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Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu 12.04 desktopShuttleworth on the Ubuntu 12.04 desktopPosted Mar 5, 2012 17:34 UTC (Mon) by shmerl (guest, #65921)In reply to: Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu 12.04 desktop by Aliasundercover Parent article: Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu 12.04 desktop
There are plenty good ones. Debian testing, openSUSE, Fedora and etc. Try some friendly desktop environment like KDE for example.
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Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu 12.04 desktop Posted Mar 5, 2012 20:38 UTC (Mon) by paulyg (guest, #75422) [Link]
I don't think Fedora is a good example here since they are all-in with GNOME3. In my opinion GNOME3 is even more of a departure from what's familiar than Unity.
I recently decided I would stop resisting upgrading (was sitting on 10.10) and try out both GNOME3 and Unity. Unity feels easier to use to me, but that was after I got rid of the "outside the window" scrollbars and found a theme that wasn't orange. The keyboard shortcuts Unity exposes are really time saving, if you can train your brain to use them. I've had trouble there as I'm still using Windows 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
Not that Unity is all rosy. There is a reoccurring lag that happens while typing in VIM that has been attributed to Unity. Hopefully that is fixed.
Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu 12.04 desktop Posted Mar 5, 2012 22:37 UTC (Mon) by shmerl (guest, #65921) [Link]
Debian and Fedora are pretty universal, supporting several kind of DEs. Just install them with KDE from scratch, or if Gnome was already installed, install KDE alongside, and remove Gnome later (mixed method will require more housekeeping), or just keep them both if you like.
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