Ubuntu Moves Away From GNOME

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 25, 2010 @03:00AM 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?"

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Aero by cerberusss · 2010-10-25 03:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Mark Shuttleworth says that Ubuntu will still be "GNOME," even if it's not using GNOME Shell.
I've got a mole in the Ubuntu organisation. The word is that mr. Shuttleworth has been in secret talks with Darth^WSteve Ballmer to negotiate the rights for Vista's Aero interface. It was available for pennies due to the number of unsold Vista licenses. The next version of Ubuntu will sport the familiar Aero interface, with features such as the nifty and user-friendly Deny/Allow-widget, grafted straight onto the Linux Kernel.
Open source community, what more do you want?

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1. Re:Aero by sammyF70 · 2010-10-25 03:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  well ... considering that Miguel de Icaza has been in secret talks with Palpat^WSteve Jobs to make Gnome so hard to customize that people won't see why they should use it instead of just buying a mac, it's just being fair to both sides.
  
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Re:Natty Narwhal? by elrous0 · 2010-10-25 03:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Beats the hell out of their Hamm's Hippopotamus release.

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Ubuntu is dead to me. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-10-25 03:16 · Score: 2, Funny

Ubuntu had a great deal of promise. But they have failed to deliver. It's been years, and they still cause hard drives to crash, they still fail to support hardware, and they still have shitty updates that break things. I'm done with Ubuntu and it makes me sad, because I can't go back to Windows now. My next computer is going to be an Apple and I don't give a damn about the apple tax, because apparently it is the only way to get a real unix desktop with well-supported software and hardware, that works. Shame on you Ubuntu.
Re:Natty Narwhal? by flanktwo · 2010-10-25 03:51 · Score: 3, Funny

Nah. It'll suck.
The responsibilities of a low User ID by Tetsujin · 2010-10-25 04:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Someone with a three digit /. ID should know that Gnome took several years from the release of 2.0 (2002) until it was back to the usability level of 1.4.
Hm, I wasn't aware having a low user ID carried such burdens...
Perhaps we should institute a system of tests, in which low-UID users are periodically challenged on their knowledge, and demoted if they fail - and other users are given an opportunity to filter up the ranks via the same system?

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1. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by Blakey+Rat · 2010-10-25 04:29 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I wonder what I'm obligated to know, based on my UID in the high 5-digits. Is it enough that I just know what a CPU is?
  
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2. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by MrHanky · 2010-10-25 04:44 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You're in the difficult 50K to 100K segment, which demands some knowledge and lots of genuine, honest curiosity. If you had only waited a week or two, you would be in the 100K+, which only requires a 50% troll ratio.
3. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by Tetsujin · 2010-10-25 05:36 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  You're in the difficult 50K to 100K segment, which demands some knowledge and lots of genuine, honest curiosity. If you had only waited a week or two, you would be in the 100K+, which only requires a 50% troll ratio.
  As someone who waited the week, I have to ask:
  Is that 50% minimum troll ratio, or 50% maximum?
  
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4. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by Rakarra · 2010-10-25 05:40 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  That's why I waited about 2 years before actually making an account.
  It wasn't laziness, no sir...
5. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by anarking · 2010-10-25 06:23 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  i know nothing! but seriously, gnome has it's problems and quirks, and anyone who wants to customize it can, so really the new UI is for new adopters, if people new to the system like it, then it did its job well. we can always modify it or not use it if we wish. what they end up with of course we hope is post gnome 2, pre Vista. i'd rather a Usable Interface than some User Interface any day. also, my user number is for sale. all of your vacation days. i want them.
6. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by Xemu · 2010-10-25 07:20 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  With some knowledge and lots of genuine, honest curiosity, I reply: Is that an African or European Troll?
  
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7. Re:The responsibilities of a low User ID by Just+Some+Guy · 2010-10-25 09:51 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Perhaps we should institute a system of tests, in which low-UID users are periodically challenged on their knowledge, and demoted if they fail - and other users are given an opportunity to filter up the ranks via the same system?
  We already have one. I started out in the high 800,000s.
  
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Ubuntu - the brown is gone by Anonymous Coward · 2010-10-25 04:27 · Score: 1, Funny

but the shit remains
Re:Natty Narwhal? by FrozenFOXX · 2010-10-25 07:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Beats the hell out of their Hamm's Hippopotamus release.
I was still holding out for Narcoleptic Nightingale.

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