I do not understand from where comes all this constant Unity bashing. I think that this is actually what creates the real damage.
I think that Unity is great user interface that takes the maximum out of the current distorted screens and I have used it for years as my main (and only) desktop.
It's not just Unity; anything even remotely disliked gets bashed (Gnome Shell has a history of getting criticised at every bit of news about it). I agree that it is poisonous behaviour that benefits no one, but I wonder what causes it.
1. forced reduced-functionality or questionable UI choices on a project 2. imported the buggy, unexpected behavior of previous Windows releases into the Linux world.
I also think it is a conflict inside a changing culture surrounding Linux.
I do think that ubuntu could be better , and that with canonical heavy focus on convergence devices and servers, the desktop side is not improving as much as i hoped.
Yes, the interface is good but it sucks the resources out of the system. Have you noticed how much CPU and memory does `compiz` consume?
> I have used it for years as my main (and only) desktop
Only if you tried using anything else!
Yes, Unity has it problems, for example some processes start to run amok time to time, but I do not notice that compiz is one of them. Considering that I usually ran my Windows installations to the ground, Ubuntu has stand the test of time for me.
It loads faster, but it lacks about half the keyboard shortcuts I use in Ubuntu.
ElementaryOS lacks even more. No menus in the applications (like Chrome) with lots of wasted screen state, and a broken launcher.
We have tried, and Unity was still superior for doing stuff.