Getting rid of Unity?

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Saturday, April 30, 2011 07:48:41 PM Goh Lip wrote:

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> But I think it is unfair that you mentioned gnome users laughed at us;
> it is the kubuntu users who left that laughed at us. While I do not
> blame them for leaving as kde4.0 was really unusable, and there was no
> option to revert back, it was really not a laughing matter. I've kept
> using my 8.04 for at 2 years (and testing newer versions and other
> distros) until I was satisfied kde4 has reached the level of usability
> (at kde4.2.3; it's now 4.6.2 and as good as 3.5.10 with extra eye
> candies and other unnecessary widgets/plasmoids which I do not use).
> 
> There is a broader lesson here. While I hope unity is going to be much
> better and there is an option to use 'classic' (albeit slightly not
> gnome2), the lack of "community-camaraderie" in explaining or "selling"
> the reasons of the change can be improved.
> 
> After all, we feel more than just consumers, we are "community" and
> expect to be treated as such. While consumers will walk away, community
> will stomp off in disgust. I suspect former kubuntu users will not
> return not because kde4 is not better now, but they had avowed never to
> return (sorry for triple negatives, for emphasis, see). Communities can
> accept mistakes but not be slighted.
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Agreed. When KDE 4 came out I did not laugh, for sure. I left and used Ubuntu-
Gnome. No big deal, though - since I could run my favoured KDE-apps - like 
digikam, k3b and konqueror with all the kipi-plugins under Gnome, only without 
the integration. And then, around KDE 4.3 everything changed and 'what a 
difference this number makes'. - Now I'm running 4.6.2 and it's better than 
ever. - The funny thing is, that I right-clicked the desktop and added another 
panel, moved it to the left rim of the screen, added icons of all my favoured 
apps and - volia - I now have a Unity-look-alike desktop - albeit with tonnes 
of functionality and rock-stable.... So after alle the bumps (k)ubuntu is 
still alive and well. - A little 'changing the horses' is good for the horses 
too... 

Kaj Haulrich.
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