[PLUG] Natty is here

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Mon May 2 05:01:49 UTC 2011


On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:10:28 -0700
Mike Connors <mconnors1 at gmail.com> dijo:

>> I wonder how much different the reactions would be if you took a
>> similar group and gave them a Gnome desktop, or KDE, or whatever.
>>
>> I suspect the results would be about the same, but it would be
>> interesting to see an experiment.
>
>Probably. We all work differently in a UI that gives us that option. I
>didn't like really like the Linux UI
>on the first few distros I tried as it was Gnome. Then when I started
>running the KDE versions of distros, I stopped using MS Win.
>So a lot of it is just personal preference in how the UI feels to you
>and how you move about and do things in it.
>
>There are people out there who just want a window manager. I tried it
>a few times and it was okay, but after a few days I went back
>to KDE. And I honestly don't do anything to the default KDE. I just
>install the distro and start using it. Maybe that's why I like it so
>much.

I think Shuttleworth needs to do some primary research. I suspect he
has embraced Unity, partly because it solves some problems with X, but
overwhelmingly because he thinks that it will be more enticing and
easier to use for desktop users, particularly those coming from Windows.

Is that true? I don't know the answer, but it would be relatively easy
to discover. An in-depth study of the reactions and problems
of new desktop users, comparing Unity, Gnome, KDE, and a few others,
would be very revealing. 

I won't speculate as to the outcome. I only wish to point out that
without some scientific evidence, everything that people say pro and
con Unity is wild ass speculation. Whether you or I personally like it
or not is irrelevant. Ubuntu's goal is to make Linux usable on the
desktop for newcomers to Linux. Those users are the ones whose opinion
matters.

Maybe the Ubuntu team has already done this research. I doubt it, but
if they have it would be interesting to find a link to it.



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