Ubuntu loosing its popularity

[Douglas Pollard]

On 11/30/2011 11:45 AM, Art Edwards wrote:
> On 11/30/2011 03:17 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
>> Le 29/11/2011 17:00, Art Edwards a écrit :
>>> Except that Unity is more like Britney Spears than Archie Shepp.
>>
>> Since I use Ubuntu in a professional context, I usually stick to LTS 
>> versions (currently 10.04). Out of curiosity, I installed 11.10 on a 
>> sandbox machine, and I admit I liked it. I guess I'll check it out 
>> more in detail next summer, when it's more mature and stable.
>>
>> I don't quite get all the WM-bashing in the Linux world. I've been 
>> using KDE since 2.x, GNOME since 1.x, XFCE since 3.x, Windowmaker 
>> since 0.x, and I just adapted. It's like driving different 
>> motorcycles. Since every single one has its quirks, you just adapt 
>> without making a fuzz.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Niki
>>
> I have also used a variety of window managers, although I'm always 
> conscious of where I'm getting the most done. So in 1997 I was just so 
> happy to have X-windows on a home machine--I wasn't very fussy. As I 
> migrated from RH 4.1 to Suse, which was KDE, and then to Debian, the 
> wm's looked either like microsoft windows 3.1, or CDE. Then gnome came 
> out, and it was clear that this was a superior system, because I just 
> found myself getting more done. Note that it's not just a wm, it's an 
> environment. You can run either the metacity or the compiz window 
> managers inside gnome. Every now and then I would check out KDE 
> because it had such a great look, but within days, I found myself back 
> in gnome because I was more productive. So, I'm not so big on 
> adapting, if adapting means using an inferior product. To bend your 
> motorcycle analogy a little bit, in 1958 Ford introduced the Edsel as 
> a visionary car. It was a pig. The difference is that they didn't 
> excoriate their customers for not embracing change, they just dropped 
> it. To me Unity is Ubuntu's Edsel and Gnome 3 is gnome's Edsel. Worse, 
> they have dropped their Thunderbird for their Edsel. So, the 
> wm-bashing is because we have lost the best option. Luckily Xfce has 
> progressed so that it is almost as good as Gnome 2. Based on the Xfce 
> traffic on the list, gnome users are migrating their in large numbers, 
> so Xfce will probably get really good quickly. I know that I'm not 
> looking back, unless the MATE fork becomes stable, /and/ I find that 
> I'm unhappy with Xfce, an unlikely situation.
>
> Art Edwards
>
>
I guess the only big deal with me is I like having six desktops that I 
can go from one to the other on when doing video.  I usually  have 4 to5 
programs running and go back and forth on them. Other than that I don't 
have any problems with unity or what ever.  If it turns out that I can't 
have my desktops I'll probably just stay with a version that has them.  
I'll just keep it all on DVD and reinstall from them.   Doug

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