[clue] Nuttiness over Natty Unity

[Lorin Ricker]

It's all about *choice*, folks.  Ubuntu's just added something new to 
the GUI mix, and admittedly it's "version 1.0" (or maybe even "0.5"). 
With use and feedback, it might get better... or maybe it won't.  *You* 
get to choose whether to play or not... If you try it and don't like it, 
you can change your mind, and your GUI.

While Natty's "inviting" you to take a look at Unity by default, it 
certainly ain't holding a gun to your head...  Why all the uproar about 
fielding something new?  I'd expect that the Linux/GNU/FOSS community 
would *welcome* new advancements, even if it's ultimately not for you, 
me or "them."

Who knows?  With work, it's at least conceivable that some future 
evolution of Unity *might* attract new users to the Linux world?  Would 
that be bad, even if *you* don't like it or use it?

respectfully,
   -- Lorin

On 05/03/2011 02:55 PM, David L. Willson wrote:
> <sigh> So. Just. ... Log out. Choose "Ubuntu Classic". Log in. It's. Not. That. Hard!
> 
> <poke>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max G. Allen" <amphibious at thegeek.nu>
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> I'm on unity right now, it's pretty bad.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 2:47:37 PM
> Subject: [clue] Nuttiness over Natty Unity
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> 
> So, I just loaded Natty, selected "Ubuntu Classic" and logged in. It looks like it always did, and I don't even have to re-select "Ubuntu Classic"; the system assumes I want whatever I had last time. What's with all the bilious rantings, the spleenious, spluttering rage? THIS is "forcing everyone to use Unity"? This having to make a selection from a menu one time, is the God-awful lock-in I was warned about? What a let down... I was looking forward to a prison to bust out of. I had my inner criminal primed and ready, and now... Pfah. 
> 
> David L. Willson 
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