On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:10:28 -0700 Mike Connors <[email protected]> dijo:
>> I wonder how much different the reactions would be if you took a >> similar group and gave them a Gnome desktop, or KDE, or whatever. >> >> I suspect the results would be about the same, but it would be >> interesting to see an experiment. > >Probably. We all work differently in a UI that gives us that option. I >didn't like really like the Linux UI >on the first few distros I tried as it was Gnome. Then when I started >running the KDE versions of distros, I stopped using MS Win. >So a lot of it is just personal preference in how the UI feels to you >and how you move about and do things in it. > >There are people out there who just want a window manager. I tried it >a few times and it was okay, but after a few days I went back >to KDE. And I honestly don't do anything to the default KDE. I just >install the distro and start using it. Maybe that's why I like it so >much. I think Shuttleworth needs to do some primary research. I suspect he has embraced Unity, partly because it solves some problems with X, but overwhelmingly because he thinks that it will be more enticing and easier to use for desktop users, particularly those coming from Windows. Is that true? I don't know the answer, but it would be relatively easy to discover. An in-depth study of the reactions and problems of new desktop users, comparing Unity, Gnome, KDE, and a few others, would be very revealing. I won't speculate as to the outcome. I only wish to point out that without some scientific evidence, everything that people say pro and con Unity is wild ass speculation. Whether you or I personally like it or not is irrelevant. Ubuntu's goal is to make Linux usable on the desktop for newcomers to Linux. Those users are the ones whose opinion matters. Maybe the Ubuntu team has already done this research. I doubt it, but if they have it would be interesting to find a link to it. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
