Canonical will release its upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 on Oct. 13. If you suffered through version 11.04 in hopes that something better would arrive in 11.10, you suffered in vain. For the typical user, very little of anything new is bundled into this latest Ubuntu upgrade. To be honest, my early hands-on experience with Ubuntu 11.10 did not disappoint me — not really, anyway. I was not expecting much in the upgrade. Not much new is precisely what I found. But let’s put my reaction in context. I am a die-hard Ubuntu user.
i like unity and works great on my netbook and desktop. the side bar is best on my netbook and does not take up vertical space.
(but if you like it at the bottom for any reason there are some tutorials for that online)
i think this shell is better for canonical in the long term.
am sure "kde5 and gnome4" will break the desktop once again in the future.
so this lets them keep something stable for as long as they like while adding improvements every 6 months.
Maybe someone can explain this to me. pretty much EVERY device out there is widescreen now, from the 7 inch netbooks and tablets, to the 12 inch netbook/ultraportables like my new EEE, to the big 17 inchers, to the desktops. ALL are widescreen. So what in the name of all that is good and holy possessed them to put the stupid bar going up to down?
It is pretty obvious on any widescreen not in portrait mode (which with the exception of a couple of graphic artists everyone I've ever met sticks to the default landscape) that you will have the most room going left to right NOT up to down, so what gives? do they think Linux users will only use a couple of programs?
I just don't get it, but then again frankly i think all the DE devs have taken a detour to nutty town. KDE 3 was nice and light, GNOME 2 while a little too "Mac-ish" for me was also nice and pretty light, but now everyone seems to be taking a page from the MSFT/Apple handbook and saying "Bring on the bling!" not to mention throwing out working code for buggy. its like some bizarro world where the devs go "Quick things am getting stable! Users am happy! Must break everything and make real slow and flashy, that'll make users miserable!".
So honestly I don't get it, nobody seems to like unity (it looks like it was made for tablets but like i said don't seem to fit the tablet FF) and while some like KDE 4 and Gnome-SHell (although there seems to be more hate than love) just think how far along gnome 2 and KDE 3 would have been if that level of effort would have been put into them?
I swear if i didn't know better I'd say its a case of fear of success and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Its like every time things start running smooth and stable it seems like a race to see who can break stuff first. its just nuts.
I've been using Ocelot for about 3 weeks now. I've not been able to get Gnome shell to install without it making a complete mess of my desktop. I've been using Unity quite a bit, however, and I am generally satisfied with it. But, like you, I find little to commend it over Unbuntu 10.10.
I have one specific comment in response to your report. You can minimize and maximize open windows in Unity. In maximized windows, the minimize and maximize buttons are located in what use to be the top panel in Gnome 2.0. In resized windows (i.e., less than maximized) the buttons are located in the applications' title bar.
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Ubuntu Upgrade a Mixed Bag at Best
Posted by: Jack M. Germain October 12, 2011 05:00 AMCanonical will release its upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 on Oct. 13. If you suffered through version 11.04 in hopes that something better would arrive in 11.10, you suffered in vain. For the typical user, very little of anything new is bundled into this latest Ubuntu upgrade. To be honest, my early hands-on experience with Ubuntu 11.10 did not disappoint me — not really, anyway. I was not expecting much in the upgrade. Not much new is precisely what I found. But let’s put my reaction in context. I am a die-hard Ubuntu user.
(but if you like it at the bottom for any reason there are some tutorials for that online)
i think this shell is better for canonical in the long term.
am sure "kde5 and gnome4" will break the desktop once again in the future.
so this lets them keep something stable for as long as they like while adding improvements every 6 months.
It is pretty obvious on any widescreen not in portrait mode (which with the exception of a couple of graphic artists everyone I've ever met sticks to the default landscape) that you will have the most room going left to right NOT up to down, so what gives? do they think Linux users will only use a couple of programs?
I just don't get it, but then again frankly i think all the DE devs have taken a detour to nutty town. KDE 3 was nice and light, GNOME 2 while a little too "Mac-ish" for me was also nice and pretty light, but now everyone seems to be taking a page from the MSFT/Apple handbook and saying "Bring on the bling!" not to mention throwing out working code for buggy. its like some bizarro world where the devs go "Quick things am getting stable! Users am happy! Must break everything and make real slow and flashy, that'll make users miserable!".
So honestly I don't get it, nobody seems to like unity (it looks like it was made for tablets but like i said don't seem to fit the tablet FF) and while some like KDE 4 and Gnome-SHell (although there seems to be more hate than love) just think how far along gnome 2 and KDE 3 would have been if that level of effort would have been put into them?
I swear if i didn't know better I'd say its a case of fear of success and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Its like every time things start running smooth and stable it seems like a race to see who can break stuff first. its just nuts.
I have one specific comment in response to your report. You can minimize and maximize open windows in Unity. In maximized windows, the minimize and maximize buttons are located in what use to be the top panel in Gnome 2.0. In resized windows (i.e., less than maximized) the buttons are located in the applications' title bar.