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Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#41
...can it do multiple DPIs on multiple displays?

This is not eye-candy it's minimum s I need to get work done!

This is as low as a bar I can imagine but last time I checked from the mainstream Linux DEs, only a version of KDE/Plasma (can't stand KDE, so was a no-go out of the bat) had this.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Desktop environments on Linux is really the most asinine dick swinging contest I have ever witnessed in my life. Subscribe to /r/unixporn for a single week and you will be absolutely amazed at the shit you will learn.

I hardly believe that anybody would use most of those environments on a daily use.

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Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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post #23

I hate all these "most beatiful Linux desktop" things. They all suck. Let's look at this pic: https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/UbuntuDDE-D... It showcases the desktop of the "most beautiful desktop environment". Either it does not come with a browser installed, or the browser is not added to that launch bar or they changed the browser icon but not the email client icon. As the email client icon highli…

Gnome and KDE are indeed more beautiful.

Indeed.. I have been a Ubuntu user for some time, but have recently switched to KDE due to the latest Ubuntu desktop experiments which really put me off. After installing KDE Plasma, which I thought was a single DE, I was surprised to learn that, on the login page, I can actually select different DEs, like Cinnamon, Plasma, Ubuntu, Unity, Wayland... that's really amazing! I have played around with Plasma and Cinnamon, and decided to stick with Cinnamon (after tweaking it with the dark theme, it looks awesome). So happy to have many choices though.

I wonder why people still feel the need to come up with more DEs instead of contributing to the plenty of existing ones...

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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post #26

I hate all these "most beatiful Linux desktop" things. They all suck. Let's look at this pic: https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/UbuntuDDE-D... It showcases the desktop of the "most beautiful desktop environment". Either it does not come with a browser installed, or the browser is not added to that launch bar or they changed the browser icon but not the email client icon. As the email client icon highli…

Well, now that you bring up Ubuntu, I wonder if anyone else out there dislikes its purple & orange color scheme. It might technically be a selection of compatible colors, but to me it's always looked ugly.

If you add a desktop background it will use the colors from the image. Or you can customize the colors...

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#45
post #41

...can it do multiple DPIs on multiple displays? This is not eye-candy it's minimum s I need to get work done! This is as low as a bar I can imagine but last time I checked from the mainstream Linux DEs, only a version of KDE/Plasma (can't stand KDE, so was a no-go out of the bat) had this.

Gnome at least has display-differing scaling factors when running in Wayland.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#46
post #5

I find it baffling that a website who's sole purpose is to present "the most beautiful desktop environment" would present low resolution, reduced color screenshots to back the claim. examples: https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ubuntudde-l... https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ubuntudde-f... There are better screenshots behind the "Digital Assets" nav link, but I wouldn't have found that,…

There’s a reason Linux has such terrible GUI design, sadly, and this is it.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#47
post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Desktop environments on Linux is really the most asinine dick swinging contest I have ever witnessed in my life. Subscribe to /r/unixporn for a single week and you will be absolutely amazed at the shit you will learn.

I hardly believe that anybody would use most of those environments on a daily use.

I’m one of them and we do. Why do you think we wouldn’t? They’re not lacking any capability, and we generally create them because they’re more efficient for our workflows.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#48
post #41

...can it do multiple DPIs on multiple displays? This is not eye-candy it's minimum s I need to get work done! This is as low as a bar I can imagine but last time I checked from the mainstream Linux DEs, only a version of KDE/Plasma (can't stand KDE, so was a no-go out of the bat) had this.

All Wayland desktop environments can do this. I think every popular distro besides Ubuntu ships with Wayland as the default now.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#49
What's the point of creating a new "distro" that just has a different window manager/desktop environment? Like, what kind of person would spend time doing that? Maybe that's a little harsh, but these kinds of projects seem completely pointless. Changing your wm/de doesn't take more than a couple minutes (including the download time). It might actually be harmful, the world doesn't need more distros, derivative or otherwise.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

#50
>UbuntuDDE is a Remix flavor of Ubuntu system with Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) . UbuntuDDE is a linux distribution based on Ubuntu with the most beautiful desktop environment.

So by imitating macOS look they got "the most beautiful desktop environment".

I don't get it. If I want macOS, I would run the real deal, either by buying a Mac or by doing a hackintosh install.

Earlier there were Linux distros trying to imitate Windows XP. That was bad, too.

I think time wasted and effort would be better spent on inventing something new or refining some ideas striving to do something better, trying to solve problems.

I don't get the problem this desktop environment solves. Are they catering to people who love Macs but don't want to use Macs? That's a rather tiny population.

Or maybe the problem they tried to solve was Linux having too few desktop environments.

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