Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-05 Thread Tony Scott
Does anyone know if it is possible through the use of extensions etc if it would be possible to recreate some or all of the Unity desktop experience in GNOME? If it is, I would propose this would be the way forward for the next LTS release. -- Tony Scott https://tonyscott.org.uk On 5 April

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-05 Thread TT Mooney
Not all that surprising -- Phone/Touch never took off. Killing Unity is a surprise, and I like the UI, but understandable. There was just too much of a disconnect from the community. I still believe in convergence, but I don't pretend to know how it's going to happen (I'm hoping my next-gen

[ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-05 Thread Liam Proven
OK, not a tech query, but important Ubuntu news from the SABDFL https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/ --