Imagine OpenStep but built on gnome and with a built in search box instead of a proper menu. That's pretty much unity.
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > On December 5, 2013, Michael Torrie wrote: > > > Mint isn't less common. It's probably one of the fastest growing > > > distros in terms of popularity. > > > > Well, it's uncommon to me because I don't recall hearing of it before. But > then again I have been out of the game for a few years now. > > > > > Mint seems to be gaining in popularity because 1) it doesn't have Unity > > > and 2) it gives other desktop environments like LXDE and XFCE and Mate > > > more first-class attention (KDE used to be supported but that's now > > > forked off into its own distro, SolidXK. > > > > Okay. I guess that shows how long I've been out of the game, but What is > Unity? From what I can gather it seems to be a display environment/window > manager ala KDE/Gnome/XFCE/etc... but if is, why is it so hated? What was > it intended to do that it's apparently not doing? > > > > Thanks for the info! > > > --- Dan > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
