I hope that Dell will sell a bunch of those machines, but I do not think that Unity will facilitate that end. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with the Gnome 2.0 desktop manager would probably be better welcomed by users
I use Unity regularly now without too much difficulty because I know what apps are available on the system. I have been using Ubuntu for many years and like it better than most distros that I have tried as a 20 year Linux user, since SLS and Slackware. I have recently been experimenting with Mint, Mate and the so called "Classic Gnome" as alternative desktop managers for 12.04 but have noted some bugs in those on my Thinkpad. I have also installed the KED version of OpenSuSe 12.1 on another Thinkpad and painfully bypassed some of its problems.
I could live with Unity but think it is a terrible choice for a Linux newbie, who will not be familiar with the names of the applications or their functions. IMHO, an alternative menu tree should be offered as an option.
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I hope that Dell will sell a bunch of those machines, but I do not think that Unity will facilitate that end. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with the Gnome 2.0 desktop manager would probably be better welcomed by users I use Unity regularly now without too much difficulty because I know what apps are available on the system. I have been using Ubuntu for many years and like it better than most distros that I have tried as a 20 year Linux user, since SLS and Slackware. I have recently been experimenting with Mint, Mate and the so called "Classic Gnome" as alternative desktop managers for 12.04 but have noted some bugs in those on my Thinkpad. I have also installed the KED version of OpenSuSe 12.1 on another Thinkpad and painfully bypassed some of its problems. I could live with Unity but think it is a terrible choice for a Linux newbie, who will not be familiar with the names of the applications or their functions. IMHO, an alternative menu tree should be offered as an option.