Re:Ubuntu 16.04 Unity 8 current state [video]
by xj9 on Thursday December 29, 2016 @11:57AM
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i have plans, but limited time. the base system is starting to come together, but i need to do a couple more iterations before i'll be willing to move on. i should probably do some write-ups while i'm working on the stuff.
base is arch, for sure.
I completely agree. I like it much better then the stupid uniform menu of macOS. I use Manjaro XFCE as my only desktop OS and I like the UI for the most part. I just really dislike the inconsistencies.
Most people who see me using my computer thinks it looks "cool" and are wowed that my Thinkpad x220 runs that smoothly. They'd love to use it but I know that most people wouldn't put up with the 50 different ways to interract with very basic menues. Even file picking is a pain (no icons) and using arrow keys to navigate are broken, and the "recent" files don't actually work.
Edit: In general my issue is cohesion. Linux's Desktop enviroment is Good Enough (TM) for people and already looks fantastic. It just needs polish which it isn't going to get for a while in my opinion. I'd happily pay a good 10 bucks to someone whos willing to do it and it looks like Elemntry OS are the only people who are willing to. Sadly it's Debian based and I prefer Arch based distros.