This thread reminds me of an old slashdot post about the original ipod... Ubuntu is investing in a better Linux desktop experience and they've been doing that s

This thread reminds me of an old slashdot post about the original ipod... Ubuntu is investing in a better Linux desktop experience and they've been doing that successfully for quite a while now. Unity is new and it's probably going to take a while to work out the kinks. I'm very pleased that Ubuntu is looking to move past the GNOME vs KDE paradigm that has dominated Linux desktop development for the past decade. I think they will be successful in Unity. I was really impressed with 11.04 when I installed it. About 2 hours later when I had to do some real work it was less useful and I started using Xubuntu instead but I'm confident that they will get it right because they have made it a priority and they are trying something different.