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by reitanqild
3362 days ago
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The problem with Mir, Unity and all the convergence ideas was that they were poorly communicated. Another problem with Unity was that it was totally not like the thing that made many of us like Ubuntu in the first place. I'm not saying it was bad but I didn't like it. I guess this holds true for a number of earlier Ubuntu users. |
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Well not so much a "problem" per se, but this was always something that amazed me: Unity was the last thing I was/am looking for.
I get that choices for the DE are great. Unity isn't my cup of tea, but having the option is nice. However, my main quibbles with Ubuntu lied - and still lie - totally elsewhere.
For example, I have never done a dist-upgrade with Ubuntu that didn't break everything and force me to do a new installation. This confuses me a bit, since Ubuntu is a great go-to distro for newcomers to Linux. And from that perspective I get that some people might be upset by the "NIH" of some parts of Ubuntu while others still could use more improvements overall.
That said, I like what Canonical does very much. Ubuntu is - amongst other things - a great live-system. I always make sure to have an Ubuntu Live flash drive around in case I have to save a friend's files because their Windows system kicked the bucket. And I suspect Canonical wouldn't have ended up where they are now if they didn't have the guts to go their own way on some things.