On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:

Apparently, though unproven, at 18:38 on Saturday 28 May 2011, Daniel da Veiga
did opine thusly:

> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 20:28, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel a
> > little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away.
> >
> > So, since I am familiar with Ubuntu from work, and have it on a couple of
> > laptops, I'm installing from the Ubuntu 11.04 live disk (video is just
> > fine).
>
> Good luck.
> A friend just dropped Ubuntu cause they simply decided to use Unity, and
> the dashboard is just (his words) weird. He was used to the Gnome look,
> and they simply changed everthing with an upgrade.
>
> I stick with Gentoo, at least I know my next upgrade won't change my whole
> interface...

Ubuntu are simply doing what KDE already did - take a risk, go with something
new, try to stay ahead of the curve.

Unity works fine on my netbook with 600 vertical pixels. I'm not sure it would
work well on my 1920x1200 notebook though. That's the risk one takes with
disruptive technologies, you might annoy some of your users

My hardware is not capable enough to run unity, so it logs into Gnome 2, the familiar
interface. I'm eventually going to upgrade the mobo and video, and I'll get to visit
with Unity on my own schedule. I generally stick to the LTS versions, which remain
supported for 3 years. I don't see the point of more frequent upgrades because
as an old-timer, I am perfectly happy with the tools I'm used to and find myself
increasingly exhausted on the learning curves. I can do it, but I want there to be
a really good view at the top. :o)