>The problem is, Unity has done nothing but alienate power users. Ubuntu has almost always acted as a stepping stone for people to come learn Linux and then gr

>The problem is, Unity has done nothing but alienate power users. Ubuntu has almost always acted as a stepping stone for people to come learn Linux and then graduate to a real distribution. There have always been reason for power users to be put off, even back when Ubuntu was just an ancient african word meaning "I can't configure Debian". Are you saying that by putting those issues in the GUI it alienates them too soon?