- in oneiric, the global menu bar is contiguously either clickable or not-clickable: when you hover over it, only clickable items are displayed.
- immediately after install, the new software centre displays a button to launch that application, you don't have to browse the list anymore. also, the list of installed applications is now sorted into relevant categories rather than filled up with system packages.
- the 'updates are available' message in oneiric's system menu makes it much more clear how to get updates, but i don't think it's really possible to teach ubuntu's package-management update paradigm through UI. it's not something new windows or mac converts will ever get immediately.
He needed a version of Linux to get the job done so he chose a distro and downloaded the latest stable version. I can't see anything wrong with that. I wouldn't expect a casual user (even a programmer) to be aware of Ubuntu release schedule.
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- in oneiric, the global menu bar is contiguously either clickable or not-clickable: when you hover over it, only clickable items are displayed.
- immediately after install, the new software centre displays a button to launch that application, you don't have to browse the list anymore. also, the list of installed applications is now sorted into relevant categories rather than filled up with system packages.
- the 'updates are available' message in oneiric's system menu makes it much more clear how to get updates, but i don't think it's really possible to teach ubuntu's package-management update paradigm through UI. it's not something new windows or mac converts will ever get immediately.
Indeed, it's a shame that he chose to review 11.04 nearly a week before 11.10 will be released.
He needed a version of Linux to get the job done so he chose a distro and downloaded the latest stable version. I can't see anything wrong with that. I wouldn't expect a casual user (even a programmer) to be aware of Ubuntu release schedule.