There is no question that Ubuntu dominated the desktop Linux world over the past few years. Yet if recent statistics from distrowatch.com are to believed, then the Ubuntu star is starting to fade. Even Linux Mint, which overtook Ubuntu in the number of times. In the statistics, you can also see that Fedora is rising fast. I am inching toward giving Fedora a try, at least on a live CD, just to see what it has to offer. I am fairly sure I will run into hardware issues, since some of my machines are a little bit more of the vintage kind of PC!
This certainly does not mean that the number of desktop Linux Mint users, or even Fedora users now outnumber Ubuntu users. But it is strong indication that Ubuntu users are unhappy with the complete devotionby Canonical to the Unity desktop.
The Unity interface is something that I abandoned earlier this week in favor of GNOME Classic on every single one of my computers. Even my netbook is now GNOME classic. Yet, even with the switch back to GNOME, there was no need for me to completely leave Ubuntu. I simply installed GNOME from the Ubuntu Software Center and moved on with my life.
It is amazing that I lasted for so long with the slow Unity interface! My computer is so much faster and zippier with GNOME. Then again, these are older PC.
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