Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-08 Thread Jim Price
On 08/04/17 10:32, Liam Proven wrote: Finally, GNOME supports Wayland, which increasingly looks like the only future successor to X.11. X is very old and something newer and better is wanted by a lot of people. Does Enlightenment work on Wayland? Yes, although I haven't tried it. Wayland was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-08 Thread Liam Proven
On 6 April 2017 at 19:42, Tony Pursell wrote: > I'm not too bothered about the desktop, although I am rather fond of Unity. > I am wondering, however, if Unity is dead and buried, or is it just Unity 8? Unity 7 is now maintenance-only. No new releases or features. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shock announcement

2017-04-08 Thread Liam Proven
On 6 April 2017 at 18:22, Jim Price wrote: > Gnome3 wouldn't be my first choice of desktop to use to try and imitate > another one - that would be Enlightenment. Well, firstly, the SABDFL has said it will be GNOME, so it will be GNOME. Secondly, GNOME is still a very