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Ubuntu 17.10 Ships Today - Arguably Its Most Interesting Release In Years
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Originally posted by M@GOid View PostI was taking a look at Ubuntu 17.10 this week, looking at the things they did to easy the transition from Unity.
- The side bar really helps, but need a little more contrast to highlight what application is active. Right now they put a small dot on the icons to indicate what app is running but is difficult to see what is the active one on the moment;
- There is a big loss in vertical space with the big bars in the applications, compared to what it used to be on Unity. Haters of the 16:9 screen ratio will be more upset than ever;
- What is this fixation with the clock? They need a more big reminder of the hour to leave work not a minute later? Putting it on the center of the top task bar instead of the right and being the only thing on the lock screen. Speaking of lock screen;
- I do not have a touchscreen. Why do you make me "slide" the screen with a mouse to put a password to finally unlock it?
- Why did the Gnome developers sacrificed the mouse/touchpad users on the Altar of Touchscreen ®? The thick applications bars, the hiding of menus, the ridiculous slide to unlock the lock screen, etc etc, making the live of mouse users miserable?
- The applet on the right taskbar is a ruge regression in usability. You used to do a lot of things in just 2 clicks, now everything is hided deep on the settings, just like Windows. For example, you could see you IP address in jut 2 clicks, now you need to go on network settings just to look at it, loosing a big advantage I used to throw in the face of Windows users, while I was explaining why Linux interface is more advanced and user friendly.
I know this text turn up a big rant, but sincerely I believe dropping Unity was a downgrade to Ubuntu. I really do.
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Originally posted by bug77 View Post
I believe anything that's not Gnome will do, but I haven't tried them all
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Originally posted by M@GOid View Post
As a KDE user, I believe XFCE is the closest thing you will find on the GTK land. Really flexible and resourceful. I can see why debianxfce has crush on it. If I had to go for a GTK desktop, it would be my choice.
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Originally posted by M@GOid View Post
As a KDE user, I believe XFCE is the closest thing you will find on the GTK land. Really flexible and resourceful. I can see why debianxfce has crush on it. If I had to go for a GTK desktop, it would be my choice.
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Originally posted by ernstp View PostHe's just saying that it will ship sometime today...
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I've been using KDE since the "2" days, it used to lead the way with aesthetics and I remember Gnome 2 looking as ugly as sin. I really like the look of Gnome now and I'm a bit bored of Plasma 5, it just doesn't look very polished. I'd probably have switched to Gnome if it was as easy to configure as KDE Plasma
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