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For anyone like myself who isn't a big fan of the Unity interface, check out Ubuntu MATE[0]. The MATE desktop environment is very similar to pre-Unity Ubuntu. I

For anyone like myself who isn't a big fan of the Unity interface, check out Ubuntu MATE[0]. The MATE desktop environment is very similar to pre-Unity Ubuntu. It seems like the final 16.04 release hasn't landed yet but I'm sure it will later today. Ubuntu MATE is also one of the derivative distros that has been granted LTS status by Canonical. [0] https://ubuntu-mate.org/ https://ubuntu-mate.org/

edent 11y ago
I'll second that. Mate is amazing. I can also recommend Cinnamon.
- noir_lord 11y ago
  Both are great, Xubuntu is excellent and still my goto since it has pretty much exactly the features I want from a DE. It's nice to have good choices that use the old paradigms. XFCE 4.12 pretty much feels exactly like Gnome 2 towards the end.
- teekert 11y ago
  Ubuntu Mate is also great on the Raspberry Pi. all the GPIO stuff just works as in Raspbian but you get a more modern desktop (using the classical gnome2 layout) and Ubuntu as the base (which to mee means easier setup of things like a mail server.) I'm hoping Owncloud starts to use Snaps.
- satysin 11y ago
  I would love to see an "official" Cinnamon build in the way we have Xubuntu, etc.
blacksmith_tb 11y ago
Or, though not everyone's cup of tea, I quite like Ubuntu Gnome[1], which is aggressively not retro or Unity. 1: http://ubuntugnome.org/ http://ubuntugnome.org/
niedzielski 11y ago
I like some of the features of their window managers but I don't think Xubuntu and MATE have much support for HiDPI yet and, in general, seem to lag behind stock Ubuntu.
hatsunearu 11y ago
I'm a small breed of people that actually really like Unity. I used to use Awesome WM and tiling WMs for pretty much my whole Linux 'career' but now I quite like how my desktop looks like with Unity. It's my favorite DE at the moment. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/nvsf24E https://imgur.com/nvsf24E
- AnonymousPlanet 11y ago
  I really don't know why people hate Unity so much. If you don't want to be stuck in the last decade, regarding desktop workflow (Mate, XFCE, etc.), and if you want to actually use a mouse, your options are basically Unity, KDE, Gnome 3, and Cinnamon. At the moment, I think Unity is the only one that is not a horrendous misdesign (Gnome 3) or consists of a shoddy and insecure plugin framework that is a moving target stability wise (Gnome 3 and Cinnamon). I never liked the fussiness and the looks of KDE. So far, Unity has been the most stable, configurable (Compiz) and, most importantly, productive experience for me.

edent 11y ago

I'll second that. Mate is amazing. I can also recommend Cinnamon.

noir_lord 11y ago
Both are great, Xubuntu is excellent and still my goto since it has pretty much exactly the features I want from a DE. It's nice to have good choices that use the old paradigms. XFCE 4.12 pretty much feels exactly like Gnome 2 towards the end.
teekert 11y ago
Ubuntu Mate is also great on the Raspberry Pi. all the GPIO stuff just works as in Raspbian but you get a more modern desktop (using the classical gnome2 layout) and Ubuntu as the base (which to mee means easier setup of things like a mail server.) I'm hoping Owncloud starts to use Snaps.
satysin 11y ago
I would love to see an "official" Cinnamon build in the way we have Xubuntu, etc.

blacksmith_tb 11y ago

Or, though not everyone's cup of tea, I quite like Ubuntu Gnome[1], which is aggressively not retro or Unity. 1: http://ubuntugnome.org/ http://ubuntugnome.org/

niedzielski 11y ago

I like some of the features of their window managers but I don't think Xubuntu and MATE have much support for HiDPI yet and, in general, seem to lag behind stock Ubuntu.

hatsunearu 11y ago

I'm a small breed of people that actually really like Unity. I used to use Awesome WM and tiling WMs for pretty much my whole Linux 'career' but now I quite like how my desktop looks like with Unity. It's my favorite DE at the moment. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/nvsf24E https://imgur.com/nvsf24E

AnonymousPlanet 11y ago
I really don't know why people hate Unity so much. If you don't want to be stuck in the last decade, regarding desktop workflow (Mate, XFCE, etc.), and if you want to actually use a mouse, your options are basically Unity, KDE, Gnome 3, and Cinnamon. At the moment, I think Unity is the only one that is not a horrendous misdesign (Gnome 3) or consists of a shoddy and insecure plugin framework that is a moving target stability wise (Gnome 3 and Cinnamon). I never liked the fussiness and the looks of KDE. So far, Unity has been the most stable, configurable (Compiz) and, most importantly, productive experience for me.