tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post5735931651826638798..comments2024-03-05T10:47:39.661-06:00Comments on Thoughts on Technology: Thoughts on the Unity DesktopAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-77562000181148467842012-03-15T13:57:37.733-05:002012-03-15T13:57:37.733-05:00thnx for the link to the howto,
unity sucks donkey...thnx for the link to the howto,<br />unity sucks donkeyballsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-23397544241013495382012-02-18T11:56:18.536-06:002012-02-18T11:56:18.536-06:00I just loaded up Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 11.10....I just loaded up Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 11.10. Looks and works great. Alternative to Unity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-89037226388660097212011-05-17T08:04:55.926-05:002011-05-17T08:04:55.926-05:00Unity 2D is intuitive... its easy enough to arrang...Unity 2D is intuitive... its easy enough to arrange icons in the launcher and you can pin a traditional menu and show desktop in it. It pushed the traditional UNR to its limits in name of complete minimalism. I find it less confusing than the traditional GNOME desktop though I think the global search menu and application menu is too cluttered. If they push through more changes, it could become a very powerful desktop experience. <br /><br />Unity for worse or for good - looks here to stay.NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-29395204729253247662011-05-07T13:27:34.569-05:002011-05-07T13:27:34.569-05:00I want a stable desktop environment and the fact t...I want a stable desktop environment and the fact that the Unity desktop works in different, non-intuitive, ways that "jar" on me makes it difficult to just use it without problems. Even if it does look like Unity, Gnome3 is part of the development of Gnome, that I shall have to try some fully formed version of Gnome 3 before I can make a decision. There may even be a distro emerging that not only stays with the Gnome 2 desktop but upgrades the repositories too (or is that Debian I've been describing?).<br /><br />The fact is that the Gnome desktop is in a state of flux, and change is in the air. Lets hope this by-way of Unity is not a blocked road for Ubuntu.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197890060763393572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-29646615549251498522011-05-03T13:14:09.374-05:002011-05-03T13:14:09.374-05:00i'm an animator and i've tried both gnome ...i'm an animator and i've tried both gnome shell and unity... i can't stand gnome shell, it wastes so much space and take so much time to do anything. unity is lightning fast mouse workflow, can use shortcuts if wanted for about everything and it gives me so much precious screen real estate. the gnome people were real jerks form what i hear to both canonical and also the compiz people before the unity/shell debocle started.<br /><br />now i', glad they both exists though so people have a choice. I do believe it was necessary to have two projects. if you listen to developers, the problem was having different views about the desktop and it would have taken longer to have the ongoing design and structure conflicts. between the two teams. Ubuntu made a decision it wanted a desktop that it liked. Gnome wasn;'t willing. and only after unity forked di shell steal visual ideas and start looking like unity. When the ifrst version of unity mutter was released, shell did not look like unity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130215626273411358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-19432766816715788722011-04-29T02:11:21.749-05:002011-04-29T02:11:21.749-05:00I like Unity as is :p
It's much easier to use ...I like Unity as is :p<br />It's much easier to use than any other UI. Pretty simple and effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-63549339086426948412011-04-25T21:14:16.726-05:002011-04-25T21:14:16.726-05:00I have never used traditional gnome (gnome 2) as m...I have never used traditional gnome (gnome 2) as my default desktop... i have tried it in ubuntu but once the linux mint is released i will install it on my pc.. as you know, linux mint is using gnome 2 but it does not looks like the actual gnome DE.. their is custom made which is created for the windows converts..<br /><br />recently i have tried the ubuntu 11.04 beta 2 and this is the first time i am trying it even though i have read and watch many review about unity..<br /><br />i really liked unity.. it is very easy to use... i am now using ubuntu 11.04 more than my linux mint.. i am planning to use ubuntu 11.04 and not linux mint this time...jai hohttp://blekko.