I think that's how a lot of people feel, I disliked unity enough to finally switch distros and haven't looked back since. That being said, if canonical can actually deliver on the dream of dropping my phone into a dock and having a full Linux desktop and then just pulling it out and taking it with me when I'm done, I'll put up with Unity without any complaints at all. -- Paul Mooring Operations Engineer www.opscode.com On 7/29/13 6:17 PM, "Michael Butash" wrote: >I agree, I bought in on one - I really hope they come though. I'm super >stoked for this... > >I've tried with android phones running linux atop their kernel, but ui >is always a bit clunky/unusable (unity just simply never worked). I'm >keen to see just how functional they or I can make the desktop >experience, as normally first thing I do is disable unity with ubuntu. > >Need a local hackfest if/when these come through. > >-mb > > >On 07/26/2013 11:18 AM, Paul Mooring wrote: >> Keep in mind what they are shooting for is convergence, a multi-core >> processor with 4GB(+?) of RAM that acts as the "brain" of your desktop >> computer. At $725 people would call this a steal as an ultra-light >> laptop, combine that with a carrier like T-mobile that allows you to not >> pay for a phone if you don't get one and that's a whole lot of value for >> less than $1k. >> -- >> Paul Mooring >> Operations Engineer >> >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss