Comments on: The Quantal Quetzal takes flight http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2012/10/the-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight The Magic of Open Source Thu, 23 May 2013 23:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alan Bell http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2012/10/the-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-58272 Alan Bell Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:43:42 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=3209#comment-58272 actually, having just had a play with Gnome Shell, it is rather good in 12.10.

]]> By: Alan Bell http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2012/10/the-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-58269 Alan Bell Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:40:10 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=3209#comment-58269 The trouble with that question is that Unity is a Gnome interface, as is Gnome panel, as is Gnome shell as is Unity 2d. If you prefer Gnome Shell then probably upgrade to Quantal, although it is not going to be quite the Gnome Shell that the Gnome developers wanted you to experience (there will be two online account systems for a start because Gnome wanted to go with one that is less secure and supports fewer online services). In fact if you like Gnome Shell then I suspect 13.04 is going to be when that gets more ready. If you prefer Gnome Panel then you can upgrade, but there is a less compelling reason to leave the 5 year long term support 12.04. If you like Unity it is worth leaving the LTS. If you like Unity 2d then don’t upgrade.

]]> By: Joseph W. Walker http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2012/10/the-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-58262 Joseph W. Walker Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:09:56 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=3209#comment-58262 ” If you were thinking of trying Ubuntu with the Unity interface then 12.10 is the release to go for, a lot of niggles have been unniggled and sharp edges smoothed over.”

Does this mean that we should not upgrade if we prefer the Gnome interface?

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