ZeusABJ
October 3rd, 2006, 09:28 PM
Hey Chanders,
For starters, thanks so much for your hard work on the USP. The USP (combined with the Ubuntu Control Center) has gone a long way to improve my overall Linux desktop experience tremendously. On to my issue, I flipped through some of the threads here and I did not notice anyone else asking this question, so I'm going to come right out with it. Do you know if anyone from the official Ubuntu team is considering the prospect of including the USP and UCP as a standard component of any future Ubuntu releases (like Edgy maybe)? I've been looking at screenshots of the recently released Edgy beta, and to be honest I'm a little disappointed to see the same “standard” gnome interface there. Also I don't see either of them listed here:
https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+specs
I know everyone has their preference, but one of the things I admired most about SLED was the fact that the Novell team really took the time to polish and customize the Gnome interface into something more usable. I guess I was hoping the Ubuntu team would see that and take it to heart, but so far I'm seeing no indications that is the case. I personally feel a distro that combines the strengths of Ubuntu (usability, community support & ease of install) with the strengths of SLED (professional feel overall, well-polished custom UI & built-in support for popular media formats ) would be the one to really win over windows users. The USP and UCP represent a step in the right direction to add true ease-of-use to Ubuntu and win over the Windows users (in my opinion). I hope Shuttlworth and Co. have the foresight to recognize their value and include them standard.
For starters, thanks so much for your hard work on the USP. The USP (combined with the Ubuntu Control Center) has gone a long way to improve my overall Linux desktop experience tremendously. On to my issue, I flipped through some of the threads here and I did not notice anyone else asking this question, so I'm going to come right out with it. Do you know if anyone from the official Ubuntu team is considering the prospect of including the USP and UCP as a standard component of any future Ubuntu releases (like Edgy maybe)? I've been looking at screenshots of the recently released Edgy beta, and to be honest I'm a little disappointed to see the same “standard” gnome interface there. Also I don't see either of them listed here:
https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+specs
I know everyone has their preference, but one of the things I admired most about SLED was the fact that the Novell team really took the time to polish and customize the Gnome interface into something more usable. I guess I was hoping the Ubuntu team would see that and take it to heart, but so far I'm seeing no indications that is the case. I personally feel a distro that combines the strengths of Ubuntu (usability, community support & ease of install) with the strengths of SLED (professional feel overall, well-polished custom UI & built-in support for popular media formats ) would be the one to really win over windows users. The USP and UCP represent a step in the right direction to add true ease-of-use to Ubuntu and win over the Windows users (in my opinion). I hope Shuttlworth and Co. have the foresight to recognize their value and include them standard.