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Am I the only one who didn't hate Unity? I wonder if it was an effect of people who didn't like it complained and threw hissy fits. Those that liked or didn't

by rdtsc 9y ago

Am I the only one who didn't hate Unity? I wonder if it was an effect of people who didn't like it complained and threw hissy fits. Those that liked or didn't mind, didn't say anything. So it _seemed_ as if everyone hated and they just had to replace it. I've observed that pattern happen with product features before. A customer chimes vocally that they hate something, another does etc. An issue is created, work starts, then a whole new wave of complain come later that "hey I did like that feature, why did you remove it". Wonder how the decision was made, did they do a more formal survey or just went by the vocal critics on HN and other sites? (Now having said that, I don't dislike the new interface, so not complaining about GNOME, just mainly interested in how the decision process worked).

ctrlc-root 9y ago
Unity wasn't perfect but I personally really enjoyed it after the initial adjustment period. I mostly switch between a web browser, a terminal, and a text editor. I like how Unity let me run the applications I needed while staying out of my way and taking up mininal screen space.
nnm 9y ago
I like Unity and did not have good impressions of GNOME.
linuxftw 9y ago
I didn't hate it, but it was buggy and slow IMO. I believe it was discontinued due to Canonical's strategy of dropping mobile support. Unity was an effort to have a unified desktop across devices, I believe. Canonical is pivoting towards enterprise software [1] 1: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/why-did-ubuntu-drop-unity-mark-shuttleworth-explains https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/why-did-ubuntu-drop-unit...
3princip 9y ago
I loved Unity, and was pretty apprehensive about the change back to Gnome in 17.10. To my surprise, having hated gnome 3 when it came out years ago, the transition has been almost painless. The Ubuntu team have done a great job, the "new" settings screens are especially nice IMO.

by rdtsc 9y ago

ctrlc-root 9y ago

Unity wasn't perfect but I personally really enjoyed it after the initial adjustment period. I mostly switch between a web browser, a terminal, and a text editor. I like how Unity let me run the applications I needed while staying out of my way and taking up mininal screen space.

nnm 9y ago

I like Unity and did not have good impressions of GNOME.

linuxftw 9y ago

I didn't hate it, but it was buggy and slow IMO. I believe it was discontinued due to Canonical's strategy of dropping mobile support. Unity was an effort to have a unified desktop across devices, I believe. Canonical is pivoting towards enterprise software [1] 1: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/why-did-ubuntu-drop-unity-mark-shuttleworth-explains https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/why-did-ubuntu-drop-unit...

3princip 9y ago

I loved Unity, and was pretty apprehensive about the change back to Gnome in 17.10. To my surprise, having hated gnome 3 when it came out years ago, the transition has been almost painless. The Ubuntu team have done a great job, the "new" settings screens are especially nice IMO.