[apg]

If Linux ever becomes popular on the desktop, it won't be because of Unity, that's for sure. It's a resource hog and it breaks too many established UI conventions. Unity forced me to start using the keyboard for most things.

I'll give XFCE a try. I don't want to leave Ubuntu, because I like the packages and I don't have to read a manifesto sized manual to install it or learn another package system.

[mambodog]

UI conventions established by what? Other Linux desktop environments? Established among whom? Old-hat Linux users?

Perhaps that's not who they're targeting.

[pyre]

There is already a contingent of non-power users using Ubuntu. If they alienate those users then who are they really targetting? Shouldn't they worry about user retention in addition to user acquisition?

[groovy2shoes]

The problem is that they're targeting non-users so heavily that they're alienating the users they already have. If they never take user input to heart, they're going to wind up with no users.

[SkyMarshal]

>Unity forced me to start using the keyboard for most things.

That's not a good thing? I haven't used Unity yet, but might try it out just on that comment alone.

[Jach]

I presume he means it in a bad way, not in a good way like tiling WMs have.

[andrewflnr]

Linux Mint uses Ubuntu's packages, and is still on Gnome. You might want to give it a shot.