Ubuntu 11.10 the fastest Ubuntu ever?

[John A]

I just read this article about the coming Ubuntu 11.10:

http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/231002339/ubuntu-11-10-fast-and-friendly.htm;jsessionid=JquNomRor5y9bkFLTMFVvA

Seems to be very fast. And the Ubuntu software center be new to.
Synaptic will be gone (but still possible to install it).
Unity was much critised, but I think Shuttleworth and the team have a clear vision where they will go.
And things seems to falling in place after all.

I hope they will succeed with it.  
Not just for Ubuntu itself, if it be a hit it be a boost for the Linux community in general to I think.

Now when Vista are gone and Windows 7 (and Windows 8 on the way) are here it's not so easy to attract users as before.

[Dean]

If Unity and/or GNOME 3 can mature in just one 6 month cycle, it will be a minor miracle.  It took KDE 4 years to do it. 

Shuttleworth "bet the farm" on it and I don't think he can go back now.

[John A]

Yes, I guess we will se reviews on the final version how it goes.


Edit: About Gnome 3 it was delayed 3 times, so they released it over a year to late. So it is thorough tested.
Much more than KDE4 ever was. So I guess they don't need years to get it work.