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 Ubuntu abandons Unity DE, starting 2018 with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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TSTruboXL
post Apr 6 2017, 12:54 PM, updated 7y ago

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https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/grow...nd-convergence/

and so Unity empire has fallen, cool2.gif

but why ditch all those Qt resources and efforts and go back to GNOME3-centric GTK? bangwall.gif
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post Apr 6 2017, 01:00 PM

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They going back to do what they use to do best.
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post Apr 10 2017, 04:41 PM

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I guess it's always about money.
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post Apr 11 2017, 11:27 PM

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either going for Gnome, or KDE or any other DEs, I am just never care AF. Never like to buntu.
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post Apr 13 2017, 05:31 PM

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What about mir? also scrapped?
Lord Tiki Mick
post Apr 17 2017, 07:20 AM

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I don't care about DEs anymore. I prefer minimal WM, and add features to it when I really need it.
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post Apr 17 2017, 01:40 PM

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QUOTE(TruboXL @ Apr 6 2017, 12:54 PM)
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/grow...nd-convergence/

and so Unity empire has fallen, cool2.gif

but why ditch all those Qt resources and efforts and go back to GNOME3-centric GTK? bangwall.gif
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They never got it to work.
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post Apr 19 2017, 02:41 PM

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unity is too bloated. Nobody like it.
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post May 9 2017, 06:35 PM

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QUOTE(Lord Tiki Mick @ Apr 17 2017, 07:20 AM)
I don't care about DEs anymore. I prefer minimal WM, and add features to it when I really need it.
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i3 or xmonad?
I'm used to Openbox thanks to Crunchbang. Still looking for distro that inherit similar default config.
Too lazy to configure it own my own nowadays lol
Lord Tiki Mick
post May 9 2017, 08:08 PM

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QUOTE(petirbuas @ May 9 2017, 06:35 PM)
i3 or xmonad?
I'm used to Openbox thanks to Crunchbang. Still looking for distro that inherit similar default config.
Too lazy to configure it own my own nowadays lol
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I'm using jwm. I'm not into tiling nowadays, except for the terminal. I wrote my own terminal for that. wink.gif
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post May 10 2017, 11:54 AM

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QUOTE(petirbuas @ May 9 2017, 06:35 PM)
i3 or xmonad?
I'm used to Openbox thanks to Crunchbang. Still looking for distro that inherit similar default config.
Too lazy to configure it own my own nowadays lol
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Me too lol.. quite easy to configure though, not like Unity lol.
diadokmai
post May 27 2017, 06:04 AM

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QUOTE(TruboXL @ Apr 6 2017, 12:54 PM)
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/grow...nd-convergence/

and so Unity empire has fallen, cool2.gif

but why ditch all those Qt resources and efforts and go back to GNOME3-centric GTK? bangwall.gif
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never love unity.too buggy.even if i got no choice but need to use ubuntu for some case, i would prefer xfce+ubuntu = xubuntu.
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post May 27 2017, 09:56 AM

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QUOTE(diadokmai @ May 27 2017, 06:04 AM)
never love unity.too buggy.even if i got no choice but need to use ubuntu for some case, i would prefer xfce+ubuntu = xubuntu.
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Yea it seems the launcher crashes about once every two updates lol smile.gif

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post Jun 1 2017, 12:47 AM

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Better Gnome.

I dont see anything better than Gnome

 

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