r j cried from the depths of the abyss... > Another version of Ubuntu rolls out of the gates. And unity will be the desktop default. Yawn... > The Linux desktop has been split up into KDE, Gnome, and tilling managers and etc... > Do you think unity can change this? For the love of god, NO! > I have used the Ubuntu Netbook Remix that had unity and it needed a lot > of work. > The 11.04 release may be better. > A look at Android might help here. With a unified desktop and more open standards than Apple, Android is a huge success. > Is it a massive waste of development time to have so many desktop environments? No. Not until everyone can agree on what it should do & be. For example the idea of using unity makes me want to vomit while you are quite excited about it. See what I mean. > Will unity make any difference to you, or are you just going to install your choice of interface? Will make no difference at all in my life. > I'm currently installing Gnome3 for a test drive. Another one I can't stand. > I will give unity a chance and use it for 2 weeks and give some feed back on the lug. > Awaiting your report. Mr. B-o-B