On 08/04/17 10:32, Liam Proven wrote:
Finally, GNOME supports Wayland, which increasingly looks like the
only future successor to X.11. X is very old and something newer and
better is wanted by a lot of people.
Does Enlightenment work on Wayland?
Yes, although I haven't tried it. Wayland was a
On 6 April 2017 at 19:42, Tony Pursell wrote:
> I'm not too bothered about the desktop, although I am rather fond of Unity.
> I am wondering, however, if Unity is dead and buried, or is it just Unity 8?
Unity 7 is now maintenance-only. No new releases or features.
It basically has been for some
On 6 April 2017 at 18:22, Jim Price wrote:
> Gnome3 wouldn't be my first choice of desktop to use to try and imitate
> another one - that would be Enlightenment.
Well, firstly, the SABDFL has said it will be GNOME, so it will be GNOME.
Secondly, GNOME is still a very major desktop, basis of much
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> I'm not too bothered about the desktop, although I am rather fond of Unity.
> I am wondering, however, if Unit
What about maruos?
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I'm not t
I'm not too bothered about the desktop, although I am rather fond of
Unity. I am wondering, however, if Unity is dead and buried, or is it just
Unity 8?
I will be sad, however, if I have to give up on my Ubuntu phone. I know
that the Ubuntu phone is limited but I do find it best for routine stuf
I hope for one of two things at least:
- some group of people will step forward and fork Unity as a Desktop
Environment for use on desktop/laptops/notebooks
- that GNOME is as easy to configure for Low Vision users as Unity
(large icons, large font, colours, etc)
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On 06/04/17 00:26, Tony Scott wrote:
Does anyone know if it is possible through the use of extensions etc
if it would be possible to recreate some or all of the Unity desktop
experience in GNOME?
If it is, I would propose this would be the way forward for the next
LTS release.
Gnome3 wouldn't
Just as I got Ubuntu Touch running on a Nexus 4 too. There has been a
distinct feeling recently that alternative phone OSes are becoming more of
a niche (if that's possible).
It shouldn't take much for Gnome to look like Unity, but then again the
question may be how far Canonical go with working
Does anyone know if it is possible through the use of extensions etc
if it would be possible to recreate some or all of the Unity desktop
experience in GNOME?
If it is, I would propose this would be the way forward for the next
LTS release.
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On 5 April 2017
Not all that surprising -- Phone/Touch never took off. Killing Unity is a
surprise, and I like the UI, but understandable. There was just too much of a
disconnect from the community.
I still believe in convergence, but I don't pretend to know how it's going to
happen (I'm hoping my next-gen Psi
OK, not a tech query, but important Ubuntu news from the SABDFL
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/
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