Probably gonna get tons of disagrees but I don't hate this. (also, why is BBC reporting on this? Unusual.)
I use primarily shortcuts anyway, but sometimes I forget it and I have to dig through poorly written menus to find what I need. This seems like it'll make it easier, if it works right.
[QUOTE=The golden;34392954]With each new "user-friendly" feature they add to Ubuntu they're slowly digging its grave.
Don't they listen to their community? People are furious with the changes that have been made over the last few distros.
[editline]25th January 2012[/editline]
With each new "user-friendly" feature they add to Ubuntu they're slowly digging its grave.
Don't they listen to their community? People are furious with the changes that have been made over the last few distros.[/QUOTE]
You alright there?
Hahaha this is fucking awful. Why would they do this.
Their current menu scheme is awful, so maybe it's a good thing they're changing it?
Ever since Unity was introduced, Ubunut's gone to shit.
No wonder Mint overtook them as most popular distro.
[QUOTE=The golden;34393263]This is my personal opinion, but I would say Gnome has gone to shit too. Gnome 3 violates everything the Linux community has stood for all these years. It's not easily customizable and it's very restrictive. They removed the shutdown and minimize buttons for fucks sake. It's terrible.[/QUOTE]
It only takes a few tweaks (like the ones the Linux Mint team have been doing) to make Gnome 3 as good as Gnome always has. Slap a proper menu, disable the hot corner and get some of the features back in and tada!
[editline]25th January 2012[/editline]
Unity, however, is doomed.
[QUOTE=The golden;34392954]With each new "user-friendly" feature they add to Ubuntu they're slowly digging its grave.
Don't they listen to their community? People are furious with the changes that have been made over the last few distros.
[editline]25th January 2012[/editline]
With each new "user-friendly" feature they add to Ubuntu they're slowly digging its grave.
Don't they listen to their community? People are furious with the changes that have been made over the last few distros.[/QUOTE]
Yeah they should get rid of the whole GUI and just go back to command line. That's what linux fans REALLY want.. RIGHT? They don't want a nice version of Linux that anyone can pick up an use - they want it to only be usable by 1% of the population.
Ubuntu is following Suse's footsteps but with a bigger piece of the market.
I want to see where this goes. It's kind of interesting.
[QUOTE=Medevilae;34393469]CHANNNNGEEEE! OH GOD THE CHANGE![/QUOTE]
Nothing wrong with change as long as the change isn't dumb.
[QUOTE=garry;34393452]Yeah they should get rid of the whole GUI and just go back to command line. That's what linux fans REALLY want.. RIGHT? They don't want a nice version of Linux that anyone can pick up an use - they want it to only be usable by 1% of the population.[/QUOTE]
Actually, I know enough people that use linux commandline only and hate on every linux user that wants to use a GUI over a command line.
I really hate to use this word but it kinda feels that many linux are some kind of "hipster" that feel threatened by that fact that others use their beloved OS with GUI.
Or they are just scared by the fact that there is change at all.
[QUOTE=garry;34393452]Yeah they should get rid of the whole GUI and just go back to command line. That's what linux fans REALLY want.. RIGHT? They don't want a nice version of Linux that anyone can pick up an use - they want it to only be usable by 1% of the population.[/QUOTE]
Occupy Ubuntu
Actually, I want to try this out. And it will be my first time leaving Windows.
This is a fantastic idea, I agree that I use mostly shortcuts, because it does help with productivity. I like to type and it just makes things easier in general. And when the whole system is tailored around this feature, the cons of it will quickly be solved.
[QUOTE=garry;34393452]Yeah they should get rid of the whole GUI and just go back to command line. That's what linux fans REALLY want.. RIGHT? They don't want a nice version of Linux that anyone can pick up an use - they want it to only be usable by 1% of the population.[/QUOTE]Sure, why not?
ITT: People who think we should keep using GUI designs originated in the 70s.
(also don't forget Linux is almost literally all about choice. Don't like Unity? Use another distro!)
Just what I always wanted. To have to navigate menus like its some old Sierra adventure game.
[QUOTE=Jetblack357;34393069]You alright there?[/QUOTE]
He's shorting out from rage and I can't say I blame him.
[QUOTE=MasterFen007;34393296]No wonder Mint overtook them as most popular distro.[/QUOTE]
Hah, really? I've never heard of Mint!
Then again I don't use Linux so why would I.
I don't see the problem.
Ubuntu wants to be the user-and-newbie friendly Linux distro and these changes are indeed that. Any current users that don't like it can turn the new features off or move ("graduate", if you prefer) to a more suitable distro.
In fact, I would go so far as to say that their current community are the people Canonical should be the least willing to listen to. Linux users have always been overtly resistant to change.
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;34393743]ITT: People who think we should keep using GUI designs originated in the 70s.
(also don't forget Linux is almost literally all about choice. Don't like Unity? Use another distro!)[/QUOTE]
They do work well and as intended but there are always things that can be improved, however i don't think this is the way.
Always thought that Ubuntu was the perfect introduction distro for Linux. There are enough Distros out there for more advanced users
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;34393743]ITT: People who think we should keep using GUI designs originated in the 70s.
(also don't forget Linux is almost literally all about choice. Don't like Unity? Use another distro!)[/QUOTE]
Pretty much this. I've never really been a fan of Ubuntu myself but there are whole tons of distros with minimal GUIs, and plenty that come command-line only by default. The changes look interesting and it's cool to see that they're trying to innovate but I don't think I'd like to use them myself. But I use arch anyways so eh.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;34393911]Hah, really? I've never heard of Mint!
Then again I don't use Linux so why would I.[/QUOTE]
fucking stellar evidence right here folks
Now watch Apple come up something similar like this and claims that they revolutionized operating systems again.
ruined FOREVER
These kinds of things are really cool.
KDE has something similar, but I've haven't used it as much as I should.
There's nothing worse than having to take my hands off the keyboard to use the damn mouse.
[QUOTE=garry;34393452]Yeah they should get rid of the whole GUI and just go back to command line. That's what linux fans REALLY want.. RIGHT? They don't want a nice version of Linux that anyone can pick up an use - they want it to only be usable by 1% of the population.[/QUOTE]
"why does nobody takes our operating system seriously???? :((("
-linux nerde that just spent 12 hours configuring shit
I don't get the hate this is a really good idea.
I know that I don't ever use the start menu in Windows 7 because the search bar at the bottom is so powerful.
[editline]26th January 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=garry;34393452]Yeah they should get rid of the whole GUI and just go back to command line. That's what linux fans REALLY want.. RIGHT? They don't want a nice version of Linux that anyone can pick up an use - they want it to only be usable by 1% of the population.[/QUOTE]
If they wanted that they wouldn't be using Ubuntu though.
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