Is Ubuntu Driving Users Away?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2011

[ Thanks to James Maguire for this link. ]

after digging a little deeper, I came to the conclusion
that my dislike for using Unity on Ubuntu was a simple matter of a
distaste for the UI design. It simply wasn’t the desktop experience
for me.

Even more interesting than my own insights is the growing
resentment among existing Ubuntu users feeling exactly the same
way. Any random search engine query will yield ample examples of
people wanting their old default experience back. Some feel so
strongly they’ve decided to move on.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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