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It was by far the most polished and modern looking Linux desktop. That is an opinion not shared by everyone. I found it to have questionable design direction.

It was by far the most polished and modern looking Linux desktop. That is an opinion not shared by everyone. I found it to have questionable design direction. Unity was best on the platform where it was initially released, being screen-size constrained netbooks. It just stops making sense on the desktops everyone has. Hiding menu/scroll bars and the like... No one is in a position to decide what is NIH, fragmentation, duplication of effort or 'good' for the community. Individuals cannot speak for a community. It's called sharing one's opinion, and it happens everywhere. Mir had nothing to offer to the larger ecosystem, and neither did Unity. Uniqueness or being a "third option" isn't a virtue all on its own, and it looks like that lesson finally hit home.

throw2016 10y ago
True, it goes the other way too. Simply don't use what you don't like. I don't like KDE but many do. Nothing can justify launching a tirade based on personal preferences, so what explains the kind of negativity directed at Unity? One is free to share one's individual opinion, but one can't speak for the 'community'. For instance just because 'you' personally see no value in Mir, Unity or Ubuntu phone doesn't make it true. Maybe others do. That's just your opinion. Don't pretend to speak for a community. As long as you are not compelled to use it you can choose something else. Since there is no overarching Linux community no individual or project can declare 'NIH', 'fragmentation', 'duplication of effort' or the particularly measly-mouthed 'good' of the community? Which community? Debian, Redhat, Suse, Mint, Cinammon, Slackware, Gnome, KDE, Elementary, Budgie? Which community are they speaking for? These terms are being used to manipulate and push self serving agendas by bad actors.
- Karunamon 10y ago
  >Nothing can justify launching a tirade based on personal preferences I'm sorry, but why do "tirades" require "justification"? I can talk all day long about how Unity's UI is shitty. I have no obligation, legal, moral, or otherwise to phrase my annoyance in any specific way.

throw2016 10y ago

True, it goes the other way too. Simply don't use what you don't like. I don't like KDE but many do. Nothing can justify launching a tirade based on personal preferences, so what explains the kind of negativity directed at Unity? One is free to share one's individual opinion, but one can't speak for the 'community'. For instance just because 'you' personally see no value in Mir, Unity or Ubuntu phone doesn't make it true. Maybe others do. That's just your opinion. Don't pretend to speak for a community. As long as you are not compelled to use it you can choose something else. Since there is no overarching Linux community no individual or project can declare 'NIH', 'fragmentation', 'duplication of effort' or the particularly measly-mouthed 'good' of the community? Which community? Debian, Redhat, Suse, Mint, Cinammon, Slackware, Gnome, KDE, Elementary, Budgie? Which community are they speaking for? These terms are being used to manipulate and push self serving agendas by bad actors.

Karunamon 10y ago
>Nothing can justify launching a tirade based on personal preferences I'm sorry, but why do "tirades" require "justification"? I can talk all day long about how Unity's UI is shitty. I have no obligation, legal, moral, or otherwise to phrase my annoyance in any specific way.