Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu has never been better

Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by TheAceOfHearts on Friday May 11, 2018 @01:41AM (#17045192)

On macOS the desktop actually has slightly different behavior than a typical Finder window. Normally the desktop shows Hard disks, External disks, and Connected Servers; but if you open "~/Desktop" in a Finder window none of those items will be present.

Honestly, I never use the desktop for anything so getting rid of it isn't a big deal to me. Could you explain what kind of things you use it for? What's so bad about viewing the desktop through a window?

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Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by sametmax on Friday May 11, 2018 @03:16AM (#17045509)

For me that's basically the "current place I'm working on". If I got a project, I'll have a dedicated directory. But a lot of stuff I are not a project, or will be done forever in a few hours.

So the desktop is a transition area, easily accessible, where I can put all the file I need for the task at hand right now. It's also the place I see everyday when logging it, so I can review what needs to be filed, and what need to be deleted. Clean desktop every morning, clean mind.

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Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by dm319 on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:09AM (#17063710)

Yep, same here. It's kinda like my 'scratch space' - a quick place to drop downloads, screenshots, work on them a bit, and have them easily accessible from all workspaces.

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