Ubuntu Still Working On Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu Still Working On Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode Improvements

While Ubuntu's desktop future now rests with GNOME Shell for Ubuntu 17.10 and beyond, developers are still working on some Unity 7 refinements for existing Ubuntu desktop users...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Unity-7-LGM-Still-Tuning

[uid313]

Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) does not let you to uninstall:

• libmirclient-dev
• libmirclient9
• libmircommon7
• libmircookie-dev
• libmircookie2
• libmircore-dev
• libmirecore1
• libmirprotobuf3

Also it does not let you remove:

• libunity-action-qt1
• libunity-api0 (maybe can be removed?)
• libunity-control-center1
• libunity-protocol-private0
• libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop
• libunity-scopes1.0
• libunity9

[jo-erlend]

Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) does not let you to uninstall:

There is no Ubuntu 17.10. The version number reflects when it was released. Since it hasn't been released, we should use the code name. It's still early in development.

[profoundWHALE]

Worse, the unified toolkit GTK also got mir-stuff. That should be deprecated or removed.

But mir is still around and in use.

[starshipeleven]

Canonical sure did the right thing going with GNOME. The unified desktop already picked up a lot of steam. The next Ubuntu LTS and Fedora can make 2018 a viable YTLD.

Griffin is that you?

[grok]

Worse, the unified toolkit GTK also got mir-stuff. That should be deprecated or removed.

You miss that Mate desktop, now a GTK3 desktop, intends to move to a Mir-Wayland cookie monster implementation.
Perhaps that'll be done even with GTK3 speaking only Wayland ; I don't know and I'm interested in news or some time-table for any Mir-Wayland work.