Ubuntu 10.10 Unity Interface [WebUpd8]

[TeruMikami2345]

unity isnt bad now, besides its still being improved

[pomchujohn]

The difference is OSX just works and Unity does not.

OSX is regarded as the most user friendly system going. but Unity is like a giant smartphone made by Fisherprice.

for 2year olds. it feels cluncky and flakey.

[benisunci]

This UI is a fucking joke. They're gonna suck cock massively if they phase it in as the default GUI for either desktop or notebook versions. I really hope they will pick up the pace and deliver a reliable UI, but that seems a bit far fetched now. I guess I'll have to move to KDE until they come up with something worth considering.

[ogrejd]

Ugh. If there's ever a time that I have to install Ubuntu again, I hope and pray they haven't tied that crap so deep into the system that you can't replace it with a proper UI.

[0mer9000]

unity sucks. long live gnome panel!

[adolson]

This is stupid. They can't even get their cloud storage to work properly and reliably, and now they're going to put out their own desktop that replaces GNOME with a tenth of the functionality?

Is there another debian-based distro to look at, or am I going back to vanilla once again?

[thomasward00]

A software company needs to step up and make Linux grow up so that it can be accepted by more people...

Hopefully Ubuntu can force some standards, make a reliable foolproof OS and people will buy it..

No more Gnome or KDE, Ubuntu needs to create it's own interface and driver standards.

[subkidproductions]

@thomasward00 Buy Ubuntu?

What the crap is wrong with you?

[flyabusa]

@thomasward00 laughing real hard at "Ubuntu forcing standards". What a great world that would be, let's all be like Ubuntu and release pre-alpha quality packages in our official releases and to hell with if our system actually works or not. Debian unstable is more reliable and standards based than Ubuntu will ever hope to be. And like it or not, Debian is the standard setter. Ubuntu = The Microsoft of the Linux world. Keep your Unity crap Ubuntu, we don't need it.

[egnost]

Stop using OS X

[TheFri13]

The unity seems (again one of the many) answer for non-existing problems.

You already can move panel to side of the screen if you have very limited vertical space (netbooks, but with +20" screens (or laptops with 800px) the vertical space is not limitation!) and you want to do that.

The animations are as well already possible. Nothing new there.

And with unity, instead you would take just one bar (top) vertical space, you it waste as well a horizontal space (what is very limited on netbooks!)

[JohanKH]

@TheFri13 Look at the technologies and not the freaking design.

Lots of idiotic comments for this video. I would be pretty sure you can change how lots of things look. Just because you don't like say the default look of KDE doesn't make KDE crap if you like the QT toolkit and the applications and the customization available.

[Lemkinfuss]

Strange default orientation for the task bar. Horizontal work space is far more important than vertical.....

[franzag]

@Lemkinfuss not really, new wide screens are perfect to move taskbar to one side, I see this setup in Windows 7 and works great.

[JohanKH]

@Lemkin. Can't say I agree since it's hard to read long text lines and I mostly use my computer for the web. Sure some / all web designers take care of this and try to limit text with and fill it with the rest with all sorts of other crap. But it's not necessary and I don't know why I need or should want that crap.

However wide-screen resolution screens lower vertical space and so does screen- and window menus, bars, docks and all sorts of crap.

Sure wide is native to the eyes, but that's it.

[MetalShreader]

this is the circus sideshow freak for multitasking on any pc. I'd rather use my iPhone's multitasker then this piece of shit. Great video, just a bad feature from ubuntu.

[alafortinfoni]

i didnt like unity, i missed my gnome

[JesusManson323]

A vertical task bar? That's the big "improvement"?

How many friggin toolbars do I need in Ubuntu? Sheesh.

[vaibzzz123]

@JesusManson323 it actually speed things up

[FuzzyGhost]

What program was used to record this, and was the graphics processor an ATi chipset?

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

i dont want a verticle task bar i like it windowsy lol shut up dont hate... i like havng the task bar and menu at the bottom i hope they include options to customize it becuase so far it looks very awesome just having it to the left will be a bother to me. it makes me think of windows 7 alot on how u can see the icons in the task bar but heck i dont care i think it rocks bring it on and yes you can still use gnome even after they make the switch. Stop being babies some changes are good. Peace =)

[maw88ify]

If Ubuntu switch to Unity I will be switch to another distribution of Linux. I know I could just install gnome, but why waist my time fixing Canonical's big mistake. I already have docks in Gnome I use I don't need that crappy side dock. If Ubuntu was really about freedom they would put this to a vote, and I would bet money Unity would loose.

