Natty Narwhal
i'm willing to try unity. i was never a gnome fan, but kinda forced to use it after kde4 (UGH).
i keep forgetting to dl the beta and test it out. isn't the 2nd release out now?
Yeah, apparently KDE4 was a nightmare for KDE fans/users. Supposedly, the new 4.6 has finally worked out all those bugs. Everything I'm hearing and reading indicates that 4.6 is finally what was intended at 4.0!
As far as Unity in 11.04, there's typically an alpha 1, alpha 2, beta, rc, and final release. Final release is scheduled for April 28 i think, and Ubuntu always releases on schedule. With 1 week to go, I'd imagine the release candidate (rc) is the current version, or certainly the beta.
If you "beta box" your install on a non-production machine like I do, you're probably okay, but I've learned that final releases will still get flurries of bug fixes and patches for another 2-4 weeks after final release. Personally, I'll wait that whole extra month before I download and install the latest & greatest Ubuntu. I can't afford the extra frustration of troubleshooting a bug/patch that will be forthcoming shortly anyways...
If you install, can you post a review and screenshots maybe? I'm very interested in what the newest desktop option might look like and how it will operate and perform. Thanks!