Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-31 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, 28 May 2014, ttoine wrote: I do most of my multimedia production with Unity desktop and it is fine... I don't want to change anymore to another desktop, and I would be for just letting people choose what they want. You are destined to be disapointed :) I am sure Ubuntu will find

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread ttoine
I do most of my multimedia production with Unity desktop and it is fine... I don't want to change anymore to another desktop, and I would be for just letting people choose what they want. After all, Ubuntu has Unity per default, why not use Unity for Ubuntu Studio ? Less time on DE customisation,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 10:42 +0200, ttoine wrote: After all, Ubuntu has Unity per default, why not use Unity for Ubuntu Studio ? There are several reasons why experienced computer users likely don't use Unity. One of the famous examples is this one: On 7 December 2012, Richard Stallman said

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Helios Martinez Dominguez
I'm simply *needing* a distro that i don't have to install over again every two months, having to back-up, re-install most of my work-flow apps, choose a different OS to experiment with to *develop or create*. ✡ . . : : הליוס שמש : : . . Helios Reinaldo Martínez Domínguez +34 657 633 848

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Jimmy Sjölund
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:42 AM, ttoine tto...@ttoine.net wrote: I do most of my multimedia production with Unity desktop and it is fine... I don't want to change anymore to another desktop, and I would be for just letting people choose what they want. After all, Ubuntu has Unity per

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Jimmy Sjölund
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Helios Martinez Dominguez helios.martinez.doming...@gmail.com wrote: I'm simply *needing* a distro that i don't have to install over again every two months, having to back-up, re-install most of my work-flow apps, choose a different OS to experiment with to

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread lukefromdc
The new DE's are all more popular than the old ones with folks who did NOT start using computers on desktops. That means both elders using them for the first time, and younger folks whose introduction to computing was phones or tablets. When what the Windows team called NewShell was under

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread leo
What is a DE? On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:43 AM, lukefro...@hushmail.com lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: The new DE's are all more popular than the old ones with folks who did NOT start using computers on desktops. That means both elders using them for the first time, and younger folks

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 13:37 -0700, leo wrote: What is a DE? You're aware that this is the development mailing list ;)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_manager Some of us using X with GUIs only run a WM. -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, 28 May 2014, ttoine wrote: I do most of my multimedia production with Unity desktop and it is fine... I don't want to change anymore to another desktop, and I would be for just letting people choose what they want. After all, Ubuntu has Unity per default, why not use Unity for Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-28 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, 28 May 2014, leo wrote: What is a DE? Desktop Environment. Everything that makes up a session, starts with a window manager which positions and decorates new windows. Then add dual monitor support, workspaces, a taskbar, a systray, a backdrop/background, a menu, sound server,

[ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-27 Thread Len Ovens
And some personal feelings as well. In the past I have tried lubuntu, xubuntu and KDE as they relate to use with the studio metas. I tried unity and gnome shell, but was not able to evaluate them well as they seemed to require more than my system had to offer. They seemed exclusive to those

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-27 Thread lukefromdc
I have found that for video editing and news audio use nothing seems to beat the basic Win95 taskbar concept extended by multiple workspaces. GNOME2, MATE, Cinnamon LXDE, XFCE, and even IceWM all support this concept and thus are essentially used the same way once set up. Honestly,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-27 Thread Len Ovens
On Tue, 27 May 2014, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: I have found that for video editing and news audio use nothing seems to beat the basic Win95 taskbar concept extended by multiple workspaces. GNOME2, MATE, Cinnamon LXDE, XFCE, and even IceWM all support this concept and thus are

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] DEs and how they relate to media production use

2014-05-27 Thread Kaj Ailomaa
Personally, having used Gnome3 ever since it was released, I have no use whatsoever for a traditional DE. The main upsides with Gnome3 for me are two things: 1.speed 2.simplicity. Also, the menu is not central for Ubuntu Studio. It's only needed for DEs that have menus, as those menus otherwise