[wplug] Unity

[Ed Stewart]

I have it on a Gateway dual core with a gig of ram and it also runs 
beautiful for me Dave, I have used gnome for about 12 years now since 
dropping M$ and found Unity a bit different, but that is because of 
knowing Gnome by heart. Unity to me takes a bit of getting used to but 
works very nice. It is just plain beautiful on my quad core with 8 gig 
of ram and the big video card in my desktop. I have Compiz setup and the 
eyecandy is great... Ed

On 05/21/2011 08:25 PM, Dave Ostroske wrote:
>
> On May 21, 2011 6:36 PM, "L. A. Weber" <laweber at verizon.net 
> <mailto:laweber at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
> > By the way, what are the member's opinion of Unity?
>
> Here's my two cents.
>
> I installed Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04), upgrading from 10.10, a few 
> days after its release. I have an older laptop, so I wasn't ready to 
> upgrade until I was sure that it wouldn't make my machine sluggish. A 
> review from ZD convinced me to go ahead with it.
>
> So far, I'm impressed. After a flawless net upgrade and some 
> arrangement of the launcher buttons, it's been a joy to work with. I 
> tend to use the keyboard a lot, and will avoid using the mouse if 
> possible, but Unity has still been a net gain in my user experience.
>
> The launcher buttons present themselves with their own positional 
> keyboard shortcuts. (You can define your own shortcuts but I haven't 
> delved too far into how to do that.) I like the top-pane menus, though 
> I don't love the Mac experience much. The menus are slightly 
> inconsistent, though. Most apps (freedesktop.org-inspired apps 
> primarily) use the top pane for the menu, but apps like LibreOffice 
> and Chromium (which I both love) don't yet, and a recent add-in for 
> LibreOffice menus is not yet up to snuff. That may be resolved sooner 
> than later, though.
>
> The app indicators have completely replaced the system tray, which is 
> a grand improvement. I have indicators for both Ubuntu One and for 
> DropBox. A decent system stats indicator would be nice to have. 
> There's one out now which is text-based, but I'd much prefer a more 
> graphical approach.
>
> There are links online for tweaking Unity's interface, and I used a 
> special desktop wallpaper to learn all the keyboard shortcuts for the 
> first few weeks.
> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html
>
> Try a few of the tweaks, installing them one at a time. If a tweak 
> doesn't work for you, remove it.
>
> One final note: Unity doesn't replace GNOME. On the contrary, it 
> enhances it. This is GNOME 2 that I'm referring to, by the way. I 
> don't know if GNOME 3 will underlie the system in future releases, but 
> it seems like they'd make a good fit.
>
> I'd like to know what other Ubuntu users think. I'm not expecting a 
> mass exodus to Debian or Mint quite yet, tempting as it may be to some 
> folks. For now, I'll stick with Ubuntu.
>
> -- Dave Ostroske
>
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