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[Manjul Apratim <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think that Ubuntu is to be held accountable for making the
desktop "unusable" as it stands (I personally do not even share that
belief) - if anything, they have indeed added another "option", as
houstonbofh asks... the default being gnome-shell, nowhere close to the
classic desktop paradigm. It is the gnome devs who decided gnome2 was
done for, so what are Ubuntu to do? - they can accept the decision and
make gnome-shell the default, or offer an alternative they believe they
would like gnome3 to provide. Indeed, I think Unity is closer to gnome2
than is gnome-shell, even though I like and enjoy them both - in Unity,
you have the old workspaces, the old classic menus in the form of
lenses, the old way to change the wallpaper, the good old Compiz, etc
etc etc. Gnome-shell is almost an alien phenomenon, though I like what I
saw, and I stuck with it on my Arch and Debian Sid installs... As for
gnome2, it simply does not exist anymore, at least actively, and the
only possible path is to move on - more and more apps will start with
gnome3 libraries, and eventually everyone shall be forced to move
elsewhere away from gnome2.

I think if you handed the Unity desktop to the average grandma, I think
they will have a much easier time than with the old one - pressing the
'Sup' key and just typing in what you want - now that's simplicity! I
would humbly like to suggest a change of perspectives to appreciate the
positives, as opposed to holding on to ghosts of the past.

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
  Invalid
Status in dylan.NET:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Invalid
Status in GenOS:
  In Progress
Status in GNOME Screensaver:
  Won't Fix
Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians:
  Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX:
  Invalid
Status in LibreOffice:
  In Progress
Status in The Linux Kernel:
  New
Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  In Progress
Status in The Linux OS Project:
  In Progress
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
  In Progress
Status in NULL Project:
  Invalid
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
  In Progress
Status in Tabuntu:
  Invalid
Status in A simple player to online TV streaming:
  Invalid
Status in Tv-Player:
  New
Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages:
  In Progress
Status in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in The Jaunty Jackalope:
  Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty:
  Invalid
Status in Arch Linux:
  New
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Debian:
  In Progress
Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS:
  Confirmed
Status in openSUSE:
  In Progress
Status in Tilix Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
  This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

  Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry,
  restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and
  limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full
  potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

  1. Visit a local PC store.

  What happens:
  2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
  3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

  What should happen:
  1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
  2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
  3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.

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