I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu 14.04, and tried it without installing to drive. Liked the looks of it, but think I will stay on Mint. Since I like Cinnamon.
I downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 last night and installed it today. What a wonderful improvement over 12.04. Overall the newly added features are a welcome sight to see. And I'm glad the latest versions of Firefox and LibreOffice are included. Bravo to the Linux community for bringing such a polished, responsive and improved version of this LTS edition to the public. I dumped Windows 7 on my desktop for 12.04.4, and now I'm pleased to replace 12.04.4 with this latest release of Ubuntu. There are two downfalls to this release that I do not agree with, but I understand why they were added. The first is the Amazon launcher on the left side of the panel. By default, that should have never been included. But since Amazon is supporting Canonical Ltd. and it is easy to remove, it isn't a big deal to me as long as Ubuntu continues to get supported. The other thing, which is turned on by default when it should have been off (in my opinion), is the online Search setting for Amazon to do targeted advertisements on Ubuntu users. This spyware feature is intrusive to those that don't disable it. Once again, I understand why it was added, and I hope the extra income helps Canonical, but I wish it was off by default. Thank you, Canonical! You've all done a great job at making Ubuntu even more amazing. I'm really enjoying 14.04.
Agree with u. U can try Ubuntu Gnome if u don't like unity. I don't know why Ubuntu lacks full forecast but Mint does.
K'Ubuntu and G'Ubuntu (the official names are strange) are two interfaces for sb don't like unity. But unity is the pioneer that M$metro copies it a lot.
I don't know why Ubuntu lacks full forecast but Mint does. Sorry, my original typing is CODEX, not FORECAST but my mobile device auto-correct it to forecast... And this forum does not support mobile to re-edit the post.
This was be very interesting for me, but after the triumphal appearing of Unity I was stepped from Ubuntu and use Fedora Core (if not Mac OS X) for my working machines till now... Personally, I can't live with Unity. According to one historical verb, "Give me Gnome or give me a Mac! "
Paiva, this topic is regarding Ubuntu 12.04.5. It is not about Ubuntu 14.04.1. Everyone can see your thread. If you want to talk about Ubuntu 14.04.1, do it in your own thread. I would appreciate it in the future if you would stick to discussing the topic at hand so that you don't waste everyone's time, including mine. If you have something intelligent to contribute in the threads I make concerning the subjects being discussing, then I would very much be interested in reading what you have to say. If not, then it would be best to not say anything at all. I didn't make this thread to discuss Ubuntu 14.04.1 or to find out who likes or dislikes Unitiy. If you don't like it, fine. Not everyone will so go ahead and change it. But saying you don't like it doesn't contribute anything of value if it isn't backed up as to why. I'm not trying to be rude. But I do feel that those that post links to re-direct readers, including going off topic, is disrespectful. Even though I know it isn't personal, I do know you have good intentions.