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

[Mike Holstein]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 4:37 AM, aYo Binitie <ayobinitie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply - all these changes really put me on the spot. I have
> for the first time in 4 years not been in a race to install a new Ubuntu
> distro. I detest Unity and even UbuntuStudio Natty which sensibly has kept
> GNome 2 is not as fast as UbuntuStudio Meerkat. No compiz in Gnome3 means
> Gnome3 is a NO for me. I really can not imagine my workflow without it. It
> has been a defining factor in the slick workflow for UStudio. XFCE - I have
> no idea about but it was super we would not be all having these rants. I
> fear I will be sticking to 10.10 - truly a perfect 10 for the foreseeable
> future. The future for the moment looks very bleak - It seems we are now
> having our VISTA moment in Linux. This is a real shame after all the gains
> Ubuntu & UbuntuStudio have made in the last few years
> aYo
>
> hey aYo,
personally, i have been sticking to 10.04 on my production machine, but i
maintain early alpha releases these days for testing purposes. would you
like for me to help you find bugs relating to your hardware and 11.04? also,
you can check out xubuntu live, or the above mentioned puredyne to see XFCE
in action so you can have an informed opinion about the UI change.

> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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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