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Ubuntu Prepares To Kill Off Metacity, Ups Compiz
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostUbuntu isn't about having the most compatible and resource friendly system, its about making linux a deskop PC.
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No fan of Metacity
I am no fan of Metacity, but it works and is reliable.
I find it more reliable and stable than Compiz.
Also Compiz requires OpenGL and hardware acceleration, so how will the installer work on system that does not have that?
Also, now without Compiz there is no software-render fallback?
Also, if they drop it from Ubiquity and the installer image, why drop it from the repository too?
Some people may actually like Compiz and want to install it on their system.
Maybe it because Metacity is now unmtained since GNOME moved from GNOME 2.32 to GNOME 3 which use Mutter instead?
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Originally posted by locovaca View PostIMHO, Canonical's inspiration is Android. Android is all about the commercialization of Linux. The Android ecosystem pushes its own agenda, does things its own way, and contributes upstream only ween its business model deems it necessary or required. Canonical wants a Desktop version of Android. That's where the money is.
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostIt's good to know that I am not the only one who thinks like this. After how much flame I got for saying the same things I almost thought that I was the only one who thought that some people are actively trying to kill linux desktop.
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Originally posted by F i L View PostGnome is fairly customizable (see https://extensions.gnome.org/). Unity, however, is not. That doesn't mean Unity is bad, it works for a lot of people (not that I'm a huge fan of it either).
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Originally posted by Pawlerson View PostUnityis far more customizable than Gnome! You mentioned some third party extensions that allows you to change more things in Gnome, but you forget about ubuntu tweak utility. Gnome doesn't even allow to change a font size which makes it simply a joke.
Gnome has it's own tweak tool, you can play with individual font sizes and scale everything up and down to your hearts content. Gnome has 10 to 20 pages of extensions for each version on https://extensions.gnome.org. Gnome 3.6 is up to 15 pages already. You can customize as much or as little as you want.
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