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Assuming you mean the GUI side, as a full time Linux user: Unity is infuriating. I run MATE and recommend trying Cinnamon (Mint), Gnome3 (Fedora), KDE (Kubuntu)

by eosrei 10y ago

Assuming you mean the GUI side, as a full time Linux user: Unity is infuriating. I run MATE and recommend trying Cinnamon (Mint), Gnome3 (Fedora), KDE (Kubuntu), or https://elementary.io/ https://elementary.io/ for strong hints of apple flavor.

wingworks 10y ago
Yeah hints, I've been waiting years for a well-polished frontend, still waiting. Though as you mentioned the likes of elementary.io and the like, they are getting closer, but feel it'll still be a few years away.
- eosrei 10y ago
  AFAIK the only major remaining issue is font rendering without Infinality. What else is elementary.io missing?
nzp 10y ago
I'm honestly curious, what is it that you find infuriating with Unity? I hear this often, but never specific reasons. I'm perfectly OK with Unity, and I'm a tiling WM kinda guy (so it's far from ideal, but still perfectly usable). The few times I've tried to use Gnome 3, on the other hand, I just couldn't figure it out.
- pmontra 10y ago
  I'm not the one you asked the question to but in my case it's the top bar. I can make global menus go away but not move the top bar to the bottom. The sum of those issues are the reason I never considered buying a Mac since the very first one. I also don't like the dock but at least that can be made to auto hide. I do like lenses and I wish I could have them in the Gnome 2 look alike DE I'm using on Gnome 3 right now (Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome-flashback and some customizations, included merging the top bar in the bottom one.)
  - nzp 10y ago
    I tried to use and love lenses, but it never really worked out for me.
- eosrei 10y ago
  * The Launcher, just the MacOS Dock, is a waste of pixels. I don't need to see a 128x128px Firefox icon all day. It can be hidden and/or reduced to 32x32px, but bad defaults. * Hidden menus. Can be changed, but bad defaults. * Top Bar. * Left aligned window controls. It's not an option to change anymore. Con: All the UX I don't like about MacOS. Pro: At least Edit->Cut works in the file manager. YMMV 100%. Gnome3: Has a "launcher", but it's default hidden. I use meta/win key and type what I want.
  - nzp 10y ago
    Agreed on Launcher somewhat. I hide it, but put most frequent applications there and launch them via shortcuts (Super+[1-9]). Instead of menus I use the HUD, and in general I try to use most Unity features via shortcuts and find the defaults in that department sensible.

by eosrei 10y ago

wingworks 10y ago

Yeah hints, I've been waiting years for a well-polished frontend, still waiting. Though as you mentioned the likes of elementary.io and the like, they are getting closer, but feel it'll still be a few years away.

eosrei 10y ago
AFAIK the only major remaining issue is font rendering without Infinality. What else is elementary.io missing?

nzp 10y ago

I'm honestly curious, what is it that you find infuriating with Unity? I hear this often, but never specific reasons. I'm perfectly OK with Unity, and I'm a tiling WM kinda guy (so it's far from ideal, but still perfectly usable). The few times I've tried to use Gnome 3, on the other hand, I just couldn't figure it out.

pmontra 10y ago
I'm not the one you asked the question to but in my case it's the top bar. I can make global menus go away but not move the top bar to the bottom. The sum of those issues are the reason I never considered buying a Mac since the very first one. I also don't like the dock but at least that can be made to auto hide. I do like lenses and I wish I could have them in the Gnome 2 look alike DE I'm using on Gnome 3 right now (Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome-flashback and some customizations, included merging the top bar in the bottom one.)
- nzp 10y ago
  I tried to use and love lenses, but it never really worked out for me.
eosrei 10y ago
* The Launcher, just the MacOS Dock, is a waste of pixels. I don't need to see a 128x128px Firefox icon all day. It can be hidden and/or reduced to 32x32px, but bad defaults. * Hidden menus. Can be changed, but bad defaults. * Top Bar. * Left aligned window controls. It's not an option to change anymore. Con: All the UX I don't like about MacOS. Pro: At least Edit->Cut works in the file manager. YMMV 100%. Gnome3: Has a "launcher", but it's default hidden. I use meta/win key and type what I want.
- nzp 10y ago
  Agreed on Launcher somewhat. I hide it, but put most frequent applications there and launch them via shortcuts (Super+[1-9]). Instead of menus I use the HUD, and in general I try to use most Unity features via shortcuts and find the defaults in that department sensible.