I read in an article recently that there is still a good amount of work being done to Unity in order to make it much more customizable. Admittedly, Unity annoys me a bit right now, but I've got my fingers crossed in hopes that it will become better.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/ubuntu-desktop-designers-clarify-on-configurability/ Jon On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Сергей <[email protected]> wrote: >> I suspect that Unity and GNOME 3 will be unaccepted by most Linux users >> even in the future and I don't think that a GNOME 2 fork will grow up, > > You know, over time the new shells will become better, and rolling > back to something else will become harder. So more and more people > will just adapt to what they get out of the box. Actually, it already > shows: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/which-desktop-environment-do-you-use-in-ubuntu-11-10-poll/ > - Unity's Dash is still hardly usable as an application launcher, but > 48% use it. If Unity gets a decent application launcher (and I'm > pretty sure it will get one for Precise), it will become even more > widespread. > >> but I guess GNOME 3 will enable a GNOME 2 mode, aka they CAN'T drop >> fallback mode. > > Actually, they can. They are even going to do it. > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxMTI > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxMjI > And I have to admit that consistent user experience is a good idea. > >> At Debian users mailing list you'll read about users switching from >> Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora to Debian, just regarding to GNOME 3, since they >> aren't aware that Debian testing already switched to GNOME 3. > > It would be nice to see that crowd switching to elementary OS seeking > Pantheon Shell :D > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
