Trial of the last beta version of "dark" Ubuntu before dawn

On April 9, April 21, Canonical recently announced that the official Ubuntu11.04 version will be released on April 10, April 28. The previous release of Ubuntu11.04Beta2 in April 15 became the last Beta version before its official version, and Natty was not prepared to release the RC version. In Ubuntu10.10, Canonical uses its own new user interface Unity in the netbook version. MarkShuttl, founder of Ubuntu

On April 9, April 21, Canonical recently announced that it is scheduled to release the official Ubuntu April 28 version on April 9, 11.04. Prior to the release of Ubuntu April 15 Beta 2 in 11.04, it became the last Beta version before its official version. Since then, Natty is not ready to release the RC version.

In Ubuntu 10.10, Canonical uses its own new user interface Unity in the netbook version. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, appreciates this move and even praises Ubuntu for "the greatest change ever ".

Ubuntu new user interface Unity

Unity, which has made Shuttleworth proud, does not seem to have received any cheers after the beta version of Ubuntu 11.04 was launched, many people think that the Unity interface to be installed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty is nothing more than Gnome + Docky, not much special. Even some foreign media recently called Ubuntu 11.04 On the Unity interface: The worst Ubuntu test version in history. Although such a statement is exaggerated, it reflects at least some users' ideas. They think that Unity is only imitating GNOME, and Unity is inferior to half of GNOME. These users' disappointment caused Ubuntu 11.04, which was officially released in less than a week, to be "dark" before dawn ".

For Unity, it is a user operation interface improvement project initiated by Ubuntu for netbooks. It also uses Clutter as the basic graphic framework as the GNOME Shell introduced by GNOME 3.0. Although the underlying technology is similar, it is worth noting that the Unity user interface is completely different, and it does not use any code from GNOME Shell.

The Unity environment breaks the traditional GNOME panel configuration. The left side of the dashboard includes a starter and task management panel similar to the Dock, while the top panel consists of the application Indicator, window Indicator, and the menu bar of the activity window. Of course, the Unity environment also utilizes some key components from GNOME 3, including Mutter hybrid window manager and Zeitgeist activity record engine.

Despite being criticized by some users, Ubuntu's new default Interface, Unity, has put Ubuntu into a wider space for cooperation and has won a broader business opportunity for the company. The new Shell of Unity is designed to use screen space more efficiently. Compared with traditional desktop environments, it consumes less system resources.

Unity has become a key component of the Ubuntu netbook version and the new Ubuntu Light instant-on computing platform. Ubuntu (agile killer whale) certainly does not want to limit itself to the desktop and server operating systems. In fact, it has already had an ARM solution since Ubuntu 10.04, it is mainly used for PC applications with ARM chips. At present, Ubuntu has successfully logged on to netbooks, smart phones, and All-in-One devices. In the future, the smartphone and tablet market will be the battlefield of Ubuntu.

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