[EnavSounds]

hey bunch of idiots... type "sudo gnome --replace" and STFU if you dont like unity

[Redicaluss]

I really hope Gnome remains an option, because this new interface sucks. It screams OSX.

[felix26591alberto]

@Redicaluss It's nothing like OS X, i'm not saying it's ok, personally I don't like it. But the only resemblence to OS X is that it has a bar that has applications on it, but it distinguishes itself because it's a bar and not a dock

[xulpher]

@Redicaluss What exactly screams OSX? The lack of a dock? The radically different default color scheme? Compiz like effects that are used with Gnome as well? It's gnome with a side dock.

[UncleMarioBoss]

@Redicaluss Wow... that hurt... Mac OS X is THE best interface ever. shame that no one that has sense can afford one :C

[zugurudumba]

Wow, vertical taskbar? Jesus. Also, Windows 7 much?

[nitturo]

i didn't enjoy Unity - too heavy, and looks as heavy and bloated as KDE4 - i hope soon Unity can become more light, or be forked to a lighter project (just like LXDE from Gnome)

[Jester995]

@Nas939 Unity has been developed for Netbooks. Netbooks DO NOT have 30 inch screens you insufferable retard. I have tried unity on my Asus 1005HA, which is exactly the kind of hardware Unity is being developed for and it DOES force horizontal scrolling in websites designed for 1024+ resolution. The native resolution is 1024x600 so it IS the Unity sidebar that is causing it. Unity is totally half-baked right now and it's not only this issue. Ubuntu developers aren't infallable - far from it.

[cr561979]

Unity suxxxx....

[Jester995]

It seems the Ubuntu developers are living on another planet. Everyone knows NETbooks are primarily used for mobile net access and most web developers will tell you that the minimum resolution they support is 1024 pixels wide. What happens when you throw a panel on the SIDE of your desktop? Well in the case of netbooks with 1024 native resolution you get a browsing experience that's incompatible with most modern websites. Fucking excellent job you absolute morons.

[mukatuna]

@Jester995 This is my thoughts exactly, having tried the Unity interface on a netbook. I'm getting so much less space for applications and the browser than when it's running standard Gnome. Nope.. don't like Unity.

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

@Jester995

ah, well they're porting it over to the desktop edition and obviously they're going to modify it in some way (i imagine) to make it compatible. it's in developement right now. Development and DEVELOPED are to different words give it time. When they put the finishing touches on it and it works right I bet it's going to be awesome. :p

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

@True2TheBlueYoViGang

yes i made a mistake i wrote to instead of two... i just have a feeling someone will write back "to and two are 2 different words" lol ironic :s

[Whopzer]

Can't you have it in the bottom?

[shnwmc]

the sidebar looks like Nextstep

[eqspec76]

What did you use to record this. Istanbul? choppy like a mutha

[IchigoRukia09]

@eqspec76 gtk record my desktop by the looks of it.

[TheCacashinha]

I'm waiting for it !!!!

when it will be released???

[Evi1M4chine]

Still just stupid icon bars / menus. The same stupid concept that was already outdated, a decade ago. Thats what people design who are thinking in that tiny little limited box of what they are used to, unable to imagine something that reaches beyond that box. FAIL

[xleo21]

@Evi1M4chine

well then illuminate us since you are so smart

what would you replace them with?

[Keruaran]

Looks quite appealing.

[victor360hd]

Piece Of Sh(!*!*)!!_!!!

[GoodChineezeCheeze]

looks like stolen crap

[elliotm77]

If I installed this on a netbook would it be better to go with regular ubuntu and just use this interface or would ubuntu light be the way to go. I think I read that ubuntu light is more cloud oriented and the netbook I have has a 300gb HD. Windows 7 starter just isnt really cutting it.

[Keruaran]

@elliotm77 Ubuntu Lite is made for smaller displays so its probably the way to go although as far as I know its only available to OEM's at the moment as it's aimed at those who won't install an OS themselves. I expect it will be available for download sooner or later though.

[shiftedstuff]

Now we need the KDE version.

[frostek]

Looks really good so far.

[Kalixter]

how did you install this?! :(

[nilarimogard]

@Kalixter See the link in the video description