Xenial Xerus in complete gnome mode works well enough that 17.10 can just be bypassed until 18.XX. Unity seems to me to be a courting dance to lure in more Windows users.
Everything I do in genetics research through preparing papers on herp trematodes runs gnome components, and I miss Apple and Microsoft, admittedly great software suites in most respects, not a bit. Denny Hugg On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Narcis Garcia <informat...@actiu.net> > wrote: > > Why Ubuntu Gnome project abandoned main principle to be «mostly pure > > GNOME desktop experience» and then the project abandoned project itself? > > > > I think an Ubuntu GNOME (real) flavour has fully sense today, and it > > seems even easier to maintain. > > Thank you for your comments. We probably should have put out a blog > post to explain things a bit more when 17.10 was released, but here's > a draft of what that would say… > > If there was a separate Ubuntu GNOME, then it would be much easier for > mainline Ubuntu to drift further and further away from GNOME. We have > merged our efforts to help "keep them honest", to push for Ubuntu to > stick closely with GNOME. > > Ubuntu 17.10 diverges from stock GNOME in a few ways: a different > theme, a Dock by default, and preserving legacy status icons through > the App Indicator extension. Each of those choices are very popular. > Recognizing that the theme's implementation isn't as good as it could > be, community designers are working with Canonical on a theme refresh > this year. > > There is one other divergence: Ubuntu has made some different app > choices than Ubuntu GNOME did. I think it's worth mentioning that even > Fedora includes Firefox, Rhythmbox and Shotwell by default instead of > the GNOME alternatives. We could have a long conversation about why > Ubuntu has the default apps it does, but in general it's a pretty good > selection. > > It is extremely easy to get a default GNOME Shell by installing > gnome-session then reboot and pick GNOME from the gear menu after > choosing your name on the login screen. If you prefer the app > selection and a few tweaks from the old Ubuntu GNOME, install > vanilla-gnome-desktop . [1] > > Ubuntu GNOME developers are continuing the same work we started over 5 > years ago. It is because of Ubuntu GNOME's efforts that it is so easy > to run stock GNOME on Ubuntu. It is even better in 17.10 than in 17.04 > (a particular new feature are per-desktop overrides to allow users to > get good defaults based on the desktop they log into). > > Just today, GNOME To Do was added to the default install for 18.04 and > GNOME Characters replaced the older Character Map. [2] This week, we > dropped downstream Unity anti-headerbar patches from 6 core GNOME > apps. We are pushing our packaging work into Debian (which is now at a > historically high level of synchronization). We are pushing bug fixes > and improvements directly into GNOME. > > I believe Ubuntu GNOME's vision has always been about merging the most > popular Linux desktop with the most popular Linux distribution. In my > opinion, creating a separate distro/release now would only weaken what > we've accomplished and what we can build together in the future. > > > [1] ubuntu-gnome-desktop is now a transitional package depending on > ubuntu-desktop and gnome-session to get most former Ubuntu GNOME users > back to mainline Ubuntu so they can get a full 5 years support. > [2] https://community.ubuntu.com/t/gnome-to-do-installed-by-default/3608 > > Thanks, > Jeremy Bicha > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
