Unity ROCKS!!!

[Dick Dowdell]

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:53 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 05/01/2011 11:32 AM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
> > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Justin Stanczak <rizenine at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Great work all. It's like a blend of windows, mac, and gnome in one. I
> >> can't wait to update and see all the improvements. Also is there a
> general
> >> discussion list?
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > Change (progress) is hard.  Unity is different from the Ubuntu we know.
>  I
> > am, however, astounded by the anti-Unity anger expressed on this list.
> >
> > I've been a software developer for over 30 years---from the early IBM
> > mainframes and DEC Minis, through Macs and PCs, to the Cloud, iOS, and
> > Android.  Not all innovation has been successful, but much of it has.  I
> do
> > know that if I had the same reaction to change as the Unity haters, I
> would
> > not still be employed.
>
> Sorry Dick, but I think you are missing the issue(s).
>
> 1. I've kept up to date on Natty since Alpha, so I've had some idea what
> was coming. However on every 10.10 system that I boot (and I have quite
> a few test machines), there is an popup that tells the user that there
> is an upgrade & it encourages them to upgrade immediately. Of course
> there is an 'Remind Me Later' button, but the gist of the popup is that
> you 'really, really, really' should do this upgrade to 11.04. So they do.
>
> This popup is sheer stupidity. Particularly since
>
> 2. Even if the upgrade works, users (those with graphic cards that meet
> the new & improved DE Unity defaults), the user is now transformed into
> an Mac OSX/iPad/iPod DE that they've no experience with.
>
> You comment on how well you've transformed from mainframes to Android.
> How would you have taken such a change if you'd spent several years
> developing on DE X and did such an "upgrade" and instead were presented
> with DE Y? Obviously you'd be pretty pissed off wouldn't you? Not only
> would you have to figure out how to get in/out of DE Y and back to DE X,
> but you would have lost considerable productivty & time doing so. Then
> you'd probably wonder if DE Y made changes & screwed up your previous
> (and well defined) settings in DE X. Right?
>
> How about if your boss had IT simply change your DE overnight & you
> walked in the next morning, fired up your system ready to work and
> discovered that everything you'd configured to your liking was
> completely changed?
>
> >
> > Anyway, one can still log on in Ubuntu Classic mode if one doesn't wish
> to
> > learn something new.
>
> Anyway I still think you miss the point. Unity could/would/can be fine
> if the user is prepared and willing to experiment & try. However there
> are a considerable amount of users that "upgraded" only to have exactly
> what I've described happen to them. It's pretty easy to monitor:
> <
> http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?s=199e2b141d171a69114e1b40ca9ced06&f=331
> >
> <http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04>
>
> Probably a better source for someone of your experience:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity
>  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity
>
>
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NoOp,

Sorry, but I didn't miss the point.  I remember the MS-DOS people
complaining about the early versions of Windows (which did indeed suck) ---
not a lot of people using DOS today.  As for people with older, less
powerful, hardware, Ubuntu does provide alternative desktops.  Again, that
was not made obvious to or easy for the less technical among us.

I still have a lot to learn about using Unity, so most of the time I log on
to Ubuntu Classic when I'm working.  I think that the availability of
Classic should have been made more obvious, so users know they have a
lifeline.

However, having done a lot of mobile and pad development, I'm taking the
time to learn to use Unity.  For good or bad, that is the way the world is
moving and I'm glad the Ubuntu is keeping up.

Regards,
Dick Dowdell
H/O: 508-528-4018  Mobile: 508-498-7919
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