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by drivebyacct2 4887 days ago
>the Unity/Gnome 3/Mint/etc mess

What mess? Unity is getting to be quite tolerable. Gnome is forging ahead with their vision and Mint provides a nice alternative to Ubuntu with several different UIs. I don't understand the argument that this is "bad". People have been saying that since the dawn of Linux and it's boring and an non-point.

If you accept that "PC" has peaked, Valve/Steam is screwed anyway. If consumers keep flocking to iOS/Windows8, let alone to Android... then Steam will die a painful death and modern computing will be reduced to mindless one-at-a-time "apps".

Ironically, the "mess" of Linux desktop is the only platform that isn't going for a signed, verified, OEM only software model eroding consumers' rights and freedoms along the way.
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ekianjo 4887 days ago
>the Unity/Gnome 3/Mint/etc mess

The same people were probably complaining about the mess with IE6, Firefox and Opera a few years ago. Some do not like choice and prefer to have a single standard to rely on. :)

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Camillo 4887 days ago
> Unity is getting to be quite tolerable.

Never have I heard such glowing praise.

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drivebyacct2 4887 days ago
Fine, I'll admit it -- I used Unity again last week and I liked it. And if compiz weren't so buggy, it's a really good environment all around and I'd probably have stuck with it. HUD is absolutely brilliant. I literally can't say enough good things about how much I used it in that week. It makes development so much faster, especially if you're using an IDE.

Unity allows me to utilize more screenspace, very effectively. The latest version is pleasant to look at. I'm still not a huge fan of the default lens, but that will get better with time or as someone creates a replacement for the default lens.

Beside, that's a pretty pithy lame reply to your original remarks. Disappointing.

Elementary is great, although currently only working well with 12.04. Cinnamon is great, my mother figured it out intuitively immediately based on Windows XP (much faster than with Windows 8 or OS X). Gnome-Shell is "OK", I find it's a taste thing and most people what more out of it.

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eertami 4887 days ago
Valve has Dota 2, which at this point is pretty much a license to print money. Steam is going to be around for a _very_ long time.
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barbs 4887 days ago
Speaking of Dota 2, with this enthusiasm for the linux platform, let's hope they start pushing for a Linux client, and maybe they'll finally release their OS X client along the way ><
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