Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Ubunto Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:22:27 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <9fovtmF8gaU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1318764147 21414 84.45.235.129 (16 Oct 2011 11:22:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:22:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8860 On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:39:35 +0300, Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: > Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:27:29 +0200, /Robert Klemme/: >> On 13.10.2011 19:44, Roedy Green wrote: >> >>> There is a new release of Ubuntu Linux. >>> Is there anything Java programmers should know? >> >> Not that I am aware of - unless you consider Gnome 2 mandatory for Java >> development. I haven't worked with Gnome 3 yet and will certainly >> install it in a VM before going life. :-) > > I've seen many replies complaining about Gnome 3, but I haven't seen > anyone mentioning Unity - how does it compare? > > http://unity.ubuntu.com/ > I've seen at least as many complaints about it as I've seen about G3. Most of the complaints have been similar to those about G3: people don't like its L&F and design, think its incomplete and/or rough round the edges and was originally released before it was ready. Hopefully somebody who has used it for more than a quick test will chip in with their impressions vs. G2. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |