Linux Insider: The New Face of Ubuntu

[ratcheer]

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/The-New-Face-of-Ubuntu-74460.html

"The move to radically change the desktop's default interface is being made out of necessity, according to Canonical's founder and former CEO Mark Shuttleworth, who continues to guide the development of the popular open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source) Linux operating system."

Tim

[philinux]

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/The-New-Face-of-Ubuntu-74460.html

"The move to radically change the desktop's default interface is being made out of necessity, according to Canonical's founder and former CEO Mark Shuttleworth, who continues to guide the development of the popular open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source) Linux operating system."

Tim

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/hud-new-unity-feature/

[sffvba[e0rt]

I take it that the Linux Insider doesn't subscribe to the notion of breaking news.


404

[roelforg]

Really??? I mean, REALLY????
Has the author actually even bothered to check wikipedia???????

EDIT: I'm referring to the statement that canonical is the one behind every linux distro; the sentance philinux quoted implies that canonical is the company developing the kernel... Or is it just me not reading/parsing the line correctly?

[sffvba[e0rt]

Really??? I mean, REALLY????
Has the author actually even bothered to check wikipedia???????

EDIT: I'm referring to the statement that canonical is the one behind every linux distro; the sentance philinux quoted implies that canonical is the company developing the kernel... Or is it just me not reading/parsing the line correctly?

"...to guide the development of the popular open source Linux operating system." (The author is speaking about Ubuntu, and not all, I suggest reading it in context of the whole).


404

[roelforg]

"...to guide the development of the popular open source Linux operating system." (The author is speaking about Ubuntu, and not all, I suggest reading it in context of the whole).


404
So it was me parsing the line incorrectly... :gasp:

[grahammechanical]

OK, so technically Ubuntu is a distribution of the Linux kernel + Gnome desktop environment + whatever else but I call it an operating system.

By the way this is not true:


However, one or more Ubuntu community forums mentioned in early February that Canonical was dropping support for another popular Linux desktop, KDE, by virtue of ceasing new releases of the Kubuntu distro.

For a while one Canonical employee has been tasked to work on Kubuntu. That will stop at sometime in the future. Kubuntu will still be developed because it is not really a Canonical product but a distribution based on Ubuntu. There is going to be a 12.04 Kubuntu.

Regards.

[BeRoot ReBoot]

Yeah, this is also a pet peeve of mine. Ubuntu is not an operating system, it's a distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. Now, I'm not Stallman, I tolerate people who want to call GNU/Linux "Linux", but come on, calling a distribution an "operating system"? I don't think so.

[ratcheer]

The article is about Unity and HUD, mainly HUD, but everyone is discussing other stuff. :confused:

Tim

[EmmaSystem76chick]

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/The-New-Face-of-Ubuntu-74460.html

"The move to radically change the desktop's default interface is being made out of necessity, according to Canonical's founder and former CEO Mark Shuttleworth, who continues to guide the development of the popular open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source) Linux operating system."

Tim

My favorite part in this article is the section with Amanda McPherson, vice president of marketing and developer programs for the Linux Foundation.


"For the right user, the HUD desktop might be a draw to Ubuntu Linux, she contended. Canonical's HUD is hitting on some trends that coincide with developments in the larger market, such as keyboard shortcuts and expanded search among power users.

"When I look at HUD, Canonical is basically taking that concept a step further. They are integrating it through the entire desktop through all applications. I think Mark Shuttleworth might really be on to something," McPherson opined."

The shift away from the mouse altogether is what draws me to HUD and I think it's going to make it easier to compel mainstream users to switch to Ubuntu. From a marketing perspective, I see where Canonical is going with the UI and I fully support their efforts to put this technology into more hands.

[cgroza]

It would be great if the gtk widget implements the interfacing with HUD, so existing applications will not need modifications and the developers will not have to make extra efforts.

[uRock]

Yeah, this is also a pet peeve of mine. Ubuntu is not an operating system, it's a distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. Now, I'm not Stallman, I tolerate people who want to call GNU/Linux "Linux", but come on, calling a distribution an "operating system"? I don't think so.

I call it an operating system. I installed it as one. I do not think of Canonical as a distributor, when they actually created the product.