Running NetBeans from the Ubuntu Unity application launcher

In one of my latest posts, I complained about Ubuntu not having a polished, customer oriented look and feel. While it doesn't necessarily hurt me (well, sometimes it does), for the parts where "good looking" overlaps usability I think it can be a problem for its widespread adoption. A commenter correctly pointed out that Windows has looked very bad for years, and still it got a huge spread, but that happened ten years ago - now, there's much more care in look and feels of computer-based appliances with a user interface.In that post I was saying that this is one of the problems that should be addressed for 11.04. I really hadn't followed the blogs about Ubuntu in the past months. A few days ago I "discovered" Unity, a newly designed user interface. It actually is already the default user interface for the NetBook edition of Ubuntu, and it will be also the default one for the regular Ubuntu since 11.04. Right now, you can install it with sudo apt-get install ubuntu-netbook and pick it at the login window.I understand it's still under development (for instance, there are a few customizations that can be applied from the user interface itself, without tweaking configuration files), but it's a very good step forward (some parts of the skin can still be configured with the proper "Appearance" tool - unfortunately the standard tool bars are in dark gray with a brownish tone that I hate, but in some way I suppose i...

Date: November, 10 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2010/11/10/running-netbeans-ubuntu-unity-application-launcher

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