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Re: Elementary OS

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Post by tagrun »

gravypod wrote: post #53
izacus wrote: post #5

I really like elementaryOS - not for myself (need to use macOS for dev), but pretty much all of my family was migrated to it. It has proven to be significantly more stable and simple to use than Windows and the default applications really nicely hit the simplicity and usability for a user that primarily needs web, email, photos and minor document editing. I'd even argue it's better than macOS for that user profile (e…

I would move to an Elementary OS if it's UI/UX was moved over an Arch based distribution. I mean Elementary OS simply looks beautiful and is stable(-ish). On top of Manjaro or something that holds back updates I wouldn't be able to figure out a more perfect development/daily driver system.

Apart from AUR build as others have pointed out, there is a repo for that https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pantheon

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by matzipan »

adamors wrote: post #6

Last time I tried Elementary OS it _looked_ very nice but basic stuff like adding an HTML signature in the email client was missing. Did they improve on this front?

Mail used to use webkitgtk (the old api), but has been since ported to use webkit2gtk (the new, multi-process api), you might wanna give it a second look.

EDIT: I stand corrected. This has not happened yet. I confused this with some other changes.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by rcarmo »

xaduha wrote: post #113

Not interested in Elementary OS at all, but I do keep an eye on Solus https://solus-project.com (Well, there's also http://papyros.io , but I'm not confident that it will amount to anything) BTW, that practice of making keywords (which often repeat throughout the text) into links (often to your own damn blog) is abhorrent.

It's not a blog, it's a Wiki (https://github.com/rcarmo/sushy), and the blog just hangs off it. I see no damning in that - you can always either not visit or not click :)

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by matzipan »

ant6n wrote: post #27

This may sound silly, but I'm mostly concerned about losing the three-finger side-swipe to the other desktops. Is this possible with elementary OS?

It's certainly on the to-do list, but some features related to swipe were implemented in the GTK version after than the one Ubuntu 16.04 LTS currently ships, so it'll take a bit more time.

I personally want that feature too.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by grimgrin »

methyl wrote: post #106
grimgrin wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate on "Linux is better for development"? Guessing it can only come down to differences in apt and brew and not much more (not that this couldn't be reason enough)? edit: this article mentioned MacOS and Linux and so that's all I thought OP's comment was referring to. We all know the advantages compared to Windows. Of course Windows is constantly improving.

Lots of tools (one example is Webpack) are significantly slower under Windows.

Since the article was about MacOS/Apple and Linux I thought they were comparing to MacOS.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by pjmlp »

rcarmo wrote: post #83
pjmlp wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am ok with the Mac as it is, I don't see an issue with it, and actually am looking forward to eventually being able to play with the magic toolbar from Swift in a future acquisition.

Well, I've been waiting for a suitable desktop Mac for the latter part of six years. I'm certainly not OK with the disrepair their product line is in, nor with the value for money of the "Pro" (or, as I prefer to call them, the "Air SE") range.

I don't use desktops since 2006, only laptops with docking stations.

Many of our customers follow similar patterns, I hardly see new desktops being deployed, so I have some sympathy for Apple thinking that it might not be worthwhile to keep doing them.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by pmlnr »

I've been an elementaryOS user for years and I ended up dropping the whole thing in favour of xfwm4 + synapse + tint2.

eOS is a really nice looking thing, but it's buggy, release after release it's losing features, like [1] - this specific one was never fixed in the previous release.

The built-on music app collapses under a reasonable amount of music, same as banshee or quod libet can easily handle. Geary, the mail app looks nice, but lacks basic features and has a tendency to corrupt IMAP folders.

The window manager of eOS, Gala, is indeed impressive, but lack options to tweak. In the previous release, it was impossible to disable the ALT+TAB effect, even if all the other effects were set to none.

So overally: it's looks nice, the window manager is fast, and if you're fine with the defaults, you're probably going to be a happy user - until you find something you miss, and there is no way to fix that.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/switchboard-plug-power/+bug/13590...

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by patrickthebold »

creshal wrote: post #28
throwaway13337 wrote: post #17

A desktop linux could really grab an audience right now with the current state of windows and the agnosticism that is common in today's applications. The problem with desktop linux has always been that polish isn't quite there. Things like handling gracefully video card/dual monitor, audio switching, and sleep mode recovery end up being headaches that use up a lot of time googling around and generally learning about…

Dell comes closest with their Developer Edition, but even they aren't trying too hard and just tell people to suck it up when e.g. the touchpad firmware is broken.

Do you have more details? I was just about to get one of those.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by Brakenshire »

nemo1618 wrote: post #43

I've been using elementaryOS for a few years now and just upgraded to Loki. On the whole it has been great, but there are just a few buggy elements that occasionally make me want to wipe the thing and start fresh with Ubuntu, which at least I can trust to not break. Hoping that eOS continues to become more polished.

Agreed about the few buggy elements. The last version had a bug with the cursor for about 6 months. Freya's still got the window focus bug that Ubuntu has had for years (haven't tried Loki yet). They're waiting for upstream fixes, but it does undermine the fundamental usability message of the distribution. If they do manage to grow to a major distribution, they really need to set aside a significant amount of money to sponsor upstream developers to fix these problems in weeks rather than months.
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