First stable release of Ubuntu Unity 20.04

Re:First stable release of Ubuntu Unity 20.04 by severino on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:37AM (#23142592)

I heard Ubuntu 20.04 still shipped with Unity as a package, but I suppose you can't get it just installing it.

After quite some time using 14.04, I miss Unity. In fact, I always liked it, despite all the criticism it got. Compared to GNOME 3, I think those "small things" were better, like having the pidgin icon turn blue in the top right corner of your screen whenever there's a message. Now you have a popup notification every one can read if you're sharing your screen, but at the same time you can easily miss it if you weren't paying attention. The same happens with the Thunderbird integration, etc.

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Re:First stable release of Ubuntu Unity 20.04 by devbat8712 on Monday May 11, 2020 @12:03PM (#23143549)

You absolutely can get it by installing the package!

https://itsfoss.com/use-unity-ubuntu-17-10/

That's the beauty of desktop Linux Imo. If you change your mind, you can just change whatever you want on the fly

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Re:First stable release of Ubuntu Unity 20.04 by beagle3 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:20AM (#23153654)

You most definitely can.

It feels less polished because modern software releases doesn't get tested with it anymore, so occasional e.g. indicators don't work as well, and it doesn't support wayland IIRC. But it most definitely works.

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