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unity GUI sucks ass, it is very unconfortable for desktop usage..

very disapointed what ubuntu has become..

A couple of weeks ago I decided to go 64 bit and give Ubuntu 12.04 another run on my desktop PC. It still annoyed me no end. I get the gist of the application search thing, and the fact that there’s a full program menu hiding somewhere, but was all a bit like riding a bike … backwards! My few favourites were once in easy mouse-click reach, but now appeared to need add-ons to do the same, and searching for an app meant involving the keyboard and my coffee cup or pencil hand! OK, there are no doubt shortcuts and work-arounds I’m not aware of, but I had more reason to dislike it.

I really like Compiz’s eye candy – especially the rotating cube to switch desktops. In fact I use 4 desktops all the time to separate my PC activities, so dragging an application off one screen and onto the next, or spinning the see-thru cube to any of them, was just so easy and efficient. Getting this to work or even something similar proved impossible in the post-11.04 Ubuntu, however. Over two weeks I’ve tried Ubuntu 12.04, LinuxMint 13 with Cinnamon and Mate, and Kubuntu 12.04. None could reliably replicate my spinning desktops despite some enthusiastic forum help. Other hiccups, large and small, spoilt what were initially promising installations with subsequent tweaks, so I restored my old Ubuntu 10.10.

I appreciate a rare few liked Unity from the very beginning and that’s it’s improved a lot since, so others have followed. I also understand the reasons it finds favour with many users. However, there’s a lot of long-time Ubuntu-ists who still like the old Gnome look and feel, and also enjoy the clever tweaks they’d added. I guess if I persevered with Unity, I might get used to it, but it still wouldn’t be as pleasant for me as it is for its fans. And I might also find a way to make Compiz and/or the rotating desktops work without something else quite fundamental not working after my tweaks. I did about 12 installs over the last 2 weeks, and quite liked LinuxMint Cinnamon and Mate, but there was always something missing. I’ll only do another when someone releases an improved 10.10 – no Unity on top or hidden underneath to spoil things for us old Ubuntu’ers.

Also, it will do well to remember that Mint is based largely on Ubuntu, but with a different (read: older) graphical interface.

It’s a matter of preference, really.

So, let’s face it, “Unity” is just a toy that was built for, and has it’s little place, with the Handhelds, Tablets, Silly-Sell-Phoneys, … ;)
While, all other Linux distro’s, including the other *Buntu’s, are more for the serious users, with more serious hardware needs, …

“Mint”, for example, will give you far more mileage and enjoyment, for your pc’s/laptops/workstations/servers, …, than this “Polka Dot Unity”.
:)

But by all means: use whatever distro you want. Debian is great for old-school Ubuntu users, and there are plenty of other choices. Just be happy that Ubuntu is growing quickly despite all the people who are leaving, meaning Linux is growing overall. Everyone wins.