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Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Re: Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Post by 3pt14159 »

> While speed may be the single most important element of a UI, there is plenty about GNOME that is going to disappoint Unity users. The biggest gripe I have is keyboard shortcuts. Unity had them in spades. For as graphical as Unity is/was, it was also very easy to drive without taking your hands off the keyboard. GNOME lacks that level of shortcuts.

Can we please fix this before the convergence? Muscle memory and Linux go together like rosemary and garlic.

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Post by reacweb »

pdog wrote: post #2

If you want to get a head start on the future of Ubuntu, check out Ubuntu GNOME[1]. It's an official distribution of Ubuntu and where it's heading. [1]: https://ubuntugnome.org/

already using ubuntu gnome since 2013 because I did not like unity. I am so glad this is becoming the main flavour of ubuntu.

If I have well understood, any new installation of ubuntu should use ubuntu gnome in order to be future proof. Or am I missing something ?

Re: Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Post by jasonkostempski »

3pt14159 wrote: post #3

> While speed may be the single most important element of a UI, there is plenty about GNOME that is going to disappoint Unity users. The biggest gripe I have is keyboard shortcuts. Unity had them in spades. For as graphical as Unity is/was, it was also very easy to drive without taking your hands off the keyboard. GNOME lacks that level of shortcuts. Can we please fix this before the convergence? Muscle memory and Li…

xfce (Xubuntu) hasn't unexpectedly changed on me in about 10 years. YMMV but I haven't been surprised once and haven't seen any features in other DEs I wish it had.

Re: Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Post by NikolaeVarius »

jasonkostempski wrote: post #5
3pt14159 wrote: post #3

> While speed may be the single most important element of a UI, there is plenty about GNOME that is going to disappoint Unity users. The biggest gripe I have is keyboard shortcuts. Unity had them in spades. For as graphical as Unity is/was, it was also very easy to drive without taking your hands off the keyboard. GNOME lacks that level of shortcuts. Can we please fix this before the convergence? Muscle memory and Li…

xfce (Xubuntu) hasn't unexpectedly changed on me in about 10 years. YMMV but I haven't been surprised once and haven't seen any features in other DEs I wish it had.

Agreed. Except for that horrible screen tearing.

Re: Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Post by reacweb »

3pt14159 wrote: post #3

> While speed may be the single most important element of a UI, there is plenty about GNOME that is going to disappoint Unity users. The biggest gripe I have is keyboard shortcuts. Unity had them in spades. For as graphical as Unity is/was, it was also very easy to drive without taking your hands off the keyboard. GNOME lacks that level of shortcuts. Can we please fix this before the convergence? Muscle memory and Li…

what are all those shortcuts ? AFAIK, you can customize gnome easily.

Re: Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Post by saosebastiao »

pdog wrote: post #2

If you want to get a head start on the future of Ubuntu, check out Ubuntu GNOME[1]. It's an official distribution of Ubuntu and where it's heading. [1]: https://ubuntugnome.org/

Is this different from what you get by installing gnome-shell via apt?

Re: Ubuntu 17.04 review

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Post by holtalanm »

I really hope they fix GNOME on VirtualBox before the convergence. Currently, it will not run at all with 3D Acceleration.

It is why I have been using Unity, seeing as it works with 3D Acceleration flawlessly on VirtualBox.

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