My request to ubuntu developer team

[Mike]

On 11/19/2011 05:40 PM, Pongo A. Pan wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-11-19 at 16:08 -0600, W. Scott Lockwood III wrote:
>> No need to fork. Use Linux Mint.
>>
>>
> Art Edwards (Quoted by Lockwood):
>>
>> The problem for me is that I use the computer for real work. I know others
>> do, but it's not even a little bit of a hobby for me. Gnome 2 had been an
>> incredibly nice productivity tool. To me, Unity is big and dumb. It seems
>> the world has fallen in love with tablet interfaces. I don't want a bunch of
>> eye-candy on my desktop. Is there any chance that someone will fork gnome to
>> serve the original geeks who grew up using linux?

I also use linux for work and to be productive. Unity is not 
productive at all for me. As you said, Unity is big and dumb! 
I don't want my desktop computer (or my laptop for that 
matter) working or looking like a tablet. I need to get real 
work done in an easy and organized way. Unity does not do this 
for me, or my many customers that are currently using Ubuntu 
10.04 LTS. After demonstrating Unity to them, they don't like 
it either. They want something they are familiar with and 
comfortable with. Unity may be great for tablets, but imho it 
is LOUSY for getting real work done on a desktop or laptop.


>
> 2. Linux Mint is using an only slightly modified gnome-shell for its
> main branch.  If you don't like gnome-shell, you will not like Mint 12.
> If you hate Unity, you probably will not like gnome-shell either since
> they aren't all that different.  I can't decide which I like better; I'm
> productive and happy using either.
>


I completely disagree with this. I am currently using Linux 
Mint 12 RC on one of my laptops along with a few additional 
extensions. I've set up quite a nice, productive and usable 
desktop interface that resembles a hybrid, very similar to a 
vanilla Gnome 2 interface.

In my opinion, Mint is headed in the right direction. Ubuntu 
on the other hand will quickly lose me, and all of my computer 
customers that need to actually get work done on a desktop (or 
laptop) computer once 10.04 LTS expires. Yes I realize I could 
install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu and set up the exact same desktop 
environment as in Mint 12, but why should I when Linux Mint is 
doing it for me. All I had to do was add an extra extension or 
two and I am ready to roll.

I am patiently waiting for Linux Mint's next LTS version to be 
released. When it is, I'm migrating all of my customers over 
to Mint. At least Clem listens to the community and has 
responded accordingly.