*Official Announcement:* Ubuntu Studio is switching to XFCE.

[Mike Holstein]

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:43 AM, aYo Binitie <ayobinitie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why the change? I love gnome and its been great so far
>
hey aYo, the change is because gnome2, (the current gnome setup that we all
love, and has been great so far) is not going to be around much longer...
gnome2 is end of live... check out gnome3 and see what you think... i think
XFCE is more like gnome2 than gnome3 is...

> A
>
> On 14 May 2011 06:24, "Ralf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > The wild enthusiasm when using XFCE IMO quickly will switch to
> > disillusion. You should stay at GNOME.
> >
> > Anyway, XFCE is a good choice compared with similar light weighted
> > environments, such as e.g. e17.
> >
> > What are the reasons to switch the WM/DE?
> >
> > There's a win for the performance etc. when using Ion, a frame based
> > environment, but that causes issues regarding to windows opened by some
> > apps. There's no noticeable win when using Fluxbox, e17, XFCE etc., but
> > a lot of PITA.
> >
> > IMO GNOME is the best choice for a DAW.
> >>
> > 2 Cents,
> >
> > Ralf
> >
> >
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