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> "Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops, Canonical is giving up on the project and will switch the default Ubuntu desktop

> "Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops, Canonical is giving up on the project and will switch the default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME next year." Now imagine if 6 years ago Canonical had spent all that time and effort into improving existing DEs and implementing Wayland-support instead of their (already then) NIH initiatives. Where would we all be now? Certainly not still stuck in this same, unimproved X11 sinkhole (yes yes, apart from Fedora-users, I know). Such a shame they had to spend more than half a freakin decade to realize their mistake.

Kenji 10y ago
I agree, but at this point, I had given up hope. It's better to realise one's mistake late than to never realise it at all. So I'm excited they correct it after all.
DoofusOfDeath 10y ago
Yeah, but that's true for most major decisions in life: hindsight is 20-20, and the mistake can be costly. I don't think Canonical was unusual in having a failed investment.
Scarblac 10y ago
> Certainly not still stuck in this same, unimproved X11 sinkhole I really don't care about it being X11 under the hood, I care about the sidebar on the left being gone.
- verisimilidude 10y ago
  Here you go. https://micheleg.github.io/dash-to-dock/ https://micheleg.github.io/dash-to-dock/
- tracker1 10y ago
  I prefer it there.. if Windows start menu weren't weird on the left, I'd have it there too... my mac dock is on the left as well. I have more horizontal space than I typically use, while vertical is at a premium.
  - Scarblac 10y ago
    I use fullscreen windows only, so all the space is used all the time anyway. I think that had they made its position configurable as half the Internet asked for since the start, Unity would have been way less hated. Anyway, there's still a top bar, the one that has the clock and so on. Two bars doesn't save space.
cat199 10y ago
But 6 years ago, PC's were dying and everything was going to be a tablet in 2 days time!

Kenji 10y ago

I agree, but at this point, I had given up hope. It's better to realise one's mistake late than to never realise it at all. So I'm excited they correct it after all.

DoofusOfDeath 10y ago

Yeah, but that's true for most major decisions in life: hindsight is 20-20, and the mistake can be costly. I don't think Canonical was unusual in having a failed investment.

Scarblac 10y ago

> Certainly not still stuck in this same, unimproved X11 sinkhole I really don't care about it being X11 under the hood, I care about the sidebar on the left being gone.

verisimilidude 10y ago
Here you go. https://micheleg.github.io/dash-to-dock/ https://micheleg.github.io/dash-to-dock/
tracker1 10y ago
I prefer it there.. if Windows start menu weren't weird on the left, I'd have it there too... my mac dock is on the left as well. I have more horizontal space than I typically use, while vertical is at a premium.
- Scarblac 10y ago
  I use fullscreen windows only, so all the space is used all the time anyway. I think that had they made its position configurable as half the Internet asked for since the start, Unity would have been way less hated. Anyway, there's still a top bar, the one that has the clock and so on. Two bars doesn't save space.

cat199 10y ago

But 6 years ago, PC's were dying and everything was going to be a tablet in 2 days time!