Unity ROCKS!!!

[Ernest Doub]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Ben Darby <bendarb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> * Liam Proven (lproven at gmail.com) wrote:
> > Ubuntu is a small minority OS. Its target is people coming from other
> > OSs, *not* people coming from older versions of Ubuntu. There are a
> > billion-odd Windows users out there and only a dozen or 2 million
> > existing Ubuntu users.
>
> So where do those people coming from older versions of Ubuntu, that have
> helped make it the success it is today go? I've found that the main
> problem in getting people to come across to Linux isn't that it was
> harder to use or wasn't visually appealing. The main issue is that they
> can't use their applications and the Linux alternatives are either
> incompatible or not up to scratch. Dressing up the UI won't do anything
> to bring those users across if that is their primary aim.
>
> > It's not meant to convert existing users. It's meant to bring new
> > people to Ubuntu by making it simple and accessible and
> > easily-learned. Remember it came from netbooks, simple internet-access
> > devices rather than full-function PCs.
>
> A lot of the arguments for Unity are that it is nicer on a small screened
> netbook or tablet and that is great, but there was already UNR for that.
> Now all the people with "full-function PCs" are stuck with an OS
> designed for a tiny computer.
>
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This is the point where I as a NOOB user since 8.04 have to jump in.
All the arguments given in favor of UNITY are saying that it is coming
from a small screen viewpoint, it is more Android like, etc.
I DON'T WANT MY FULL FUNCTION DESKTOP TO SIMULATE THE RESTRICTIONS AND
LACK OF FUNCTIONALITY I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ON A TABLET DEVICE OR
SMARTPHONE. [capitalization for purpose of emphasis not intended as
yelling]
If this is the perspective that the UNITY developers are coming from
then UNITY will be a darwinian dead end.  I have read from the
beginning of my exposure to Ubuntu/Linux that "Linux isn't Windoze".
In this latest update I am presented with a lot of new 'bells and
whistles" and eye candy and no improvement in *real* day to day
functionality.
I am also reading about major problems of compatibility with certain
graphics cards.
Given these problems going forward I can't recommend anybody I know
switching to Ubuntu from any Micro$oft platform.
>From my point of view we the average user have been presented an early
beta product as a finished offering.  This is no way to convince
people to switch or even try an alternative product.
For those who say this is OT and not a technical issue there are two
major issues here.  1.  The hijacking of the stated principles of
Ubuntu for the "look what I can do" satisfaction of a small technical
group.  2.  The obvious major problems with a widely used hardware set
(graphics cards)
3.  A poorly tested and generally badly accepted product with little
internal documentation being introduced as a finished product.
Hi Desert Ed