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February 17th, 2012, 22:39 GMT · By

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Gets HUD Interface

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With today's updates, the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system received many new features and improvements, including the Privacy Settings, Video Lens for Unity and the HUD (Head-Up Display) system described in this article.

Originally introduced by Mark Shuttleworth last month, the Head-Up Display, or HUD for short, is some sort of add-on for the Unity interface allowing users to interact with application's menus by pressing the ALT key.

At the moment, HUD was introduced alongside the current menus placed on the Unity Panel, but in the end, the Head-Up Display system will entirely replace menus in Unity applications. However, this will most probably happen in Ubuntu 12.10.

HUD was developed by Canonical in-house during the last 18 months, and believe it or not it is here to revolutionize the Linux desktop.

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Comment #1 by: Luno on 18 Feb 2012, 18:03 UTC reply to this comment

Unity: Why I (and thousands of others) have abandoned Ubuntu.


Comment #2 by: Peeved Penguin on 19 Feb 2012, 01:49 UTC reply to this comment

Putting lipstick on pigs. I'll stick with KDE, Xfce, or xterm before I stoop to unity. Torvalds = The guy who helped shuttleworth create Linux


Comment #3 by: kaddy on 19 Feb 2012, 12:08 UTC reply to this comment

sooooo HUD will replace the menus eh? what happens if you don't know what you are searching for and just want to browse the available features/settings with applications.... you won't friggin be able to.... Mark... you are an idiot


Comment #4 by: stasia on 23 Feb 2012, 16:55 UTC reply to this comment

I'll stick with Linux Mint.


Comment #5 by: Steve I on 28 Feb 2012, 16:32 UTC reply to this comment

I have used Ubuntu from the beginning and admired the way Canonical created a very solid, easy-to-use, distro that even my family can use with it's Gnome 2 interface.

Unfortunately, with the introduction of Unity, it appears that Canonical is now infected with "Windows Syndrome." This disease manifests itself by the non-stop additions of "golly gee whiz"-type add-ons to a desktop for the sake of show rather than simplicity and ease of use. Other symptoms include bloated coding and the need for more computing power to use these features, The recommended treatment for those of us affected by this is to use Mint instead (Warning: Mint can be habit-forming. Use as directed).

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