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-2701949676610601682011-04-22T12:11:02.124-05:002011-04-22T12:11:02.124-05:00uubntu just want to create their own unique DE tha...uubntu just want to create their own unique DE thats allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-37749698383123798332011-04-22T05:58:28.875-05:002011-04-22T05:58:28.875-05:00fortunately it's not difficult to have a more ...fortunately it's not difficult to have a more friendly Gnome desktop:<br />In Unity, disabling the awful dock and the gnome-panel and using Cairo-Dock.<br />In Gnome3, replacing Mutter with Compiz and using Cairo-Dock.<br />Their shells is just a layout on top of a Gnome desktop, it's really easy to get rid of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-89418652118147258002011-04-21T16:49:09.114-05:002011-04-21T16:49:09.114-05:00I just want to try Gnome 3 without the shells, eit...I just want to try Gnome 3 without the shells, either gnome or unity! I may stick with that, and I may not - but I am well curious as to what Gnome 3 desktop provides or does that Gnome 2 doesn't. I can best assess that with a vanilla desktop. Personally, I like Unity, but there is no way I am jumping into it until it has had a chance to mature...11.10 will be my Unity experience.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641068862463625038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-63317781254892006432011-04-20T21:43:40.433-05:002011-04-20T21:43:40.433-05:00I think just about every other desktop environment...I think just about every other desktop environment is going to get a boost of user base off of Gnome's drastic change to their DE as well as the implementation of Unity on Ubuntu. It will be interesting to see in the days to come. Granted, there will be a lot of people that will like Gnome 3 and Unity, but im betting more will dislike it in the end and jump ship to something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-27891124125960149702011-04-20T15:49:15.482-05:002011-04-20T15:49:15.482-05:00I think Gmone "taking off" had little to...I think Gmone "taking off" had little to do with Ubuntu and everything to do with the release of KDE 4.0. Before that, KDE was either slightly ahead or pretty even with Gnome, depending on how you went about measuring. Now with the release of Gnome 3.0 I think you will see the reverse effect - i.e. KDE will take off at the expense of Gnome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-38545318550355837712011-04-20T10:11:43.198-05:002011-04-20T10:11:43.198-05:00If Gnome would have allowed Ubuntu to add the feat...If Gnome would have allowed Ubuntu to add the features it desired, then Ubuntu wouldn't have had to take a fork. And remember that Gnome wasn't expected to make Ubuntu's features and designs default, just to accept the code so they could be enabled, but they didn't.<br /><br />So far I like Unity after using it the past 2 months, but it is not yet stable enough.decentralist.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781353248761665309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-2014487511314051082011-04-20T08:34:21.210-05:002011-04-20T08:34:21.210-05:00I agree with Greg, strongly!
I am an environmenta...I agree with Greg, strongly!<br /><br />I am an environmental modeler and write a *lot*<br />of my own software that I need menu entries for.<br />Or even (given the machines I work on), things<br />as simple as multiple "user@host" menu directories/entries. Looking at my current<br />setup, I have 5 "user@" directories, with a total of 47 "user@host" combinations. If I can't do that, *I'm dead in the water*.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-40771542777512378542011-04-20T08:25:27.084-05:002011-04-20T08:25:27.084-05:00"Unity was not a fork." Noted and posted..."Unity was not a fork." Noted and posted updated.<br /><br />Still it was a second project that really wasn't needed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-58733289581746651082011-04-20T06:43:30.581-05:002011-04-20T06:43:30.581-05:00Unity is effing confusing. For the first time in ...Unity is effing confusing. For the first time in 10 years of using Linux I feel like a noob!Alanhttp://alaninkenya.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-83633105983721396262011-04-20T06:10:32.611-05:002011-04-20T06:10:32.611-05:00Unity was not a fork. Fork is when you have a comm...Unity was not a fork. Fork is when you have a common code and each would like to develop it in the different route. LibreOffice was a fork of OpenOffice.org, but Ubunty is not a fork it is a new project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-12922484536742644162011-04-19T20:38:42.838-05:002011-04-19T20:38:42.838-05:00Actually, Xubuntu is also an official Ubunutu deri...Actually, Xubuntu is also an official Ubunutu derivative. In Linux Mint, the XFCE ('buntu based), LXDE, KDE, and Fluxbox editions are not made by the same people as the main Gnome edition. They are community derived that Clem reviews before releasing. I believe the Debian editions are official editions as well. Also a Linux Mint user since 2008.