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Re:A Lengthy, Pedantic Review of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Be... by jackhack on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:57AM (#16932434)
It's the way of the world. Apple and Microsoft seem hell-bent on introducing "phone/tablet" type gestures into their desktop UIs also. It seems only natural that linux distros would follow.

Lesson for the kids making these decisions: "new and/or different" != better

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Re:A Lengthy, Pedantic Review of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Be... by tjoff on Friday April 27, 2018 @03:47AM (#16939106)
No, Unity came before Windows 8.

And with Windows 8 noone actually used Metro, the real desktop environment wasn't really touched so you always had a polished desktop-oriented UI one key stroke away. Not so with ubuntu that single-handedly obliterated the desktop Linux market dominance it had.

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Re:A Lengthy, Pedantic Review of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Be... by catach on Friday April 27, 2018 @04:02AM (#16939154)
On the other hand, browser mouse gestures were awesome for half a decade before smartphones were a thing.
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