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Agreed. It's good to see him take this benevolent dictator approach and have the ambition of outdoing OSX in the user experience department. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Shuttleworth-...

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... and have the ambition of outdoing OSX in the user experience department.

Is it really "outdoing OSX" if the UI is being done for a market that Apple isn't and doesn't seem to have an inclination of targeting? At least, for what the UI discussed in the initial link for this topic is about.

Sure it is - it may not be competing directly with OSX hardware-wise, but at the end of the day they are all desktop/laptop UIs.

but at the end of the day they are all desktop/laptop UIs.

The physical form of an 8" netbook isn't designed for the same type of use as a 15" — or even 13" — macbook pro is. Why should the UI be?

Perhaps I don't want to learn two interfaces, so it is sometimes better to choose consistency over some sort of pure ideal.

While this specific article may be focused on a UI change for the netbook, Shuttleworth's focus extends to the ubuntu UI in general. In fact, it may be wise choice to distinguish between pure desktop and netbook, time will tell.

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