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Ubuntu's Unity Still Crashes A Lot, Usability Problems
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Originally posted by yogi_berra View PostAnd yet it has 30% of the Desktop market in the US and 47% globally...
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...-market-share/
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Originally posted by kraftman View PostMainly because of available applications. This is the strongest MS point. Linux is great, but some important applications are missing on it thus its market share is still low. It's sad, but things like performance, security and stability doesn't matter for about 96% of computer users. They just want to use some specific programs.
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Originally posted by locovaca View PostBecause they're not packaging Gnome 3 as the default desktop environment for the distribution with one of the largest user bases when two weeks before the final release it's still in alpha shape.
Ship Unity now as an opt in, not opt out choice. Label it as beta, which it is. Target it for full release in the next LTS. It is Canonical's first attempt at anything like this. Forcing something clearly flawed on users is something people do when they know it won't be taken up en mass on its own merits (See Explorer, Internet).
You wanted a bike? Now you get to ride it.
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Originally posted by phoronix View PostPhoronix: Ubuntu's Unity Still Crashes A Lot, Usability Problems
A week ago a discussion began on the Ubuntu development mailing list whether Ubuntu 11.04 should ship with Unity or the classic GNOME desktop as many people are concerned about the state of the Canonical-developed desktop and shipping it too prematurely. While it looks like they'll continue using Unity since they went ahead and released Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 yesterday without any change, they have some published some rather frightening results from their user testing...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=OTMzMw
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On my T60, Unity is so slow it's nearly unusable. Secondly, it's clumsier to use than classic GNOME with one evenings testing. Third problem lies with poor integration of non-GTK applications into new desktop, notably FreeMind and SMPlayer. I'm not pleased with the route Canonical is taking.
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