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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:Aero by sammyF70 · · 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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    "DRM is like the Ford Pinto: it's a smooth ride, right up the point at which it explodes and ruins your day."-C.Doctorow
  2. The responsibilities of a low User ID by Tetsujin · · 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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