Yes, I think they intend to use "Unity" as the one interface across Ubuntu TV, Ubuntu Phone, Ubuntu Tablet Edition, and of course the almighty desktop. That's been my impression of it at least.
On 5/17/12 7:37 AM, Jeff wrote: > > On Thursday, May 17, 2012 01:04:41 AM Steve Vasta wrote: > > > > It seems to me that we're letting the "open-source" developers of > > > Ubuntu lord Unity over our heads as the next "great" desktop that > > > everybody has to migrate to instead of using and promoting what > > > actually works well. Why the developers of the Ubuntu desktop throw > > > away a mature desktop like gnome 3 and adopt this hack called > > > "Unity" (desktop peoples of the world, unite) is beyond me. > > > I don't know if you're being rhetorical or not; there are discussions > of what they did and how they did it, published on the 'net. I found > them hard to follow when I first read them so I won't look for them > now, but they did have reasons, no matter how we 'unwashed masses' see it. > > > > This > > > "piece of trash" should have never been promoted as the prime desktop > > > into Ubuntu, > > > My recollection is that having the same look and feel across all > platforms was important to them; one look on phones, tablets, laptops, > desktops. > > > Like Microsoft is doing with W8 (yes 'W8', as in 'I gave up on > Microsoft; that's a big W8 off my shoulders'). > > > Jeff > > -- > > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
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