I stand correct on the Gnome thing. :P I did a little research after I posted that and found out it's XFCE :P Looks pretty much the same as gnome2 except for the launcher. :) Hence the confusion.<div> </div><div>Ta for the link. I'll definitely be trying this out.</div> <div> </div><div>I prefer Unity simply because it operates with a similar plan to Mac OS (I know this isn't to everyone's tastes and I don't actually have a Mac myself but...) For users with even a tiny bit of computer experience under their belts, they are going to figure out pretty quickly how everything fits together. And it's a more "unified" experience. :P And I do have some small arguments with Unity, especially when I try to add a second screen to the setup. :) But on the whole I prefer it over Gnome3, for example, which I have tried.</div> <div> </div><div>That being said I am willing to try out a new desktop environment and I've seen some great examples of what can be done with XFCE. It was just the site of a Gnome2 like DE that brought back nightmares of Ubuntu 8.xx and 9.xx :) way back when I first dabbled in Linux OS's. (I haven't been around Linux long. Especially as a regular user as opposed to the occasional Live disk to see what's available "over the garden wall".) :D</div> <div> </div><div>Thanks for the info, now back to discussion topic. Any other good DE's to recommend?</div><div> </div><div>PS I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 for the past 4 weeks or so and discovered and replaced it with Ubuntu Studio a little over a week ago. :) About the same time I decided to upgrade my USB stick I use for Linux Distro's to USB3.0 :) Talk about a speed increase. ;) <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-studio-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-Studio-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu (Azarel Howard) 2. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu (Mike Holstein) 3. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu (Rob) 4. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu (Mike Holstein) 5. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu (Andrew Huys) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:42:44 +0000 From: Azarel Howard <<a href="mailto:azariah001@gmail.com">azariah001@gmail.com</a>> To: "<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu Message-ID: <4314793066144231486@unknownmsgid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" I?m going to put my neck out and say Unity. If you?re going to use the Ubuntu name then.... don?t mess with the foundation more than is needed especially the UI. :) Move the launcher to the bottom by all means but... don?t roll back to Gnome2 I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical let?s put it this way. If you?re going to have a launcher the applications should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :| Also the login screen needs to be able to detect when you've installed other GUI?s cause Unity isn?t coming up as a login option. Well that?s my 20c :) Get the feeling I?m one of the minority that actually likes the new Unity interface and dislikes Gnome but... we all have our own tastes. azariah -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you?re going to use the Ubuntu name then.... don?t mess with the foundation more than is needed especially the UI. :) Move the launcher to the bottom by all means but... don?t roll back to Gnome2 > > I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical let?s put it this way. If you?re going to have a launcher the applications should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :| > > Also the login screen needs to be able to detect when you've installed other GUI?s cause Unity isn?t coming up as a login option. > > Well that?s my 20c :) > > Get the feeling I?m one of the minority that actually likes the new Unity interface and dislikes Gnome but... we all have our own tastes. > > azariah I think unity is fine. I don't think I'll ever use it personally, but I have no problem suggesting its use, or supporting it. Ubuntustudio ships with xfce. If you have been using unity, you have not been using ubuntustudio. Back when both ubuntu and ubuntustudio both used gnome2, I would routinely install ubuntu and add what I needed from the audio, video, and graphics packages. As I stated before, this can still easily be done. If one wants to run unity, you install ubuntu, and add what you want from either the audio, video and/or graphics packages, or you can install ubuntustudio, and from there install the ubuntu-desktop. We chose xfce for a few reasons. The look and feel was more like that of the older ubuntustudio gnome2 desktop, and the xubuntu team is just awesome and so helpful. There are lots of folks who use some ubuntu base, and take advantage of either the ubuntustudio packages or metapackages. Users are welcome and encouraged to do this. Kubuntu base users, xubuntu, lubuntu... custom minimal versions or the main vanilla distro running unity. The facts: "Best" is a matter of opinion. Ubuntustudio ships with xfce. The studio packages work with all of them. You can easily switch between them. Unity is an option. > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually > used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical Ubuntu Studio currently uses XFCE, not any version of GNOME. Personally, I'm pretty grateful for that, having been running XFCE ever since the advent of Unity anyway. But I keep my taskbar on the top, also grateful that it doesn't double as a launcher and even more so that it doesn't group all my Pidgin or Thunar windows into one entry like proprietary operating systems (and those who would imitate them) do. Of course, there's no reason you can't apt-get install ubuntu-desktop if you'd rather pretend you're using an off-brand tablet. Rob ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:59:00 -0400 From: Mike Holstein <<a href="mailto:mikeh789@gmail.com">mikeh789@gmail.com</a>> To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:CADmgLawDKTS7VcpZXqUzjh%2BS6Fv0QEAoDDLZUQJ-XtHzMeEwPA@mail.gmail.com">CADmgLawDKTS7VcpZXqUzjh+S6Fv0QEAoDDLZUQJ-XtHzMeEwPA@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" On Sep 22, 2012 6:43 PM, "Rob" <<a href="mailto:lau@kudla.org">lau@kudla.org</a>> wrote: > > On 09/22/2012 05:42 PM, Azarel Howard wrote: > > I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually > > used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started > > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical > > Ubuntu Studio currently uses XFCE, not any version of GNOME. Personally, I'm pretty grateful for that, having been running XFCE ever since the advent of Unity anyway. But I keep my taskbar on the top, also grateful that it doesn't double as a launcher and even more so that it doesn't group all my Pidgin or Thunar windows into one entry like proprietary operating systems (and those who would imitate them) do. > > Of course, there's no reason you can't apt-get install ubuntu-desktop if you'd rather pretend you're using an off-brand tablet. > > Rob That reminds me.. since ubuntu is providing the most current version of gnome (just like it always has) it is also easy to install gnome3 and use it with the ubuntustudio packages... enjoy them all! > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you're going to use the > Ubuntu name then.... don't mess with the foundation more than is > needed especially the UI. :) Move the launcher to the bottom by all > means but... don't roll back to Gnome2 > I've been 'using' Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven't actually > used the software for recording or anything yet but I've started > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It's not > logical let's put it this way. If you're going to have a launcher the > applications should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :| > Also the login screen needs to be able to detect when you've installed > other GUI's cause Unity isn't coming up as a login option. > Well that's my 20c :) > Get the feeling I'm one of the minority that actually likes the new > Unity interface and dislikes Gnome but... we all have our own tastes. > azariah > > "If you're going to have a launcher the applications should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :|" One of the advantages of XFCE is that it is highly customizable. It is possible to move the Window Buttons to the bottom of the screen. Check out <<a href="http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09052012-121814pm.php#" target="_blank">http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09052012-121814pm.php#</a>> ANDHUYS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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