&gt; &quot;I love modern. Ubuntus problem is they copied a bunch of Mac-isms for what seems to be no good reason.&quot;<p>There is a very good reason for the direction Ubuntu went with Unity. The clue is in the name.<p>The Unity interface is the way it is because it&#x27;s designed to work on both large screen devices and small screen devices, and with mouse and keyboard and touchscreens. Take a look at the Ubuntu Touch interface, notice how similar it is to the UI on desktop Ubuntu (side menu, scopes, etc...)?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ubuntu.com&#x2F;phone&#x2F;features" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ubuntu.com&#x2F;phone&#x2F;features</a>