Unity ROCKS!!!

[Albert Wagner]

On 05/03/2011 04:51 PM, Ernest Doub wrote:
> 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
>
Very well said.  Thank you.