On 30/04/12 10:40, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
I wonder how many people are using Unity/Gnome 3/Gnome 2 in the later releases of Linux distros?
I myself ditched Unitiy after about 5 mins, tried Gnome 3, also ditched it, but then a year or so later tried Gnome 3.2 forced myself to use it for a month to give it a real shot. And now I am very happy with Gnome3 UI and can't imagine going back to gnome 2. I am a long time linux user since redhat 5.2 days, a geek at heart, definately not the gnome 3/unity target users.
But I have a friend whom I have had running ubuntu and gnome 2 for several years, at least 4. He is the target audience for the unity/gnome 3 desktops, only does email and web surfing, has no computer knowledge to speak of and does not want any. So gnome 3/ unity should be a great fit for him, but he hates it and I had to send him back to gnome 2.
So I am curious, how many geek types use the new ui's and how many hate them after a real attempt to use them?
I've been using unity since Ubuntu 11.04 or thereabouts, both at home and at work (dual/triple head displays). I have had very few problems with Unity that didn't end up being transient issues with legacy gnome/gconf settings (eg, a new homedir fixed it). If you think the target audience for unity and gnome 3 is people who do email/web surfing and have no computer knowledge, then I'm definitely not the target. That said, the only apps I tend to use are firefox, thunderbird, virtualbox, skype, banshee, and about 8000 instances of gnome-terminal :) Unity doesn't get in the way of my workflow in any way, so I have no problems with it.