Ubuntu, poster child of the Windows-switching brigade, seems to be losing
its spot at the top of the Linux distribution heap. The easy-to-use distro has
been a favourite amongst casual users and Linux advocates alike, primarily because
of how easy it used to be to try it out and get used to it. Recently though, long
time fans have been deeply divided because of the switch to Unity, a new visual
interface that breaks away from several common conventions and in fact trades
Linux’s trademark flexibility for flashy graphics, which many in fact find distracting.
The minimalistic Unity launched Ubuntu’s Notebook Edition, and was
designed for smaller screens and less capable machines. Users who chose Linux
in order to tinker and experiment now find new corner Mint and even the classic
Fedora distributions more to their liking, according to the latest rankings at
Distrowatch.com. Things might even worse, as an option to revert to GNOME will
be removed for the next release, 11.10.
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