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Apesar do Unity no 11.10 estar bastante melhor do que no 11.04, continua a ser algo que não deveria fazer parte do Ubuntu pela sua filosofia
I was 15 when I first got interested in linux, my “old” XP computer was getting too old for my needs and I didn’t have money to buy a new machine (it was a very overheating laptop being used like a desktop). I heard about this “magical” Operating System that was completely free and open, developed by people as hobby… people like me and you… I was intrigued by it and eventually downloaded my first Red Hat cd (there were 5-6 CDs actually). Took me a while to get the install running and got stumped at the partitioning phase.
That’s when I started to doubt myself, wondering if linux was too hard for me and if I should go back to windows and buy a new computer. Then came Ubuntu. I don’t even remember how I found out about it, but I was told it was really user friendly, easy to use and install and nothing could go wrong with it. I grabbed the install disc and successfully managed to get my first linux machine running on my laptop, no serious effort at all.
Back then, they had just changed to the 6.04 version and I had just turned 16. That’s when my windows-less era started, all I had was that machine and I had to learn pretty much everything on how to make it run and work successfully. It wasn’t easy.
We struggled, Ubuntu, we had our troubles. Audio drivers were a pain to install, the wireless support back then was really horrible. We had our fights and arguments, but we eventually made peace again and everything was great.
The following year, 2007, I was hospitalized for 1 month due to liver surgery and all I had to keep me company was that very old laptop with Ubuntu 7.10. You kept me company, Ubuntu, I did not have an internet connection nor any game to download/play, all I had was just an Ubuntu Linux OS and a lot of free time. I spent my time reading documentation, experimenting with code and just tweaking around with the UI and desktop manager.
And on we went, through the years I eventually got a new computer with Windows 7, but I never forgot you. I always had a virtual machine with you in it, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10… the years went by.
As I started CS University three years ago I also tried exploring new Linux distributions. First I went with Arch Linux for my netbook. I needed a lightweight distro and you were just too heavy for my eeePC, both in memory and hard disk size. Arch was just perfect, but I didn’t forget you! You were still running 24/7 inside a virtual machine. I also tried Debian on my server, but still… more complex to set up and less user friendly, it wasn’t bad, but you were just better.
And then you changed. I think it was around 9.10/10.04 (I don’t honestly remember): they moved your maximize/minimize/close icons to the left of the window bar. That was a very small and trivial change, which was the precursor of everything bad to come. Suddenly, you weren’t yourself anymore. I had to work against you and your own tools just to bring you back to the way I liked you. Your interface had changed, you were suddenly leeching much more memory than needed, you were becoming bloated.
Everywhere people were complaining about you and I couldn’t do anything, they were right! Some courageous people still liked you, and I envied them, because I didn’t anymore. Just like that childhood friend we’ve all had that started taking drugs, you still love him but you know you can’t do anything about it. You just suffer.
New versions came out, as their usual pace, April and October seemed to come faster than ever and with each new version, new troubles and bloated features appeared. You tried to appeal to a broader audience (nothing wrong with it actually) by becoming another Operating System that just wasn’t you. You started becoming other Operating Systems that I abandoned or didn’t want. I wanted you, not OSX nor Windows.
And then came Unity. That was the end. I tried to like you even like that, with a mask hiding the face of that old friend I used to love, but it was harder than ever. Old programs and applications were hidden from me. You were hiding settings and customization from me. We never had secrets for each other Ubuntu, why start now? Is that when you hit puberty and adolescence? Rebelling against your friend?
I cheated on you, I installed Gentoo. I loved it. I also installed Mint (Debian) and it was great. Both were better than you Ubuntu. Gentoo had that customization I needed and I missed from you. Gentoo could satisfy me where you couldn’t. I was able to decide what to do and when to do it. Mint had that flavor of old you that was just great, and it fit perfectly on my netbook. I didn’t need you anymore Ubuntu. You were my friend, but you turned your back to me and walked away. Just to please a broader (and worse -??-) audience.
Regardless of everything, even with my new friends running alongside you in Virtual Machines, I still came back to you. After all you were easier (partially) to use and set up. I had more experience with you. I couldn’t just say “screw you” and abandon you. I know you wouldn’t have done that to me… would you?
Version 11.10 hit me.
I updated you this evening Ubuntu. And probably for the last time. I launched the update knowing that everything was probably going to end. That awesome journey we had together was probably coming to an end.
And that was it. Update finished and succeeded without any problem, after all you’ve always been good at being stable and easy to use. However, what greeted me wasn’t you. It was a monstrosity. It was a horrible, slow, unintuitive pile of crap. You looked like the worst nightmare I’ve ever had. I heard you also deleted a lot of features you used to love, you even forsook java from your own repositories. Is this for real? Is this the end?
For me, it is. You were a good Operating System. You were an excellent friend and companion. But you aren’t anymore. It’s time to grow up and let old things go. I just hope you’ll be able to please new users and bring them to the open source community like you did with me. You’ve always been good at that, the FOSS community owes you a lot and I do acknowledge that.
But it’s over. I have updated you for the last time. I won’t let myself be fooled again by your developers, there are a lot of other Linux distributions out there, some as user friendly as you are. You don’t deserve all the attention you’re getting worldwide anymore. You used to, just not anymore.
Good riddance Ubuntu. See you in the next life, my friend.