Unity ROCKS not!!!

[Liam Proven]

On 9 May 2011 15:40, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> On 05/09/2011 12:45 AM, Douglas S. Saylor wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> I think there seems, with some, they want what they have/had. They don't
>> want new/better cause they got THIS figured out. I get it, sorta, but
>> newer=better pretty much 99% of the time that just IS the reality. Is
>> there a learning curve that might be uncomfortable? Of course. But I
>> guess if learning new stuff is considered a "problem" ...I'm gunna have
>> to agree to disagree with those folks.
>>
>>> > Kill it how? By no longer supporting a superseded piece of code? Well
>>> > what else should they do?
>>> >
>>> > Why would a modern distro cling to outdated legacy code?
>>> >
>>> > Seriously, I'm curious, why?
>> I guess this goes to some people wanting what they got without change so
>> they never have to learn new stuff <sigh>. I guess if you like old
>> motorcycles, cars, etc, you can do that. Computers, software ...that
>> world is obsolete in 6-months!
>
> It has nothing to do with what's "new," but that what is new is of lower
> functionality
> and configurability than that which was replaced. It is never a good
> thing to remove
> them.....period! For example, take a good long look at the new KDE for
> an example
> of all the graphic "goodies" many want yet with the configurability and
> functionality
> that is mandated by more than a casual user who only reads email and web
> pages.

That's a fair point, actually.

Yes, Unity is a bit simpler. There's a whole bunch of stuff it doesn't
do, AFAICS, that the old system did.

But then, there's a whole bunch of stuff Mac OS X doesn't do that
Windows does, any yet, it's an entirely usable OS.

Sometimes, simplification can show you the things you didn't realise
were actually inessential.

I can certainly see how some people's workflow will be impeded by
Unity as opposed to GNOME 2. Mine isn't, so far, but some will.

But it works and it also comes with cool new facilities.

And at the end of the day, it's less like Windows. I work with Windows
all day every day. Anything that gives me a break from that on my own
computer is good, and it's also good for Canonical because there is
less for MICROS~1 to sue over.



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