Public bug reported: Since 12.04 (I guess) there is no usable full fledged desktop without compositing anymore.
Despite providing several benefits, compositing desktops introduce some small lag to almost any display operation, that some people (including me) find annoying. This is an effect currently experienced on any compositing system (including Windows and Mac OS), which gives a kind of slight honey feel to every mouse or keyboard input. However, with gnome-fallback gone (or replaced by classic mode building on top of gnome-shell) there is no full featured gnome like environment without compositing anymore. lxde and xfce can be used of course, but the are not in the best shape for Ubuntu, for example showing several small caveats at desktop configuration, eg. multi monitor setups and such. Ubuntu should provide a featured and lag free experience for those who do power work with. ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393603 Title: No acceptable non compositing desktop anymore Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since 12.04 (I guess) there is no usable full fledged desktop without compositing anymore. Despite providing several benefits, compositing desktops introduce some small lag to almost any display operation, that some people (including me) find annoying. This is an effect currently experienced on any compositing system (including Windows and Mac OS), which gives a kind of slight honey feel to every mouse or keyboard input. However, with gnome-fallback gone (or replaced by classic mode building on top of gnome-shell) there is no full featured gnome like environment without compositing anymore. lxde and xfce can be used of course, but the are not in the best shape for Ubuntu, for example showing several small caveats at desktop configuration, eg. multi monitor setups and such. Ubuntu should provide a featured and lag free experience for those who do power work with. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1393603/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp