Ubuntu drops Gnome, implements Unity

ocleroux said:
Will our favourate Gnome programs still work?
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To put it into simpler words, theyre getting a very reliable .. engine. Say a VW engine... and putting a fancy dress on it so it looks better (like what VW did to the Audi). So the engine is still the same, but now its going to have better upholstery, good curves and a new paint job :D
 
Unity is what forced me to install Mint onto my netbook. If Ubuntu is going to push that crap interface across their entire product line, then the competition is smiling. Shoot yourself in the foot much, Mark?
 
Big whoop. So what? Everyone that really likes gnome will probably reinstall it once they get the new version of Ubuntu anyway. It's not like linux users are so tech impaired they have to stick with the defaults because they can't change anything. I hope it rocks though. Gnome is so boring it forced me down the path of Compiz and eventually KDE
 
BGE said:
I needed a Photoshop equivalent for creating web graphics... and no GIMP + InkScape just can't do what Photoshop+ImageReady does... (
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True, I tried as well and could only get Photoshop running, but not Dreamweaver. I like Linux, BSD is better though, but I can’t live without CS4. I wonder if the MAC version of the CS4 / 5 suite will run on BSD ?, as I’ve heard that OS X run off some FreeBSD libraries. Ubuntu is still a great server OS and I use it on a daily basis without a GUI.
 
hawker said:
The same way they just decided to move all the buttons to the left?

I haven't used Unity yet, but I'll have to wait and see how it all pans out. If it turns out to be horrible I'll install xfce or LXDE.
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To change Ubuntu to have the buttons on the right again was 'n simple enough exercise for me. Was one or 2 settings if a remember correctly.
 
ave said:
you mean ubuntu isn't the only distro? :confused:

I have tried a few different distros and I keep coming back to ubuntu, it just works. To me its now gotten to the stage where its easier to install and use than windows.
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Have to agree with you. I am a Windows user first, so I don't like tinkering with Linux when I need to get my work done, and Ubuntu allows me exactly that. I guess for server stuff you may want Suse or Redhat instead, but I don't need to deal with that, I only develop the software, I do not need to make the servers run, some other guy does that.
 
BGE said:
For 6 months I switched over to Ubuntu... was a very good experience at first... then I hit graphics driver issues after an update... then I needed a Photoshop equivalent for creating web graphics... and no GIMP + InkScape just can't do what Photoshop+ImageReady does... so I tried running PS through WINE... it worked but was too clunky... so I'm back on Vista...

Sad day... very sad... :(
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You like to play with your OS it seems. It is fun for a while, but I just use Windows when the apps I need are on Windows and I use Linux (Well Ubuntu really) when the apps I need work on Linux. Simple and easy. Also I hate wasting time tinkering with an OS, few years ago it was part of the fun, now not so much.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
Unity is what forced me to install Mint onto my netbook. If Ubuntu is going to push that crap interface across their entire product line, then the competition is smiling. Shoot yourself in the foot much, Mark?
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Haven't used Unity before, I hope it is not as bad as you make it out to be, will probably know more next year April.
 
I'll still use Ubuntu... and all my other distros. Freedom of choice... that is what it is all about. And there is a distro out there for you.
 
About time i'm bored by the interface by now anyways
 
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I like having the buttons on the left, it feels more intuitive to me. This coming from a Windoze user who only recently switched to Linux. It took me a while but I got all my stuff working in Maverick and I've actually deleted my Windoze install! I can't believe I struggled with that POS OS for so long.
 
So long as they don't force the install of anything, I'm good. Although maybe gnome could do with a facelift, and what not, I have everything exactly how I want it. I don't want to have to upgrade and find that I must then do some patch work to put everything back to how I like it :)
 
wishblade said:
So long as they don't force the install of anything, I'm good. Although maybe gnome could do with a facelift, and what not, I have everything exactly how I want it. I don't want to have to upgrade and find that I must then do some patch work to put everything back to how I like it :)
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+1 on that. Would also hate to readjust everything, they better make it work out of the box.
 
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