There are many good tutorials on the net and many websites that tell you how
to get more from Ubuntu, such as Ubuntugeek and OMGUbuntu.

I agree with the last statement, but he has a vision and deserves the chance
to implement it. He has given a lot to Ubuntu and basically bankrolls it.
Whatever changes that they make need not be as traumatic as we sometimes
make it. Nobody needs to upgrade to Natty. 10.10 has a year past April of
support and 10.04 has a year more than that. Plus you can install GNOME or
GNOME Shell if Unity is not to your liking. There is some inherent risk, but
the bottom line is that Ubuntu is still free and it still has the biggest
community and the largest repositories, so Ubuntu will always have lots of
users. I like it that Shuttleworth and Canoncial are taking risks. Some body
has to blaze the trail or we will get nowhere. There are too many
distributions that rest on their laurels and become stagnant.