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I said months ago that Ubuntu 11.04 wouldn't be the same old Ubuntu, and boy was I right. With its new Unity interface, Ubuntu doesn't look or act like any other desktop Linux you've ever seen. And, since I've seen almost all of them, I know what I'm talking about! The basics are the same as you'll find in many Linux distributions. It's still based on Debian Linux; it uses the 2.6.28 Linux kernel; it still uses most of the same familiar applications; and its desktop is built on top of GNOME 2.32.1, but with the Unity desktop I couldn't blame you if you didn't recognize anything but the apps.
I wasn't that impressed with Unity to begin with. It's lack of configurability and clumsiness bothered me. For example switching apps and adding launchers to the panel and the lack of useful applets for the panel were downsides. Also the compiz desktop effects was overkill to me and caused power consumption to go up.
However I have been using the unity-2d interface lately and the release (as opposed to beta) version isn't too bad. I am now able to easily add apps to the panel. It hides itself nicely when not in use. Firefox and Thunderbird integrate nicely and Vaughan-Nichols is right that the search function works very well in finding relevant apps. The 2d interface is good powerwise and just as slick as the usual 3d version imo.
I still don't like the lack of configurability and also the lack of useful applets but hopefully these things will improve as development proceeds.
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However I have been using the unity-2d interface lately and the release (as opposed to beta) version isn't too bad. I am now able to easily add apps to the panel. It hides itself nicely when not in use. Firefox and Thunderbird integrate nicely and Vaughan-Nichols is right that the search function works very well in finding relevant apps. The 2d interface is good powerwise and just as slick as the usual 3d version imo.
I still don't like the lack of configurability and also the lack of useful applets but hopefully these things will improve as development proceeds.