Microsoft wants you to love Metro. Apple is bringing iOS and Mac OS X closer together with every release. But, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux and its parent company Canonical, thinks that if you want “real desktop user experience innovation” … “before it shows up in Windows or MacOS,” you need to check out Ubuntu 12.04’s forthcoming Head Up Display (HUD).
In a blog posting, Shuttleworth wrote that while Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin, which just went to beta, is still far from “job done” the new HUD desktop is ready for a wider audience.