<p>In similar fashion I just pushed a box upto latest Ubuntu for a family member. The lad having had some experience with GNOME but isn't a techie, took a dislike to it. He seems alot happier with GNOME3 and the Shell.</p>
<p>Personally I quite like the look of it. Seems to have a lot in common with both Shell and MacOS X. I didn't get to have a good play with it because the lad wanted Shell but I'm open to putting it on a box myself to take a look.</p>
<p>I'm always on the lookout for new UX/UI. Having had KDE4, Shell, E17, blackbox, plan9 and finally Haiku on a dual-boot. Its always fun trying out the new workflows.</p>
<p>On a random note, anyone tried etoilé? I haven't managed to get it to build yet.. :(</p>
<p>Craig</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 9, 2011 4:55 PM, "Peter Adams" <<a href="mailto:praest76@gmail.com">praest76@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hi Folks,<br>> <br>> So what's the general opinion here on Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity? I have<br>
> Ubuntu installed on the girlfriend's netbook which I keep up with the<br>> latest to test. So far I've found Unity quite nice on a small netbook<br>> aimed at non-tech users. Still haven't convinced her of it's merits<br>
> over the Windows 7 it dual-boots but Windows related frustrations are<br>> helping push her over.<br>> <br>> While most Linux users I know are fairly down on Unity I'm finding it<br>> a more simple and user-friendly experience and can see where Canonical<br>
> is going with it; Linux for the non-geek.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Peter<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Newark mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Newark@mailman.lug.org.uk">Newark@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
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