richpri
May 6th, 2011, 06:34 PM
This week I attempted to upgrade my Ubuntu 10.10 operating system to the latest release [11.04] and what a disaster this was!
The Ubuntu developers have implemented a new front end called Unity and used it to replace Gnome. They did this unilaterally and I was unaware of the change until after the upgrade.
The look and feel of Unity is vastly different from Gnome. It more resembles the interface for an Ipod or a smart-phone. It uses large icons and and presents what I guess is supposed to be a more user friendly view of the system. But I found it totally non intuitive and completely incompatible with my normal method of doing business. It took me 15 frustrating minutes just to find the menu bar! This is no longer a part of the active window and does not show up unless you point the cursor at it!
I suppose I may have been able to cope with this eventually. But I was never given the opportunity to try. This is because Ubuntu 11.04 does not even work! My screen was constantly freezing, the cursor did not point correctly when in the new browser and a number of options that I normally use in the Admin menu were either missing or did not work as I expected when selected.
I eventually had to blow away the hard drive and reinstall 10.10 from scratch!
My advice to Ubuntu users is stay away from 11.04. My request to the Ubuntu developers is to go back to Gnome. Please. . .
The Ubuntu developers have implemented a new front end called Unity and used it to replace Gnome. They did this unilaterally and I was unaware of the change until after the upgrade.
The look and feel of Unity is vastly different from Gnome. It more resembles the interface for an Ipod or a smart-phone. It uses large icons and and presents what I guess is supposed to be a more user friendly view of the system. But I found it totally non intuitive and completely incompatible with my normal method of doing business. It took me 15 frustrating minutes just to find the menu bar! This is no longer a part of the active window and does not show up unless you point the cursor at it!
I suppose I may have been able to cope with this eventually. But I was never given the opportunity to try. This is because Ubuntu 11.04 does not even work! My screen was constantly freezing, the cursor did not point correctly when in the new browser and a number of options that I normally use in the Admin menu were either missing or did not work as I expected when selected.
I eventually had to blow away the hard drive and reinstall 10.10 from scratch!
My advice to Ubuntu users is stay away from 11.04. My request to the Ubuntu developers is to go back to Gnome. Please. . .