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Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X
An anonymous reader writes in with an opinion piece from ZDNet Australia. "Here's what the official press release won't tell you about Ubuntu 9.04, which formally hit the streets yesterday: its designers have polished the hell out of its user interface since the last release in October. Just like Microsoft has taken the blowtorch to Vista to produce the lightning-quick Windows 7, which so far runs well even on older hardware, Ubuntu has picked up its own game."
Okay... so I gave up and RTFA. There's a lot of "it's pretty, it's pretty, it's quick, it's pretty"... but no details and no screenshots. What gives?
....making me suffer through reading so many words and not giving me pretty pictures...
Isn't it strange, that an article that only talks about the looks of an OS, does not contain a single image or video?
Sorry, but this makes the whole article pointless.
Let's dance about architecture!
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Not just any brown, but a poo brown. I just don't get why they stick with that fugly color scheme if they want to impress. Win7 looks nice, Mac OSX looks nice, Ubuntu looks like poo. One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong. Pick a nice blue, or green, hell anything but that awful poo brown. Because IMHO when you set laptops up running Win7 and OSX side by side with Ubuntu the poo brown just makes it look like....well poo. And first impressions count. Making the user think of poo on first boot probably isn't the impression they want to make with Ubuntu, but then again seeing as they have hung onto the poo brown so long maybe that is what they are going for.
But IMHO "runs fast but looks like shit" really isn't that much of selling point in 2009. Especially with how nice OSX and Win7 look in comparison. I mean honestly, who is going to walk into a store selling laptops and look at OSX and Win7 and think "I want the one that looks like dookie!"
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Maybe i hurt some Ubuntu fanboy's feelings? Mod me down all you want, but it isn't like I'm the first one to notice the poo brown color sucks. look at just about any forum with Ubuntu users and you will find a lot of folks hating the poo brown look.
but hey, if you want folks to take one look at your OS and think "Meh" and pass it by, fine by me. Why don't you try the hairyfeet challenge? Place laptops with OSX, Win7, and Ubuntu side by side and see which one looks better. Hell do it with screenshots. You will see that OSX and Win7 are simply more pleasing to the eye. It is obvious looking at OSX and Win7 that the designers wanted to make it eye catching and pleasing to the senses. But if you want....well poo, hey it is a free country. Just don't be surprised when folks don't get your OS a second glance when compared to OSX and Win7. Because like it or not, first impressions count.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.