Ubuntu's Mir Moves Ahead With Unity 8 Interface

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu's Mir Moves Ahead With Unity 8 Interface

Canonical's Kevin Gunn has issued a status update on new achievements for the Mir Display Server as well as for the next-generation "Unity 8" user-interface...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3MDI

[sturmflut]

Screenshots?

I would try it out myself, but every time I try to build Unity-next something breaks or fails and it doesn't build. So can anybody provide Screenshots?

[Pajn]

I would try it out myself, but every time I try to build Unity-next something breaks or fails and it doesn't build. So can anybody provide Screenshots?

Unless you want to see the latest development there are great video on Youtube that walks through the UI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjzLri2sfaY

[uid313]

Wayland

I rather see Wayland support.
They should get Unity-next running on Wayland.

[Ericg]

I rather see Wayland support.
They should get Unity-next running on Wayland.

It wont happen

[dee.]

It wont happen

It might... it all depends, how many people leave the Ubuntu boat to use other distros, once they can no longer use Real Linux software on Ubuntu.

[Andrecorreia]

lol

It might... it all depends, how many people leave the Ubuntu boat to use other distros, once they can no longer use Real Linux software on Ubuntu.

lollolololol

[Vim_User]

Wrong my friend...Ubuntu has become so big that now you adapt to it not the other way around. Software will run on Ubuntu just because it's so popular or else it won't exist at all. Ubuntu has become the face of linux either you like it or not.

Software might run on Ubuntu, when they maintain a working Wayland version. I really doubt that KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Enlightenment, ..., adapt to a display server that can break for them anytime because Canonical doesn't care for other DEs and develops Mir with Unity only in mind. Ubuntu will fail, in the same way Windows will fail because of bad decisions, although they are the face of desktop computing and the most popular OS on desktops.
Wayland is the future, either you like it or not. Anything that can't run on Wayland will cease to exist sooner or later.

[Andrecorreia]

lolol

Software might run on Ubuntu, when they maintain a working Wayland version. I really doubt that KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Enlightenment, ..., adapt to a display server that can break for them anytime because Canonical doesn't care for other DEs and develops Mir with Unity only in mind. Ubuntu will fail, in the same way Windows will fail because of bad decisions, although they are the face of desktop computing and the most popular OS on desktops.
Wayland is the future, either you like it or not. Anything that can't run on Wayland will cease to exist sooner or later.

lolololololol

[jayrulez]

Software might run on Ubuntu, when they maintain a working Wayland version. I really doubt that KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Enlightenment, ..., adapt to a display server that can break for them anytime because Canonical doesn't care for other DEs and develops Mir with Unity only in mind. Ubuntu will fail, in the same way Windows will fail because of bad decisions, although they are the face of desktop computing and the most popular OS on desktops.
Wayland is the future, either you like it or not. Anything that can't run on Wayland will cease to exist sooner or later.

I'm sorry but I have to tell you that you are clearly delusional.