On 11/14/11, Thomas Gail Haws <
tom.haws@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm still on the fence as to which distro will take
>>
> the lead when Ubuntu fails, unless they wise up and default to something
>> other
>> than unity. I'm not trying to start a flame war, but I really think Unity
>> is a
>> mistake.
>>
>
> No argument there, Nathan. I've been on PLUG one year now since I decided
> to augment my business doing LAMP programming. So I'm rather green.
>
> I always wanted to run Linux, but I took the "role" of disinterested user.
> I decided I would run Linux when it was ready to run for me. I
> occasionally tried this or that distro. I remember Knoppix. When Ubuntu
> appeared, I started trying it. Eventually a version appeared that
> installed effortlessly on my PC. Since then I have more or less had at
> least one box that will run Linux.
>
> Part of my Linux desire was to give my three kids exposure to something
> different. And my middle child, my 14-year-old Michael, has been the
> Ubuntu user for about a year now.
>
> I'm far from a power user. But I sort of know enough to do my LAMP
> development as a junior programmer at age 45.
>
> I wish Ubuntu wouldn't fail. It's really sad. But they don't seem ready
> to acknowledge that Unity is plain hard to use.
>
> Tom
>