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It's an unfortunate title for this post since unity is something altogether different for a lot of linux users see: https://unity.ubuntu.com/about/ https://uni
by yarper 11y ago
It's an unfortunate title for this post since unity is something altogether different for a lot of linux users
see: https://unity.ubuntu.com/about/ https://unity.ubuntu.com/about/
Though there is a certain appreciable irony in having two totally different things named unity.
- cm-t 11y agoYes, note: This is about Unity3D, not Unity Desktop
- wjoe 11y agoEven in terms of "Unity the game engine" it's confusing. Unity has supported building for Linux for a long time, and the majority of Unity games have been released for Linux. This is specifically the editor for creating games, which was not previously available.
- thearn4 11y agoRight, this is actually the part that confused me. I didn't realize that the editor was not previously available for Linux.
- jerrac 11y agoI still often think of the game engine, before I think of the gui when I hear "unity".
- aceperry 11y agoSame here. In fact, I use the standard Unity based Ubuntu on my desktop only. I prefer to use a more traditional desktop environment like XFCE on all of my other machines and laptops. The Unity desktop is tolerable and not too difficult to get used to and switch back and forth from XFCE, unlike windows 8. The Unity3D game engine announcement is awesome and they've been really changing the face of game dev.
- inversionOf 11y agoPeople who are aware of Ubuntu's Unity will also know that it obviously has long existed on Linux, so there is no confusion. Simple heuristics made abundantly clear more than any additional title clarification could. There are a lot of products in tech, and a huge number of name collisions. Context (such as the fact that the linked domain is unity3d) saves us all from having to add caveats and clarifications to every mention. Just as I can talk about Microsoft Windows without noting that I'm not talking about panes of glass.
- philtar 11y agoYou're a grade A anti-pedant. Please hang out on HN more.
- tsotha 11y agoThis is all true. The title could have had some more context, though, for people who have no interest in this particular Unity.
- cwyers 11y agoWell, the title has context -- the URL of the site hosting the title, Unity3D.com, is right next to the title, both on the main page of Hacker News and on the discussion page.
- outworlder 11y agoJust call it "Unity3D" and the confusion (mostly!) goes away.
- mmosta 11y agoI usually use unity3d to help narrow my google searches, however its important to note that almost all official literature refers to the platform as Unity, even more so given the recent emphasis on 2d games built w/ it.
- dysoco 11y agoActually, before Ubuntu's Unity we had the Unity distribution (http://unity-linux.org http://unity-linux.org). Granted it was never popular, and it definitively isn't now, but still.
- tempVariable 11y agoMy first thoughts were indeed of the Unity desktop. Then as I read the article, the confusion and realization set in.
- radicalbyte 11y agoAs it is for Windows people: it's an IoC container from Microsoft (and now "community supported").
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 11y agoYeah they ought to call them boring unity and exciting unity.