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601555773061984475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-58174006518026569392011-04-19T19:23:28.349-05:002011-04-19T19:23:28.349-05:00The reason why sounds trivial to me and you, but a...The reason why sounds trivial to me and you, but apparently it was a big deal that GNOME rejected some of the suggestions regarding the system tray/indicator applets that Canonical suggested (among other things); that's why Unity was born. Speaking of which, there's a new Ubuntu remix featuring...GNOME 3 (Shell). And also, regarding all versions of Linux Mint factoring into its rankings, I agree that Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu should be counted as one as they are all official Canonical products, but Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and Mythbuntu are officially-sponsored <b>community projects</b>. On the other hand, the KDE, LXDE, Xfce, and Fluxbox editions of Linux Mint are made by the same people that make the GNOME edition. Plus, if you think about it, all the spins of Fedora, openSUSE, et cetera are included in their respective DistroWatch rankings, so it isn't just .<br />--<br />a Linux Mint user since 2009 May 1 (yeah, I'm biased, sue me)PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204919785416600206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-70419097263917212632011-04-19T18:50:28.217-05:002011-04-19T18:50:28.217-05:00"If they continue down their current path, I ..."If they continue down their current path, I have no doubt their days as the top dog of desktop Linux distros will be numbered."<br /><br />Have you seen the Distrowatch page hit ranking...Linux Mint (whom is keeping the classic Gnome configuration, though somewhat unfairly counts all versions as one) is fast gaining and will probably overtake Ubuntu after Mint 11 comes outAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601555773061984475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-34208288582651142782011-04-19T17:47:49.439-05:002011-04-19T17:47:49.439-05:00I have tried both and I am not to keen on either. ...I have tried both and I am not to keen on either. I have a few small Python programs that I wrote for my own uses. In Gnome I just click on the toolbar and add custom launcher. In Unity it proved impossible. It discovered it is possible by editing several files to create a manual desktop entry. That is just plain ridiculous. In Gnome3 I fared better. You can use the menu editor and create manual entries easily and they appear in the Gnome3 system. So, Gnome3 is way better for me just for that. It took me several attempts to get Google Chrome to attach to the Unity launcher and function.<br /><br />The other issue for me is that both desktops are just too "busy". I prefer a plain black desktop with as little clutter as possible. Gnome3 is slightly better, but neither is very "Zen".<br /><br />I have switched to Xfce for the moment to see if I can function happily. So far so good. Custom launchers are no issue and i can have a weather app back on the toolbar. Future versions of Xfce running GTK 3 libs may well be the new home for traditional desktop refugees.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217828183631009880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-67704215359529300232011-04-19T17:47:18.475-05:002011-04-19T17:47:18.475-05:00I find that selecting classic gnome session when l...I find that selecting classic gnome session when logging into 11.04 gives me a very nice and noticeably snappy gnome desktop - so there's no need to jump ship just yet - I'm going to wait and see how things play out.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482549578598366599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-10341865232143957572011-04-19T17:18:56.965-05:002011-04-19T17:18:56.965-05:00it's on my todo for e17, somewhere.. for kde f...it's on my todo for e17, somewhere.. for kde first hit on google is http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/statusnotifieritem-and-dbusmenu/jeffdamethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-19194787790157740362011-04-19T16:44:56.966-05:002011-04-19T16:44:56.966-05:00@JeffDameth Think we might see other desktops adop...@JeffDameth Think we might see other desktops adopt libappindicator?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-66717824938136827342011-04-19T16:38:53.878-05:002011-04-19T16:38:53.878-05:00they abandoned system tray for a reason (see raste...they abandoned system tray for a reason (see rasters rants on systray for details). they provide upstream patches to use libappindicator instead. this allows apps to register their menu items via dbus and let the desktop environment decide how it is represented. good move imo.jeffdamethnoreply@blogger.com