I stand correct on the Gnome thing. :P I did a little research after I posted that and found out it's XFCE :P Looks pretty much the same as gnome2 except for the launcher. :) Hence the confusion.
Ta for the link. I'll definitely be trying this out. I prefer Unity simply because it operates with a similar plan to Mac OS (I know this isn't to everyone's tastes and I don't actually have a Mac myself but...) For users with even a tiny bit of computer experience under their belts, they are going to figure out pretty quickly how everything fits together. And it's a more "unified" experience. :P And I do have some small arguments with Unity, especially when I try to add a second screen to the setup. :) But on the whole I prefer it over Gnome3, for example, which I have tried. That being said I am willing to try out a new desktop environment and I've seen some great examples of what can be done with XFCE. It was just the site of a Gnome2 like DE that brought back nightmares of Ubuntu 8.xx and 9.xx :) way back when I first dabbled in Linux OS's. (I haven't been around Linux long. Especially as a regular user as opposed to the occasional Live disk to see what's available "over the garden wall".) :D Thanks for the info, now back to discussion topic. Any other good DE's to recommend? PS I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 for the past 4 weeks or so and discovered and replaced it with Ubuntu Studio a little over a week ago. :) About the same time I decided to upgrade my USB stick I use for Linux Distro's to USB3.0 :) Talk about a speed increase. ;) On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:00 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-Studio-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > (Azarel Howard) > 2. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > (Mike Holstein) > 3. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu (Rob) > 4. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > (Mike Holstein) > 5. Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > (Andrew Huys) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:42:44 +0000 > From: Azarel Howard <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > Message-ID: <4314793066144231486@unknownmsgid> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > I?m going to put my neck out and say Unity. If you?re going to use the > Ubuntu name then.... don?t mess with the foundation more than is needed > especially the UI. :) Move the launcher to the bottom by all means but... > don?t roll back to Gnome2 > > I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually > used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical > let?s put it this way. If you?re going to have a launcher the applications > should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :| > > Also the login screen needs to be able to detect when you've installed > other GUI?s cause Unity isn?t coming up as a login option. > > Well that?s my 20c :) > > Get the feeling I?m one of the minority that actually likes the new Unity > interface and dislikes Gnome but... we all have our own tastes. > > azariah > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/attachments/20120922/a78660c7/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:15:39 -0400 > From: Mike Holstein <[email protected]> > To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > Message-ID: > <CADmgLaxqba6F4ZSy2Kn+F648D0kNWzFxp=0zergDF--=_ > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > On Sep 22, 2012 5:43 PM, "Azarel Howard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I?m going to put my neck out and say Unity. If you?re going to use the > Ubuntu name then.... don?t mess with the foundation more than is needed > especially the UI. :) Move the launcher to the bottom by all means but... > don?t roll back to Gnome2 > > > > I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually > used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical > let?s put it this way. If you?re going to have a launcher the applications > should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :| > > > > Also the login screen needs to be able to detect when you've installed > other GUI?s cause Unity isn?t coming up as a login option. > > > > Well that?s my 20c :) > > > > Get the feeling I?m one of the minority that actually likes the new Unity > interface and dislikes Gnome but... we all have our own tastes. > > > > azariah > > I think unity is fine. I don't think I'll ever use it personally, but I > have no problem suggesting its use, or supporting it. Ubuntustudio ships > with xfce. If you have been using unity, you have not been using > ubuntustudio. Back when both ubuntu and ubuntustudio both used gnome2, I > would routinely install ubuntu and add what I needed from the audio, video, > and graphics packages. As I stated before, this can still easily be done. > If one wants to run unity, you install ubuntu, and add what you want from > either the audio, video and/or graphics packages, or you can install > ubuntustudio, and from there install the ubuntu-desktop. > > We chose xfce for a few reasons. The look and feel was more like that of > the older ubuntustudio gnome2 desktop, and the xubuntu team is just awesome > and so helpful. > > There