Re: Ubuntu Unity desktop
I made the switch to the Gnome desktop in 17.04 and it was the best thing I could have done. I never felt really comfortable with Unity and I find Gnome is much more suited to how I work. I added the Gnome extension "Dash to Dock" and I find it superior to the Unity dock in that I can place it in any location (I use the bottom of the screen) and I can duplicate it across multiple monitors. Gnome uses the Window key for a similar functionality to the HUD and it's quick and responsive. In a nutshell Gnome just feels like it's integrated much better with the OS and I don't miss anything about Unity now; in a very short space of time I was comfortable with Gnome and have been even happier with it as time passes. Rob On 04/12/17 10:48, Geoffrey Combes wrote: I have been asked what do I think of Ubuntu's Gnome desktop. I am using 16.04 LTS and will continue to do so until it is no longer supported. I like the Unity desktop. All my favourite programs are quickly accessed from the toolbar at left and others can be found in Dash. Unity gives me fast access to programs and I would be disappointed at losing it. Is there a choice? Please tell me what is going on. Geoffrey Combes -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu Unity desktop
I have Unity on my desktop computer and find it very easy to use, and I have gnome on my laptop after updating that to 17.10. Can't say I'm loving Gnome, I find it clunky and ugly. I put this down to familiarity, and I'm sure in a few months I'll wonder what all the fuss was about. It may sort of look like Unity, however I don't think it mimics it very well at all. Gregory. On 4 Dec 2017 12:22, "Chris Debenham" <ch...@adebenham.com> wrote: There are many articles about this (such as http://www.makeuseof.com/ tag/ubuntu-gnome-unity-similarities/ ) Basically the newer Ubuntu makes gnome look and act pretty much the same as unity was. Give it a try and you may be pleasantly surprised -- Please excuse my brevity as this email was sent from my microwave On 4 Dec. 2017 12:18 pm, "Geoffrey Combes" <gcomb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > I have been asked what do I think of Ubuntu's Gnome desktop. I am using > 16.04 LTS and will continue to do so until it is no longer supported. > > I like the Unity desktop. All my favourite programs are quickly accessed > from the toolbar at left and others can be found in Dash. Unity gives me > fast access to programs and I would be disappointed at losing it. Is there > a choice? > > Please tell me what is going on. > > Geoffrey Combes > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu Unity desktop
There are many articles about this (such as http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-gnome-unity-similarities/ ) Basically the newer Ubuntu makes gnome look and act pretty much the same as unity was. Give it a try and you may be pleasantly surprised -- Please excuse my brevity as this email was sent from my microwave On 4 Dec. 2017 12:18 pm, "Geoffrey Combes" <gcomb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > I have been asked what do I think of Ubuntu's Gnome desktop. I am using > 16.04 LTS and will continue to do so until it is no longer supported. > > I like the Unity desktop. All my favourite programs are quickly accessed > from the toolbar at left and others can be found in Dash. Unity gives me > fast access to programs and I would be disappointed at losing it. Is there > a choice? > > Please tell me what is going on. > > Geoffrey Combes > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Ubuntu Unity desktop
I have been asked what do I think of Ubuntu's Gnome desktop. I am using 16.04 LTS and will continue to do so until it is no longer supported. I like the Unity desktop. All my favourite programs are quickly accessed from the toolbar at left and others can be found in Dash. Unity gives me fast access to programs and I would be disappointed at losing it. Is there a choice? Please tell me what is going on. Geoffrey Combes -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Unity Desktop
My understanding is that there is a bug report in Launchpad for this (from ubuntu forums a few weeks ago), and if not then there should be. Opening documents on a different workspace should definitely be classed as unexpected behaviour. You might try to find the report on Launchpad and click the effects me too button. You'll be posted updates as things develop. The Launchpad process is quite interesting: I had a few bug reports that I did for Unity 2D, including the memory leak bug in Unity2d-places. Chris From: Peter Kukums ieee_div...@kukums.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Mon, 23 May, 2011 11:07:52 PM Subject: Unity Desktop Hi folks, I was concerned about the Unity desktop for use by PC beginners, but having used it for a while now I find it is not as bad as previously discussed on this forum. However, I find one behaviour which would be confusing for beginners. Opening documents by double-clicking on them causes them to open Libre Office in another workspace if they open in full screen mode as the spreadsheets seem to. This is a bit disconcerting as it may appear to the user that nothing has happened. Does anyone out there know if there is some configuration somewhere which can be changed to cause it to open in the current workspace. I still haven't stumbled across it anywhere. Cheers, Peter-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Unity Desktop
On 23/05/11 23:07, Peter Kukums wrote: Hi folks, I was concerned about the Unity desktop for use by PC beginners, but having used it for a while now I find it is not as bad as previously discussed on this forum. However, I find one behaviour which would be confusing for beginners. Opening documents by double-clicking on them causes them to open Libre Office in another workspace if they open in full screen mode as the spreadsheets seem to. This is a bit disconcerting as it may appear to the user that nothing has happened. Does anyone out there know if there is some configuration somewhere which can be changed to cause it to open in the current workspace. I still haven't stumbled across it anywhere. Cheers, Peter I can hear the bell but cannot tell which direction the sound is coming from. :-( . Meaning, that somewhere in the back of my mind something similar was mentioned before and the answer lay in setting the default applications option to the correct choice. For example, on my wife's computer Firefox would start when Nautilus was started. Selecting the correct default application fixed the problem. But, as I said, I remember this happening but cannot remember the *exact* details, sorry :-( . Do a search in Launchpad (https://launchpad.net/). BC -- Don't argue with an idiot, people may not see the difference. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
