I like how modular pantheon is compared to gnome/unity. Its all very slick and well integrated, but at the same time pantheon lets me easily change the default file manager for example, something that is a PIA to do in gnome.
I also the way its all designed, for speed and simplicity under the hood. pantheon uses significantly less resources than gnome/unity while being just as pretty. While I really like gala and I am one of the people that wished they had stuck with mutter when they first made the compiz switch, I don't think it would be really worth it to change, especially after all the work canonical has done on compiz. Also the way unity is implemented as a compiz plugin means changing would be huge task. Compiz has gotten a lot better lately, they should just keep improving it instead of making a massive switch for relatively little gain. Noise has a nice interface, but is not in good shape right now IMO, and lacks features too. I've tested luna beta 1 on two machines so far, and on both of them noise has a HUGE problem where it takes forever to import my library, I'm talking 6 hours +, its definitely not nearly ready for prime-time yet. I do support replacing rhythmbox with.. well pretty much anything though, its a pretty lackluster media player, I preferred banshee. Also the music lens still doesn't even work right with rhythmbox, the album art doesn't show in the lense for songs that haven't been played yet /rant. On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Britt Yazel <bwya...@gmail.com> wrote: > As many of you have heard, Elementary OS has had it's beta 1 release, and > after spending using and learning their operating system, I have come to > appreciate it greatly. The primary reason for my appreciation is their > continuity in their user interface, they tasteful animations, and their > stability. > > The one thing that Elementary has done extremely well is the creation of > their own DE called Pantheon. They have created more than just a shell for > Gnome3 (not to belittle what Unity has done), but they have also rebuilt > most of their underlying technologies as well to fit exactly their purpose, > rather than relying on Gnome. Gala is one such example, to remove their > dependence on Compiz. They have also made many of their own default > applications to fit THEIR purpose, rather than trying to make their purpose > fit a wide assortment of apps. (Midori, Maya, Noise, Scratch, etc) > > Now, I dont mean to belittle Gnome or Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu on a daily > basis and love it greatly, and I also help with the Ubuntu Gnome Remix. I > just think that ridding ourselves of Compiz dependence, and making Unity > more than just the Visual shell, and rather creating more of the back-end > utilities in house (like Gala and Mutter) will lead to a desktop that is > more cohesive, rather than feeling "patchy". > > If this isn't possible, then perhaps we should be working with the > Elementary team on their default app set and their underlying technologies, > (could Unity make use of Gala instead of compiz?) Is Noise closer to > Ubuntu's main goals for a music app than Rhythmbox? > > Let me know what you guys think. Cheers! > > -Britt Yazel > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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