Goodbye Gnome. Hello Unity.
p2pnet view Open Source:- In the next release of Linux O/S Ubuntu 11.04, Unity — not Gnome — will be the default desktop interface.
But it’s based on Gnome.
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, who’s also the owner of Canonical, the company behind it, “surprised the hundreds of Ubuntu programmers at the Ubuntu Developers Summit” when he announced Unity is Ubuntu’s new netbook interface”, says Computerworld.
But Shuttleworth agreed it’s a “significant, risky step”, says the story, quoting him as admitting >>>
It will throw people’s confidence. I will preempt one important question: Unity is a shell for GNOME even if it isn’t GNOME shell. We’re committed to the principles and values of GNOME.
To make Unity “work on the desktop, rather than on the netbook, where one foreground activity at a time is the rule”, Shuttleworth said Ubuntu had “A lot of work to do around windows management”, says the story.
But “Lots of people are already committed to Unity — the community, desktop users, developers, and platform and hardware vendors”, it has him stating, noting in particular that original equipment manufacturers (OEM) like Unity and are “happy to ship it.”
“Shuttleworth also said that touch, which was introduced to Ubuntu in the most recent version as Utouch, will be integrated into Unity and applications”, says Computerworld.
But, the story, adds, “Not everyone is happy about Ubuntu’s desktop shift. Some see this move as creating yet another division in Linux circles.
“Shuttleworth admitted that ‘There is a group that will take offense,’ but he thinks if Linux users and developers focus more on what they have in common rather than their differences, this move will be good for Linux, GNOME, and Ubuntu.”
Computerworld – Ubuntu changes its desktop from GNOME to Unity, October 26, 2010
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October 26th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Ubuntu (Y)
Ubuntu is awesome but I just wish they could minor problems fixed
Mounting SD Cards
Problems with Copy/Paste inbetween applications
Getting Firefox to drop .tar.gz and get with Debian Packages!
p2pnet readers may disagree with me, but I think these things are Important thats all
October 26th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I am personally one of the “Not everyone is happy about Ubuntu’s desktop shift” people. I tried Ubuntu 10,10 Netbook out for a few days because I had a little emergency (formatted my netbook but forgot to put an OS on for class the next day, and I must say, 10.10 installs quite well from a USB stick, while on battery power and well within the 50 min lecture time frame). I’m sure I could get used to Unity if I played around with it for longer, had more time to customize it to how I like it. I don’t really think it’s a bad decision, just one I don’t agree with. I think it would make it a little harder for people migrating from Windows as everything looks a lot different in Unity then in just basic GNOME, and people tend not to like “different”.
@ Comeoncomcast (aka Andrew): If Firefox got .deb packages on their site, that would be awesome! However, please don’t wish that they drop the tar.gz packages, the normal compressed files are easier for those of use who don’t use Debian-based distros (ie. Slackware)