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Ubuntu Moves Away From GNOME

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the end-of-an-era dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's official: Ubuntu has, with its ironically named 'Unity' interface, chosen to move away from GNOME for Ubuntu Natty Narwhal. Or at least move away from GNOME Shell. Mark Shuttleworth says that Ubuntu will still be 'GNOME,' even if it's not using GNOME Shell. Do you agree?"

2 of 514 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And this is why people stick with other OSes by spidercoz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So how many versions did you upgrade at once? "Completely different?" I think not. Sure there are minor changes to how things look across consecutive versions, nothing is as drastic as you describe. You just sound like an old man waving his cane around.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall, re Voltaire
  2. Re:Unity has it's problems by rastos1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I want something that looks like Windows...

    Well, if that's what you want, you have plenty of choices. If you want something full-featured, both Gnome and KDE will fit the bill, and you can download themes that even make the icons and windows look similar to Windows.

    Scratch that. He wants Windows. Give him Windows.

    Or better yet, don't bother talking to him until he stops making decisions based on "what it looks like".