Canonical CEO admits Unity was a painful change

[Linuxratty]

Interesting read.

LINUX VENDOR Canonical has acknowledged that Ubuntu's shift to the Unity user interface was painful for many of its users but insisted it hasn't led to a decline in the popularity of the Linux distribution.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...painful-change

[uRock]

You linked a tabloid?

[grahammechanical]

However Silber's comments strongly suggest that it is unlikely Canonical will want to impose another major and painful change on its users anytime soon.
Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/15NOL)

There is no need. 12.04 is there for 5 years.

[castrojo]

No surprises here, at the Ubuntu Developer Summit for 11.04 when Mark announced that he'd like to see Unity shipped by default he mentioned that it would be controversial and some people wouldn't like it.

Here's the video, around 22:00: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUAzicy_01o

[Linuxratty]

You linked a tabloid?

Is that a tabloid!!!? I'll never live this down!

[vasa1]

You linked a tabloid?

I don't think it's that (The National Enquirer) tabloid.

[Linuxratty]

I don't think it's that (The National Enquirer) tabloid.

*Whew*
I feel much better now!

[LillyDragon]

I kept seeing words like "painful" and "pain" being reused over and over again in that article, from top to bottom. Would it be safe to call it "bias" on the author's part? A gut feeling's telling me there was a little personal pain from Unity between the lines, or maybe I'm trying too hard to interpret something that might not be there.

In regards to the article itself, I had a feeling that Conanical knew Unity would receive mixed reviews anyway, but sometimes change is "painful", especially the dramatic kind, and the development team understood that; can't have innovation, good or bad, without it. There's more love than hate for Unity that I have seen, so their big risk must have paid off, if you ask me. Otherwise it wouldn't be going anywhere near the next LTS release.

[click4851]

that's true, but innovating isn't done in a vacuum. History is littered with the carcasses of businesses/organizations that fell by the wayside while innovating.

[forrestcupp]

I love how Jane Silber said that Mint is for people who are "not necessarily concerned about security updates." What a subtle way to try to get people to not use Mint.