[CoLoCo] Unity decision: (Fwd) Default Desktop Experience for 11.04

[Andrew Barilla]

Yes.  Installing Gnome 3 will break (I'm assuming force removal) of Unity.
 Also the Gnome Classic desktop will go away as of 11.10 in favor of
Unity2D.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Simon Engelbert
<engelbert.simon at gmail.com>wrote:

> But from what I understand you can't run Gnome 3 Shell and Unity side by
> side in 11.04. The Gnome 3 Shell packages break Unity
>
> I took Gnome 3 Shell for a test drive last night and must say that I prefer
> it over Unity as of right now. It just looks cleaner, more intuitive and has
> some pretty cool features to it. Both are going to take some getting used
> to, but I am actually excited about both....and they will push each other to
> create better products. I think I will try to install Gnome 3 on 11.04 once
> there is a more stable PPA
>
> -Simon
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:13 AM, <telecon at infosyndicate.net> wrote:
>
>> As Ian said, you can.  You can install all the desktops and select
>> them at login.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:10, Nick Post <nickjpost at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Kevin, that's a wonderful suggestion! I I think being able to toggle
>> between
>> > the two environments at login would be a great way to ease the
>> transition
>> > for those who are reluctant
>> >
>> >
>> > Nick
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm with you Aaron.  This is the first time I am nervous about using
>> >> System76 machines almost exclusively.  The handling of several things
>> at
>> >> Ubuntu lately has smelled allot like what got me to finally stop using
>> >> Windows.  I understand beta testing, and I also understand the need for
>> "it
>> >> just works"  Ubuntu has pushed a few things out that has not been ready
>> for
>> >> primetime lately like Unity and Upstart.  Both are really good ideas
>> that
>> >> just needs to bake in a bleeding edge environment a little longer
>> before
>> >> thrusting it out on the general public.  That's the kind of crap
>> Microsoft
>> >> does!!!
>> >>
>> >> If I am going to go with something that bleeding edge and iffy, I would
>> >> rather have the Gnome 3 shell.  All the other distros afaikt are going
>> that
>> >> way.  I also thought about KDE.  I have also considered not upgrading.
>> >> Using standard end users as beta testers is just wrong.  I need my
>> Ubuntu
>> >> system for business not as a hobby.
>> >>
>> >> That does not mean I would not like if I could have the option on
>> login,
>> >> so days when I can afford to run in a newer less tested environment,
>> like to
>> >> try it out.  That would be great.  But unfortunately that is not what
>> Ubuntu
>> >> is doing.
>> >>
>> >> Just my $0.02
>> >>
>> >> Kevin
>> >>
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