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I tried Unity on Ubuntu, it was worthless. It's not configurable, and the included software center crashed repeatedly. I removed Unity and the software center by simply installing Xubuntu. That's the beauty of Linux. Choice. Unity tried to remove that for me, and failed, because I got rid of it.
Also, since when is NOT having the option to do something a strong point. Removing features is NOT the way to attract people to new features. I personally never open too many windows, and I want to be able to find them easily, on a taskbar, which will tell me what's open. I also want to be able to use them in whatever size I want, side by side, minimize them, move them, or whatever. I don't work well within only ONE window doing one task, just as well as I don't work well multitasking with numerous things going on. You do, however, want to look up an address while typing in a document, or use a reference source, and not have to dig around to find the "other" open window. Tiling and transparencies do this for me. I even installed transparencies on my XP unit to make it more productive, which ms never saw fit to do. Removing the traditional task bar, notification area, and start menu will only drive typical users away, either in Unity, or Windows 8.
Personally I don't use the "start" menu very often as, either in Linux OR in Windows, I have a floating toolbar on the left with shortcuts to commonly used programs, and another on the right with the file system in an expandable view, with folders I commonly access in plain view on it. I've never seen someone else use this system, but it works for me. I'm not proposing that EVERYONE use it, however, and make it industy-wide!
