Dist upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04

[Timothy Hildred]

I'm doing it in a vm on a Ubuntu image i respun with remastersys, to see
what ill happen. Only 7 hours to go!

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I've upgraded my Ubuntu netbook to 10.10 and it's a massive step down.
>
> Canonical has made a strategic decision <http://blog.canonical.com/?p=446>to chase not only Apple and Microsoft, but also Google and RIM and Intel
> into the realm of touch and tablets. Based on what I see on my little Asus
> this is a stunningly bad decision. I only hope they don't burn too many
> bridges and force too many others away in the process of alienating their
> core.
>
> In making the new Ubuntu Netbook distribution touch-friendly, they've made
> desktop administration and customization a nightmare. There's pride in
> eliminating the taskbar at the bottom, but it's been replaced with a bigger
> apps/taskbar at the left. Documentation is sparse and they're no help icon.
>
> Microsoft found that you couldn't just simply adapt a desktop UI to a
> tablet and expect it to work well. In 10.10, Ubuntu (or more probably
> Canonical, seeing some revenue potential in embedded devices) has made the
> opposite mistake in chosing to switch to a tablet-focused UI, and those of
> us still with mice and touchpads and sticks can fend for ourselves. Even if
> they make massive strides in this system they'll be far behind the others in
> this field.
>
> They have no chance of succeeding to compete with iOS or Android or WebOS
> or WinMo7, certainly with this tech. I only hope they don't completely screw
> over their traditional laptop users in pursuit of tablet vendors. Meanwhile.
> I'll have a serious look at the Kubuntu netbook edition and maybe -- if
> desperate -- Meego.
>
> - Evan
>
>
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