Gnome replaces Unity

[Liam Proven]

On 16 October 2017 at 19:04, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> IMHO this is all subjective what works for John is a PITA for Jane!

True.

> For me Gnome 3 is useless and not even worth installing, my next upgrade
> will be a sever install with openbox window manager installed!

Well, can't disagree too much there, TBH.

If you like OpenBox, have a look at BunsenLabs, or failing that,
Crunchbang++. Both Debian derivatives with a nicely-tweaked OpenBox
install on top.

> (That's a window manager not a desktop Google the difference if you are
> unsure), but that's just me!

Chacun à son gout.

> The death of Unity is a shame for laptops and notebooks but as it was never
> much use on desktop systems anyway

Hey. I can't let that slide.

I am not telling anyone what to like, or what is good or bad, but
Unity was an _excellent_ desktop environment if you learned to use it.
I ran it on multiple machines with 2 large screens and it handled it
_excellently_ and very efficiently. Much better than GNOME 3 does,
IMHO. You can have a panel on either or both screens, launcher on
either or both screens, and it had good window-management and
virtual-desktop management.

> it kinda doesn't matter. There are plenty
> of alternatives out there find one that works for you and stick with it!

Agreed.

> Ubuntu's decision to scrap unity I personally feel it's a "downgrade" but
> then I felt the same when Unity was first introduced and came around
> eventually.

I'm not sure what you mean there, but if you're saying that going from
Unity to GNOME is a downgrade, I agree.

> I will look at gnome again before 19.04 is released maybe just maybe I will
> be pleasantly surprised!

It is maturing fast, and the exposure Ubuntu give it will accelerate
that. But the dev team have fixed ideas and it's not going to
metamorphose into something much more pleasant.

P.S. _Please_ bottom-post.


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