at zcsmith.com>  wrote:
>> The direction that Linux has always been about choice and you have some
>> propeller heads at Canonical who have decided that Unity is the way to go
>> and everything else be damned.
>
> Steady on Zach.
>
>
>>   A bit of an exaggeration perhaps but you get
>> the idea.  I know just about everything in the world of computers has an
>> expiration date but getting rid of something when it's far from its time to
>> expire just for the sake of replacing it with some newfangled gadget is
>> unproductive and in most cases, a poor business practice.
>>
>
> You (and many others) characterise the change in the desktop to Unity
> as 'change for changes sake' but that seems to undermine the hard work
> done by skilled 'propeller heads' as you put it. These people have
> done some considerable analysis and development work to figure out
> what actually might be 'better' for the end user. Whilst that's not a
> utopia, best for everyone, there's certainly an argument that it could
> actually be a pretty decent desktop.
>
> I've been using Unity for some time now, and I've been as frustrated
> with it as many. I've filed (and had fixed) numerous bugs. I've
> experienced the crashes, had a hard time with two screens, experienced
> a broken desktop, and generally had about as crappy time as anyone
> else on this release. It's been a tough release cycle. Unity isn't
> finished, that's pretty clear.
>
> The good news is that there's numerous options available. Including
> but not limited to:-
>
> a) Running unity, filing bugs, helping to fix it.
> b) Running classic desktop, and still doing a) when time/facilities permit
> c) Sticking with 10.10
> d) Sticking with 10.04
> e) Switching to another distro for 6-18 months and coming back with
> the dust settles
> f) Switching to another distro, sad that Ubuntu doesn't fulfil your needs...
>
> You specifically said it's about choice. The choices are there. Take them.
>
> Al.
>