Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance

An anonymous reader writes with this enthusiastic review of the latest from Canonical: "So how does Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) fare? I will say exceptionally well. Unity is not the same ugly duckling it was made out to be. In Ubuntu 12.04, it has transformed into a beautiful swan. As Ubuntu 12.04 is a long term release, the Ubuntu team has pulled all stops to make sure the user experience is positive. Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin is definitely worthy of running on your machine."

Comments

Thanks!

[busyqth]

Thanks for the review Mr. Shuttleworth!

Re:Thanks!

[lymond01]

#apt-get install gnome-panel
Logout, chose fallback session (or whatever it's called). Was that so hard?

Okay, so what does Twitter have to do with this? And where's the Install menu?

God, you think they'd make these toasters more straightforward.

Really? Pangolin?

[damn_registrars]

I am disappointed they didn't opt for Platypus. Way more interesting than an anteater. Can a pangolin lay eggs? I think not. Can a pangolin inject venom through its ankle? I don't think so. Does a pangolin have 6 poorly-understood sex chromosomes? No to that as well.

Pangolin. Puh-leeze. So comparatively boring they might as well have opted for penguin.

Re:Too Late!

[dyingtolive]

But if you plug your ears and keep screaming about how Unity DOESN'T suck, it actually gets better!

Ubuntu is dead to me

[sagematt]

Ubuntu was dead to me since the moment they tried to force Unity down out throats. I'm sticking to Mint from now on.

Saving us the trouble of reading comments

[Overunderrated]

Poster 1) Unity is and always will be an unholy mess.
Poster 2) Unity is a massive leap forward in modern functionality, and anyone that simply gives it an honest try will agree.
Poster 1) I have tried. I don't want to learn new things and shouldn't have to. I had to switch to xfce.
Poster 3) APPLE APPLE APPLE
Poster 4) Seriously, Windows 8? Really?
Poster 5) You all should really give gnome3 another chance, it's really almost acceptable to use now.
Poster 1) Ubuntu is dead to me.
Poster 6) Remember NeXT?

Re:Too Late!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, and it's a real shame there are no other desktop environments available on Linux. Since Linux changed to the Unity desktop I have been forced to return to using my Amiga.

"a beautiful swan"

[kallisti5]

"a beautiful swan"... A beautiful swan as long as you don't mind it uncontrollably eating menu bars and crapping on your rug.

Re:Really? Pangolin?

[stewsters]

We do need more Australian animals. Ubuntu 19.04 : Dangerous Dropbear

Re:Really? Pangolin?

[engineer_uhg]

"Platypus" wouldn't communicate that it is full of bugs quite so effectively.

(just kidding - I'm actually a happy Ubuntu user)

Re:I was hoping for a review..

[Beardo the Bearded]

Perhaps by "beautiful swan" they mean the coked out, starving, bleeding, hallucinating swan portrayed by Natalie Portman.

Re: Remember Next?

[Anonymous Coward]

Posted from my Blueberry iBook running Debian Wheezy w/ wmaker desktop.

Re:Buttons on the wrong side... still.

[Dot.Com.CEO]

Slashdotters applaud Microsoft for something? You must be new here.

Re:ATTN: Switcheurs!!

[dyingtolive]

Pfft. You GTFO. I faked being a Mac user who hated on fake Mac users before it was cool to fake being a Mac user who hates on fake Mac users. You're just a poseur.

Re:Unity is a Operation Ivy song not a linux debac

[werld]

I know how to do all that n00b. Respect your Slashdot elders, I've been here leaps and bounds longer than you and from the good ol days where we had to everything by hand...Don't reply to my post like I am asking questions in #ubuntu. I know all about apt-get, xubuntu, etc...Go off bubbly boy on your ipad and play some farmville.

Re:Pangolin?

[Anonymous Coward]

You're thinking of cougars!

Re:Other OSs?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, I'm the HURD user you insensitive clod