Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-05 Thread Tony Scott
Does anyone know if it is possible through the use of extensions etc
if it would be possible to recreate some or all of the Unity desktop
experience in GNOME?

If it is, I would propose this would be the way forward for the next
LTS release.

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On 5 April 2017 at 22:14, TT Mooney <ttmoo...@ttmooney.com> wrote:
> Not all that surprising -- Phone/Touch never took off. Killing Unity is a 
> surprise, and I like the UI, but understandable. There was just too much of a 
> disconnect from the community.
>
> I still believe in convergence, but I don't pretend to know how it's going to 
> happen (I'm hoping my next-gen Psion has something to do with it). I do know 
> that Android isn't great, and we need a FOSS equivalent to Apple's 
> integration.
>
> On 05/04/2017 21:49, Liam Proven wrote:
>> OK, not a tech query, but important Ubuntu news from the SABDFL
>>
>> https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/
>>
>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/
>>
>>
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Re: Hello, I'm Martin

2016-09-27 Thread Tony Scott
Hi Martin

Very happy to hear you've joined Canonical and good luck with all you
future ventures!

Cheers

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On 27 September 2016 at 12:38, Martin Wimpress
<martin.wimpr...@canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today is my second day at Canonical. I've joined the Desktop Team and I'm
> absolutely delighted to be here!
>
> I'm working from home in Hampshire, England and connected to the Internet
> via shortwave radio. My recent professional background has been in large
> scale server infrastructure and the transmission and analytics of "black
> box" flight data. In my spare time I'm a MATE Desktop core team member and
> the lead for Ubuntu MATE.
>
> I am a massive fan of film and cinema, all genres except horror. I'm a
> podcaster and co-present the Ubuntu Podcast. I like to unwind by cooking
> good food :-)
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