I primarily use OS X but just recently put Ununtu on a laptop. I was totally new to Limux and hated Unity. Unity would be absolutely awesome aside from 3 major flaws:
* The dock won't auto hide until hovered over like in OS X.
* I have to search for the app I want to use most of the time. There should just be a whole menu or list
* The dock should be able to be moved different areas of the screen.
I tried to get used to it but couldn't. I switched to ElementaryOS (loved it). Then I switched to Crunchbang which runs OpenBox and I've never looked back.
Ubuntu is amazing for newbies except for those 3 flaws. Its the only distro I've seen that could make a Windows or Mac user feel right at home.
I have to search for the app I want to use most of the time. There should just be a whole menu or list
Not sure if this is how your supposed to do it, but I just search for the program once from the dash home, then once it's open I right click on the icon and click keep in launcher.
The dock should be able to be moved different areas of the screen.
did you get the Compiz Config settings manager (sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager)? It has a bunch of settings for the dock (it's not fantastic but it helps).
* The dock won't auto hide until hovered over like in OS X.
* I have to search for the app I want to use most of the time. There should just be a whole menu or list
* The dock should be able to be moved different areas of the screen.
I tried to get used to it but couldn't. I switched to ElementaryOS (loved it). Then I switched to Crunchbang which runs OpenBox and I've never looked back.
Ubuntu is amazing for newbies except for those 3 flaws. Its the only distro I've seen that could make a Windows or Mac user feel right at home.