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Ubuntu 11.10 ('Oneiric Ocelot') Released

Posted by timothy on from the ring-in-the-changes-or-switch-in-horror dept.

Cue the Ubuntu release parties — Ubuntu 11.10 has arrived. Ars Technica has a very positive summary of the changes in 11.10; Joe Brockmeier's piece of a few weeks back explains the return to Xen to Ubuntu and the introduction of Juju (formerly Ensemble). Asks an anonymous reader: "Any outstanding reasons why I shouldn't upgrade?" YMMV, but as a long-time Ubuntu user, and like many other users, I have mixed feelings about the concerted (and now complete) move away from a conventional WIMP interface to the new Unity. With previous versions, it was possible to choose a "classic" look rather than the default of Unity; now, for good or ill, the left-hand vertical menu is a permanent desktop element. It looks great to me, in the way the Canonical developers intend: as a consistent, replicable, supportable interface to recommend to (for instance) my parents — but I'm used to (and prefer!) more traditional WIMP environments, so at least for now have switched to Linux Mint's Debian Edition.

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  1. I moved to kubuntu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    about 3 releases ago, and I've never looked back.

  2. What distribution left for developers? by loufoque · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What distribution are we supposed to use now?
    Ubuntu has given up on its users, and is turning into an interface for the elderly, the disabled and netbook people.

    I'd rather have my advanced UI that lets me do whatever I want with my workstation, thank you very much.

    1. Re:What distribution left for developers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Linux Mint? Ubuntu Decraprified.

    2. Re:What distribution left for developers? by couchslug · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "What distribution are we supposed to use now?"

      DEBIAN.

      Don't forget that Debian-based distros are merely lesser versions of their parent which trade quality for convenience.

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  3. apt-get install gnome? by wstrucke · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't understand... can't you just remove the unity package and install KDE or Gnome?

    1. Re:apt-get install gnome? by oakgrove · · Score: 4, Insightful

      can't you just remove the unity package

      Of course you can but see the only problem with intellectual honesty is it leaves a whole lot less for people to whine about.

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  4. Re: by taiwanjohn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, it's mostly still WIMP, but just different enough to be annoying, and for no apparent reason. Which is why so many people have been switching to Xubuntu lately (myself included). I see no reason to switch back to Ubuntu, unless someone can explain to me why this new Unity really IS easier to use than the standard WIMP interface.

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

    The standard WIMP has been around, mostly unchanged, for decades. Why change it?

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  5. Re:12.04 LTS by d3ac0n · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And this really bugs me. They are the only Linux distro that uses animal names for their version names, they get to 'P' and they DON'T USE 'PENGUIN'? WTF???

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