Ubuntu 12.04 as an alternative to Windows 8. Who will win?
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Past May Day celebrations were marked for me not only a great two-week vacation, but also a major upgrade of operating systems. Taking advantage of a few days off, I installed on my laptop a preliminary version of Windows 8 and just published Ubuntu 12.04. The main impression from the update made is that I finally became convinced that part of the design, ergonomics and comfort of use of Ubuntu surpasses Windows to the latest version head. I'll try to convince you in this article.
I will focus on the key components of the operating system Ubuntu 12.04, as objectively as possible and clearly demonstrating their appearance and basic functions. At the same time I do not want to stir up religious wars direct comparison, providing readers to draw conclusions on their own.
The taskbar (The Launcher)
On the left side of the screen is translucent panel to start and display the icons of running applications. You can deploy a button, your favorite programs, change their order by simply dragging. Too many programs have advanced integration with the launcher, that is able to display the progress of the task, or enable applications to perform typical tasks from the right click menu.
Main menu (The Dash)
When you click on the icon to the system logo appears translucent panel containing labels of all installed applications, links to your documents, music and video files. To find the desired item, you can use the search bar or the filter system, allowing just a second to find the right. In addition to searching on a computer Dash is able to search available to install the application, the online music store, the video on YouTube and more.
Field of notification indicators and (Indicator Menu)
Ubuntu excellent feature that allows you to collect in one place indicators of running applications with the possibility of notification of events that require your attention. It is here that you will see information about the updates on social networks, the appearance of the interlocutor in Messenger, new messages, and so on. In addition, the indicator context menu allow you to perform many actions without opening the main application window. For example, in the screenshot it shows the ability to control the audio player from the audio menu.
tiling
Open-fold windows you can use the buttons on the task bar or the buttons in the window title. Yes, here the developers have distinguished themselves and placed control buttons in the left corner, and the button in full-screen mode generally appear only when you hover the mouse on the top panel. At first it seems strange, but in a week is taken for granted. Well, if you have not been able to get used to such a button layout, it can be very easy to turn off and return to the familiar for users with Windows layout.
In Ubuntu has built-in support for virtual desktops, which is very handy when working with a large number of windows. In addition, there is an analogue AeroSnap function, which allows, for example, expand the window to half the screen, pulling it to the left edge. If you want, you can manually add dozens of new features and effects work with windows using a special program.
Ubuntu 12.04 supports the management with the help of hot keys and a list of them can be seen holding the Win key. Many of the actions in the operating system are accompanied by beautiful effects, behavior and appearance of which you can easily customize.
In this article, I intentionally focused on the aspects of the appearance and ergonomics of Ubuntu 12.04, without affecting the question of functionality, stability, security and so on. These aspects will be addressed in one of the following articles, but for now I just want to emphasize that I personally do not have a single argument in favor of the supporters of Microsoft products. What keeps you in the Windows camp?
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