are lots of folks who use some ubuntu base, and take advantage of > either the ubuntustudio packages or metapackages. Users are welcome and > encouraged to do this. Kubuntu base users, xubuntu, lubuntu... custom > minimal versions or the main vanilla distro running unity. > > The facts: > "Best" is a matter of opinion. > Ubuntustudio ships with xfce. > The studio packages work with all of them. > You can easily switch between them. > Unity is an option. > > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/attachments/20120922/176a1547/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:30 -0400 > From: Rob <[email protected]> > To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > On 09/22/2012 05:42 PM, Azarel Howard wrote: > > I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually > > used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started > > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical > > Ubuntu Studio currently uses XFCE, not any version of GNOME. Personally, > I'm pretty grateful for that, having been running XFCE ever since the > advent of Unity anyway. But I keep my taskbar on the top, also grateful > that it doesn't double as a launcher and even more so that it doesn't group > all my Pidgin or Thunar windows into one entry like proprietary operating > systems (and those who would imitate them) do. > > Of course, there's no reason you can't apt-get install ubuntu-desktop if > you'd rather pretend you're using an off-brand tablet. > > Rob > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:59:00 -0400 > From: Mike Holstein <[email protected]> > To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > Message-ID: > < > cadmglawdkts7vcpzxquzjh+s6fv0qeaoddlzuqj-xthzmee...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > On Sep 22, 2012 6:43 PM, "Rob" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 09/22/2012 05:42 PM, Azarel Howard wrote: > > > I?ve been ?using? Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven?t actually > > > used the software for recording or anything yet but I?ve started > > > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > > > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It?s not logical > > > > Ubuntu Studio currently uses XFCE, not any version of GNOME. Personally, > I'm pretty grateful for that, having been running XFCE ever since the > advent of Unity anyway. But I keep my taskbar on the top, also grateful > that it doesn't double as a launcher and even more so that it doesn't group > all my Pidgin or Thunar windows into one entry like proprietary operating > systems (and those who would imitate them) do. > > > > Of course, there's no reason you can't apt-get install ubuntu-desktop if > you'd rather pretend you're using an off-brand tablet. > > > > Rob > That reminds me.. since ubuntu is providing the most current version of > gnome (just like it always has) it is also easy to install gnome3 and use > it with the ubuntustudio packages... enjoy them all! > > > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/attachments/20120922/736ff0c4/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:03:16 -0400 > From: Andrew Huys <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hi folks. which is best desquetop to use with buntu > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > On 9/22/12 5:42 PM, Azarel Howard wrote: > > I'm going to put my neck out and say Unity. If you're going to use the > > Ubuntu name then.... don't mess with the foundation more than is > > needed especially the UI. :) Move the launcher to the bottom by all > > means but... don't roll back to Gnome2 > > I've been 'using' Ubuntu Studio for about a week now (haven't actually > > used the software for recording or anything yet but I've started > > customizing it and adding my personal software bits) Going back to the > > Gnome2 interface from Pre-Ubuntu 10.04 was a disaster. It's not > > logical let's put it this way. If you're going to have a launcher the > > applications should minimize to there not to the top of the screen! :| > > Also the login screen needs to be able to detect when you've installed > > other GUI's cause Unity isn't coming up as a login option. > > Well that's my 20c :) > > Get the feeling I'm one of the minority that actually likes the new > > Unity interface and dislikes Gnome but... we all have our own tastes. > > azariah > > > > > "If you're going to have a launcher the applications should minimize to > there not to the top of the screen! :|" > > One of the advantages of XFCE is that it is highly customizable. It is > possible to move the Window Buttons to the bottom of the screen. Check > out <http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09052012-121814pm.php#> > > ANDHUYS > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/attachments/20120922/be229ce3/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > End of Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 65, Issue 19 > *************************************************** > -- Azarel J Howard ______________________________________ *"There's no such thing as a stupid question,* *but they're the easiest to answer!"* *Quote taken from TSG forums www.techguy.org*
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