Unity Interface sucks, Any alternatives
Liam Proven
lproven at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 21:23:44 UTC 2012
On 2 January 2012 20:48, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
>> I think you - and perhaps the author of that article, Scott Gilbertson, I
> believe* - have possibly misread the interview with the SABDFL.
>
> Which interview is that, exactly? There seem to be a few. I saw nothing
> about Mark Shuttleworth's vision of the future in the one I just read.
The message I was replying to said, as follows:
> On 2 January 2012 17:26, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
>>
>> There was an article today about the Unity interface, and about Gnome 3. The
>> next LTS release of Ubuntu will be supported for 5 years instead of the
>> normal 3 years.
[...]
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/02/linux_in_2011/
That article contains the following line:
«
In an interview earlier this year with ZDNet, Shuttleworth calls the
move away from the desktop a "natural progression" and says that
Canonical plans to "embrace the challenge of how to use Ubuntu on
smartphones, tablets and smart-screens."
»
The word "ZDnet" is a hotlink to this interview:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-heads-to-smartphones-tablets-and-smart-tvs/9834
> In any case, this isn't about me. I was only relaying the message from the
> article. There is no overreacting.
>
> Thanks for the rather lengthy opinion of the future of computing and Ubuntu,
> but it's all rather pointless. Anyone claiming they know the future should
> be locked up.
Well, thanks for the constructive feedback. Sorry to waste your time.
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