By means of the entire gossip about Ubuntu 11.04 switching from Gnome to Unity as the default desktop, Mysterious things is what Linux Mint 11 desktop would be having? In my opinion this is an awful decision for Canonical to create, particularly if Unity is as unthemable and unbalanced as I have been hearing! What is the so good by switching from a stable, themable, and working desktop environment to a charming, but unstable desktop? Heck, I would moderately utilize Enlightenment than make use of Unity.
My guess is that Unity resolve to be moreover unbalanced for the regular user by the time 11.04 comes up and Ubuntu will slide from Distrowatch's #1 position. This will offer Linux Mint a major opportunity to turn into number one. But further than that, this will provide Linux Mint a possibility to finish being an "Ubuntu Derivative" and develop into a distribution in its own right. My estimation is that Linux Mint desires to dump Ubuntu, and deposit all effort in creation of LMDE the main version. What vital packages Debian lacks as a base, would always be able to ported from Ubuntu, Fedora, or even compiled from scratch.
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