When talking about computer desktop, people will certainly ask, what will happen to the computer desktop? Isn't that what Windows desktop looks like? Actually, not necessarily. Why?
On October 11, October 25-29, the Ubuntu developer Summit (UDS 2010 second half) was held in Orlando, Florida. During the opening keynote speech, Ubuntu's spiritual leader Mark Shuttleworth unexpectedly announced: the default desktop of the new Ubuntu next April version released in 11.04 will use the unity interface. In this case, the global IT industry has caused an uproar, saying that everything has something to say, yes to agree, and yes to disagree. What is the unity interface? In fact, it is the kind of man-machine interface used by the Ubuntu netbook. It is especially suitable for "Touch" operations by human fingers. In fact, after in-depth investigation and research, Mark found (or found out) a "truth": in the future, computer desktops will tend to be unified, from desktops, laptops, to netbooks and mid handheld small devices, human-machine interfaces (interfaces) tend to be uniform, and must be suitable for "Touch operations" by human hands. The touch features will become increasingly prominent. Using a unified interface, many users like it, and the majority of computer OEMs like it. (Note: In the near future, more computer hardware will certainly support "Touch" operations. Ubuntu will take a step first .)
At the meeting, Mr. Mark said: "We are committing to the biggest change on the desktop. unity will become the default, when we're re sure that it will work. "The general idea is," We are doing the biggest improvement on the desktop (Computer), and the Unity interface will become the "default Interface" (for all Ubuntu operating systems ", ". This statement is both difficult to catch up.
As we all know, using a unified "man-machine interface" for large and small computer desktops is a long-standing dream, and it is indeed difficult to achieve it. However, this new highlight (innovation) of Ubuntu Desktop will certainly attract more (millions) people to switch to Linux desktop and forget (abandon) XP. Sometimes, I go to the DIY computer store in Zhongguancun and get angry when I see some strange XP desktops. I don't like XP, but it's not XP.
For large-scale use of Unity desktop, I have a good friend who is from the Beijing GNOME User Group and worried about the future of gnome. I said, don't worry. Unity is also a "shell" of gnome, but it is different from gnome's shell (3.0. Mr. Mark believes: under certain conditions, "This move will be good for Linux, gnome and Ubuntu ". In fact, in the past, we transitioned from Debian to Ubuntu. As a result, people know more about Debian. Now, we transition from gnome to unity. The result is, people will know more about gnome. Isn't that good?
Some people disagree with Ubuntu's Community innovation and comment out Ubuntu's "dual-handed policy" in a random manner. what ubuntu wants to be "industrialized" is entirely fabricated, thought-provoking, and wishful thinking.