I recently installed Gnome3 on top of Ubuntu Studio and everything seems to be working great. You can use both if you have the space!
On 29/01/16 15:02, Kaj Ailomaa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016, at 12:00 AM, Daniel M Gessel wrote: >> Created launch pad account. >> >> I’m sure this is a total Newbie question, but is there a 25 word reason >> for not using compiz/Unity? It feels pretty solid, though I’d like to >> have more flexibility controlling the environment with my touch tablet. >> >> > Ubuntu Studio is not specific to a desktop environment, and there are > plans (but no concrete work) on making Ubuntu Studio desktop agnostic, > making it possible to choose your favorite DE during installation of > Ubuntu Studio (when having an internet connection). > > XFCE was chosen when Gnome went Gnome3, and Unity was young, and those > were different times. A lot of people had the idea that both those DEs > were moving away from the desktop, which apparently was not true, but > there is some controversy around both those DEs, and well, IMO there > isn't a clear candidate for a default DE, if we were to choose one > today. > But, since we already do have a default DE, it would require some work > on changing it - nothing impossible, but still, work that someone would > need to do. > > And I would like to add this word of advice if you want to become a > contributor: > > If you have the support of the community here, you can just go ahead and > do any kind of development as you please. > Each developer is free to do the things they are willing to do, unless > having made some sort of a commitment - like say being a project lead, > or some other kind of lead - where you will be responsible for certain > things and at least need to make sure they are working and functional, > but beyond that - since we are all volunteers, no one can order anyone > else to do anything - which is why it can be hard to make something > happen, unless you are willing to do some work yourself. > > So, if you really feel like switching DEs is a good idea, keep the topic > going, and see who would like to work on that. I would rather make > Ubuntu Studio desktop agnostic instead, and improve how one can make any > Ubuntu flavor quickly suitable for audio production specifically, since > the other areas don't suffer as much from generic system settings. > > On that note, when someone installs ubuntustudio-audio, or > ubuntustudio-audio-core, we should probably let -controls notify the > user that adding RT privilege might be a good idea, if that hasn't been > added already. So, that is actually one huge little detail to improve > the life of any DE user who wants to make music on their Ubuntu. > > /Kaj (Current Project Lead) > -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
