Still, Shuttleworth's pronouncement was pretty sensational. ;) Some would regard this decision (Unity vs GNOME Shell) as ultimately a fork, an idea that further (IMHO) exacerbates the perception that Canonical is not contributing enough to core GNOME functionality. GNOME's focus right now is to revamp the desktop experience, and with Canonical working essentially on their own on Unity, GNOME will be losing the much-needed feedback from Ubuntu's user base, and skills from Canonical's experienced engineers.
(I don't want this to boil down to an "us vs them" debate -- anyone miss KDE vs GNOME vs Xfce vs whatever? Didn't think so.) Bottom line: it was a business decision for Canonical. They want market differentiation for the Ubuntu brand, and it's well within their right to decide what's best for their users. In the end, the free software community would have to decide which to support more. Diversity is good, but not too much. :) On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 18:11, Zak B. Elep <[email protected]> wrote: > That's sjvn for you. He just loves to sensationalize. > > On Oct 26, 2010 12:05 PM, "Allan E. Registos" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Actually as one commentator pointed this out, the title is SJVN's article >> is misleading, it is not a departure from "GNOME" which is the desktop, but >> from the default shell of Gnome. Unity can be understood as a counterpart or >> another alternative of "Gnome Shell" which runs on top of Gnome. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Stephen Piana" <[email protected]> >> To: "Mailing List para sa Ubuntu Pilipinas (Philippines)" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:15:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-PH] SJVN reports that "Ubuntu changes its desktop >> from GNOME to Unity" >> >> update >> >> found this: >> http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/10/25/ubuntu-11-04-to-ship-unity/ :D >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Stephen Piana < [email protected] > >> wrote: >> >> >> Hhhhmm... "users want Unity as their primary desktop."? now that's funny. >> :p >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Allan E. Registos < >> [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At least for the 11.04 release. Here is the link: >> >> http://blogs.computerworld.com/17224/ubuntu_changes_its_desktop_from_gnome_to_unity >> Any thoughts? >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Don't Mess With The TeNsAi!!! >> >> >> >> -- >> Don't Mess With The TeNsAi!!! >> >> -- >> ubuntu-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph > > -- > ubuntu-ph mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph > > -- Ian Dexter R. Marquez http://iandexter.com -- ubuntu-ph mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph
