Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here?

Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by douche on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:24AM (#14097955)

I miss Gnome 2 Ubuntu.

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by ploggingdev on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:38AM (#14098072)

You can use the Mate Desktop Environment [1], it's pretty close to Gnome 2.

[1] https://mate-desktop.org/

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by everybodyknows on Thursday April 13, 2017 @05:28PM (#14111057)

For a user who saves scarce vertical screen space by moving the desktop panel to the side, this is a worry:

  https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/157

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by douche on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:19AM (#14098506)

That is what I use these days, although I've switched to Mint instead of Ubuntu.

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by everybodyknows on Thursday April 13, 2017 @05:05PM (#14110924)

How are you liking Mint so far? Comparison with Cinnamon?

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by reitanqild on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:08AM (#14098378)

This was what I wanted as well.

I always preferred KDE over Gnome but Ubuntu made it work so well I stayed with it until they abandoned it.

And this is my guess at Canonicals biggest misstep: taking away something that worked amazingly well and replace it with something that was a.) Buggy when it was introduced b.) Very different from the thing we were in love with.

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by CrankyBear on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @01:18PM (#14099703)

Then use Linux Mint with the Cinnamon interface.

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