Unity 2D (Qt) In Action [Ubuntu]

First ever Unity 2D (Qt) video (Ubuntu). Unity 2D is a version of Unity that will work with any graphic card. More info and installation instructions:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/unity-2d-qt-now-available-in-ppa-for.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/2d-unity-to-be-available-as-option-in.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• unity
• ubuntu
• linux
• qt

[angularsofty]

Thanks for demonstrating this, Andrew. Interesting development. I wonder if many people will prefer it to regular Unity because it's faster-- even if they do have a capable graphics card.

[nilarimogard]

@angularsofty Unity 3D will use Compiz, which is the reason many people started to use Linux so I guess most of those with capable video cards will go with Unity 3D. But we'll see. I'm thinking a poll regarding this will be nice once Ubuntu 11.04 is out.

[Woegjiub]

@supercoolguyT They were probably just (correctly) recognising that Qt is more powerful, simpler, better supported by companies, looks nicer, and is more up-to date, as opposed to the obsolete GTK dinosaur.

[allenbeme]

Maybe Shuttleworth is hinting that Ubuntu may not even need Gnome in future releases?????

[OZPerpetue]

@johnabdl7 I don't know in 11.04, but in 11.10 it hides automatically which is much better, have you tried it yet? Did you like it? I like it on my netbook, but on my other pc I have always used WindowMaker, so I'll stick with that.

[temporaldisplacement]

I've got 11.04 as pendrivelinux and while unity3D works on my laptop; my tower didn't support it, so I'm using unity2D. I didn't realise 11.10 was out when I downloaded 11.04, but now I've got everything set up ....I think I'll stick with 11.04. Its certainly nice to try other OS' but I'm not going to replace the pre-installed versions of VistaHB and 7Pro that my tower and laptop are running nativly.

[cgarrey]

i have been using ubuntu 2d on 11.10 (dev branch) , and it is much better than ubuntu (compiz based). It is stable and has all that i need to work without any issue ! well done ..

[djplayer93]

free version of mac os xD

[1992Greed]

Is just my impression, or Shuttleworth want a Mac-like Linux?

[nalaolly]

try unity with touchscreen before deciding its garbage

[johnabdl7]

Hated Unity: icons taking up space, can't be hidden like the Mac dock, more clicks to open apps, not all apps displayed in a drop-down...horrible. Will stop at 11.04 if Gnome is unavailable in 11.10.

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[blender3dartist]

@Chrono86 Sarcasm, perhaps?