Ubuntu loosing its popularity
 

Tapas Mishra wrote:

> Some people on the list must be interested in following news.

This precise subject has been covered numerous times on here in the
past, and none of those times did it have anything much to do with
technical support.

It's not that there's no place for this sort of topic on this list, or
that we or canonical are trying to avoid letting people talk about
Unity's shortcomins, it's just that this is _not_ a general discussion
list, if you'd like one, there's a small-but-growing Ubuntu-leaning one
here:

http://groups.google.com/group/bikeshed

It's what was set up to replace Canonical's Off-Topic list when that
was shut down.


Please, if you genuinely have something to add to the discussion, and
feel it really is on-topic, seek out one of the older threads about it
- people actively disinterested in or bored with the topic are likely to
have already set those threads to ignore.

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Le 29/11/2011 13:23, Tapas Mishra a écrit :

Some people on the list must be interested in following news.
http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/11/23/ubuntu-linux-losing-popularity-fast-new-unity-interface-to-blame/


You know, I still enjoy Charles Mingus and Archie Shepp, even after
learning they're slightly less popular than Justin Bieber and Britney
Spears :o)


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On 11/29/2011 08:43 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> Le 29/11/2011 13:23, Tapas Mishra a écrit :
>> Some people on the list must be interested in following news.
>> http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/11/23/ubuntu-linux-losing-popularity-fast-new-unity-interface-to-blame/
>>
>
> You know, I still enjoy Charles Mingus and Archie Shepp, even after
> learning they're slightly less popular than Justin Bieber and Britney
> Spears :o)
>
Except that Unity is more like Britney Spears than Archie Shepp.

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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:53:09 +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:

> Some people on the list must be interested in following news.
> http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/11/23/ubuntu-linux-losing-popularity-fast-
new-unity-interface-to-blame/
>
> ------------------------------
> Thanks
> Tapas

I should confess, I've not fallen in love with Unity yet. However I like
GNOME Shell even less. This is largely due to the idea of unified
interface for both smart-phone and desktop PC being a little out of my
comprehension. Am I getting old and stubborn? I do not know...

Current shortcomings of GNOME 3 affect my relationship with both too.

However things change and, quite often, it takes to us poor human beings
a bit of time to digest changes. Only time would clear it up.

Right now Ubuntu is the only distro allowing me to install both Unity and
GNOME 3 Shell on the same system. This way I can login into any of them
at any time. Thus I can keep my eye on what is going on without
sacrificing much of my productivity. Interestingly enough it seems that
slowly I'm getting used to both of them.

Yes, Unity is slightly less stable today that is desired. But so is GNOME
3 Shell, and so is GNOME 3 itself. Well, they are just babies yet.

Speaking of Unity, Oneiric was quite a step forward though. Even on my
laptop with blacklisted Nvidia GForce 7300 it runs just fine and is
pretty snappy. And I mean 3D Unity, not 2D. Though I should admit it is a
little more demanding on resources then GNOME 3 Shell.

Coming back to the subject, IMHO this is a case when "rumors of its death
are slightly exaggerated."


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Le 29/11/2011 17:00, Art Edwards a écrit :

Except that Unity is more like Britney Spears than Archie Shepp.


Since I use Ubuntu in a professional context, I usually stick to LTS
versions (currently 10.04). Out of curiosity, I installed 11.10 on a
sandbox machine, and I admit I liked it. I guess I'll check it out more
in detail next summer, when it's more mature and stable.


I don't quite get all the WM-bashing in the Linux world. I've been using
KDE since 2.x, GNOME since 1.x, XFCE since 3.x, Windowmaker since 0.x,
and I just adapted. It's like driving different motorcycles. Since every
single one has its quirks, you just adapt without making a fuzz.


Cheers,

Niki

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On 11/30/2011 03:17 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
Le
29/11/2011 17:00, Art Edwards a écrit :


Except that Unity is more like Britney
Spears than Archie Shepp.





Since I use Ubuntu in a professional context, I usually stick to
LTS versions (currently 10.04). Out of curiosity, I installed
11.10 on a sandbox machine, and I admit I liked it. I guess I'll
check it out more in detail next summer, when it's more mature and
stable.




I don't quite get all the WM-bashing in the Linux world. I've been
using KDE since 2.x, GNOME since 1.x, XFCE since 3.x, Windowmaker
since 0.x, and I just adapted. It's like driving different
motorcycles. Since every single one has its quirks, you just adapt
without making a fuzz.




Cheers,




Niki





I have also used a variety of window managers, although I'm always
conscious of where I'm getting the most done. So in 1997 I was just
so happy to have X-windows on a home machine--I wasn't very fussy.
As I migrated from RH 4.1 to Suse, which was KDE, and then to
Debian, the wm's looked either like microsoft windows 3.1, or CDE.
Then gnome came out, and it was clear that this was a superior
system, because I just found myself getting more done. Note that
it's not just a wm, it's an environment. You can run either the
metacity or the compiz window managers inside gnome. Every now and
then I would check out KDE because it had such a great look, but
within days, I found myself back in gnome because I was more
productive. So, I'm not so big on adapting, if adapting means using
an inferior product. To bend your motorcycle analogy a little bit,
in 1958 Ford introduced the Edsel as a visionary car. It was a pig.
The difference is that they didn't excoriate their customers for not
embracing change, they just dropped it. To me Unity is Ubuntu's
Edsel and Gnome 3 is gnome's Edsel. Worse, they have dropped their
Thunderbird for their Edsel. So, the wm-bashing is because we have
lost the best option. Luckily Xfce has progressed so that it is
almost as good as Gnome 2. Based on the Xfce traffic on the list,
gnome users are migrating their in large numbers, so Xfce will
probably get really good quickly. I know that I'm not looking back,
unless the MATE fork becomes stable, and I find that I'm
unhappy with Xfce, an unlikely situation.



Art Edwards



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On 30 November 2011 16:45, Art Edwards
<edwardsa@icantbelieveimdoingthis.com> wrote:
> ...
> To me Unity
> is Ubuntu's Edsel and Gnome 3 is gnome's Edsel. Worse, they have dropped
> their Thunderbird for their Edsel.

Could you clarify the Thunderbird comment please? Thunderbird has not
been dropped has it?

Colin

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On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:03:54 am Colin Law wrote:
> On 30 November 2011 16:45, Art Edwards
>
> <edwardsa@icantbelieveimdoingthis.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > To me Unity
> > is Ubuntu's Edsel and Gnome 3 is gnome's Edsel. Worse, they have dropped
> > their Thunderbird for their Edsel.
>
> Could you clarify the Thunderbird comment please? Thunderbird has not
> been dropped has it?

He is using Ford motor cars as an example. However, the Edsel was well ahead
of its time which was the major problem. Quirky styling, push button
automatic transmission selector in the middle of the steering wheel, and very
large engines. I owned both. No, Thunderbird as a mailer for Ubuntu has not
been dropped.

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On 11/30/2011 10:03 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 30 November 2011 16:45, Art Edwards
> <edwardsa@icantbelieveimdoingthis.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> To me Unity
>> is Ubuntu's Edsel and Gnome 3 is gnome's Edsel. Worse, they have dropped
>> their Thunderbird for their Edsel.
> Could you clarify the Thunderbird comment please? Thunderbird has not
> been dropped has it?
>
> Colin
>
No. The thunderbird was a Ford product. In its initial incarnation, it
was quite nice (for an American sports car). I'm merely saying that the
Edsel didn't replace a great product, it was brought out, and dropped,
independently.

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