Bearfruit

Sadly I think the http://ubuntu.com redesign is poor: the two items ‘desktop’ and ‘server’ are lonely in an ocean of white. This seeds the secondary impression of Ubuntu having very frugal offerings.

Furthermore the banner for the Ubuntu Live conference dominates the page far too much resulting in the remainder of the page inheriting it’s rarefied purpose: http://ubuntu.com appears to be a corporate promotional site, not the homepage of a fabulous hip operating system used by millions.

I think the design of http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/desktopedition however is great. Sadly few will reach it from a homepage whose design appears driven toward business events, not individuals use.

The coldness and self-diverting focus of the homepage design will drive potential users away. As it stands, Ubuntu doesn’t look like it has much to do with Human Beings.