[Newark] Ubuntu Natty / Unity

[Craig Lynch]

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.

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.

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.

On a random note, anyone tried etoilé? I haven't managed to get it to build
yet.. :(

Craig
On May 9, 2011 4:55 PM, "Peter Adams" <praest76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> So what's the general opinion here on Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity? I have
> Ubuntu installed on the girlfriend's netbook which I keep up with the
> latest to test. So far I've found Unity quite nice on a small netbook
> aimed at non-tech users. Still haven't convinced her of it's merits
> over the Windows 7 it dual-boots but Windows related frustrations are
> helping push her over.
>
> While most Linux users I know are fairly down on Unity I'm finding it
> a more simple and user-friendly experience and can see where Canonical
> is going with it; Linux for the non-geek.
>
> --
> Peter
>
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