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The new Budgie flavor looks really tempting: https://ubuntubudgie.org/features https://ubuntubudgie.org/features

by michel-slm 10y ago

mediocrejoker 10y ago
I had a quick look at their site but I'm still not sure what they change from vanilla ubuntu.
- roryrjb 10y ago
  Budgie desktop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgie_(desktop_environment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgie_(desktop_environment) vs Unity
  - reitanqild 10y ago
    Thanks! Still feel it is really hard to understand what kind of Desktop Environment it is. I get that it is built on Gnome technologies but is it like gnome2/mate or like gnome3 or something completely different?
    - type0 10y ago
      It is more like Cinnamon in a sense that it's built on GNOME3 stuff but arguably simpler and suitable for new users. It's not as customizable like MATE.
- cuu508 10y ago
  Looks like it's Ubuntu with a bunch more apps pre-installed. After a fresh install I usually start with removing the apps I don't use -- games, accessibility tools, print drivers, cd burner, document indexer, default email client etc. etc. etc. So I guess this flavor would be the opposite of what I want...
  - dabber 10y ago
    Not a Thunderbird fan? What's your preferred mail client? I'm looking for something else; I've got my eye on Claws and Evolution but haven't started to play around with anything yet.
    - shanemhansen 10y ago
      I've been using evolution for the last few years. It has a EWS (exchange web services) client that works really well for me at $BigCorp. I think I've had one or two crashes total, compared to outlook which crashes almost daily. Prior to that I used gmail. When I used thunderbird it often seemed to spend all of it's time indexing. It has some nice plugins though.
      - dabber 10y ago
        Thanks for the reply, I think it's finally time I give evolution a shot.
AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
Not sure what it offers over just using SolusOS, to be honest (Solus is the main OS that develops the Budgie desktop). Existing Ubuntu packages, I guess?
- michel-slm 10y ago
  That, indeed. If you want something lighter-weight than Unity or Gnome but based on the Gnome stack, running Budgie on top of your existing distro is a nice alternative. One of these days I'm going to get it packaged in Fedora too...
polmuz 10y ago
It looks very similar to ElementaryOS
philliphaydon 10y ago
Is there anything that takes the flat look of Windows 10? I really prefer the flat simple look of Windows 10.
- hashhar 10y ago
  KDE Plasma? I haven't used it personally but from looking at the screenshots and videos featuring it, I think it looks good aesthetically. And the trope that KDE is bloated hasn't been true for the past 6 or 7 years too.
  - ColanR 10y ago
    I'll concur that it looks really good, but it's also pretty buggy. (fully updated KDE Mint)
    - hashhar 10y ago
      Report them upstream if you have the time. I'm looking to give all popular DEs a chance in an Arch Linux VM pretty soon. Ever since moving to just a window manager (awesomeWM to i3wm) I've not felt the need for a full-fledged desktop environment.
    - jonathansizz 10y ago
      For KDE you might want to go with KDE Neon https://neon.kde.org/ https://neon.kde.org/
- roryisok 10y ago
  Elementary.io maybe?
- pyrophane 10y ago
  There are some gnome themes that you can apply that might do the trick: https://www.slant.co/topics/2087/~gnome-shell-themes https://www.slant.co/topics/2087/~gnome-shell-themes
- _arvin 10y ago
mgbmtl 10y ago
til: terminix (gnome terminal emulator with tiling). Pretty neat. Interesting compromise for those (like me) who might like some features of a tiling window-manager, but prefer Gnome. Oh, and other really neat feature: "terminix --quake" (https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/wiki/Quake-Mode https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/wiki/Quake-Mode)
- _arvin 10y ago
  Nice. Personally, guake is still my go to (sudo apt install guake, info at github.com/guake/guake). Can't live without it.
mikejmoffitt 10y ago
Is there any difference between flavors other than the preinstalled software?
- stubish 10y ago
  No. You can even have multiple flavors installed at the same time, eg. by installing both the ubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop packages.

The new Budgie flavor looks really tempting: https://ubuntubudgie.org/features https://ubuntubudgie.org/features

mediocrejoker 10y ago

I had a quick look at their site but I'm still not sure what they change from vanilla ubuntu.

roryrjb 10y ago
Budgie desktop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgie_(desktop_environment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgie_(desktop_environment) vs Unity
- reitanqild 10y ago
  Thanks! Still feel it is really hard to understand what kind of Desktop Environment it is. I get that it is built on Gnome technologies but is it like gnome2/mate or like gnome3 or something completely different?
  - type0 10y ago
    It is more like Cinnamon in a sense that it's built on GNOME3 stuff but arguably simpler and suitable for new users. It's not as customizable like MATE.
cuu508 10y ago
Looks like it's Ubuntu with a bunch more apps pre-installed. After a fresh install I usually start with removing the apps I don't use -- games, accessibility tools, print drivers, cd burner, document indexer, default email client etc. etc. etc. So I guess this flavor would be the opposite of what I want...
- dabber 10y ago
  Not a Thunderbird fan? What's your preferred mail client? I'm looking for something else; I've got my eye on Claws and Evolution but haven't started to play around with anything yet.
  - shanemhansen 10y ago
    I've been using evolution for the last few years. It has a EWS (exchange web services) client that works really well for me at $BigCorp. I think I've had one or two crashes total, compared to outlook which crashes almost daily. Prior to that I used gmail. When I used thunderbird it often seemed to spend all of it's time indexing. It has some nice plugins though.
    - dabber 10y ago
      Thanks for the reply, I think it's finally time I give evolution a shot.

AdmiralAsshat 10y ago

Not sure what it offers over just using SolusOS, to be honest (Solus is the main OS that develops the Budgie desktop). Existing Ubuntu packages, I guess?

michel-slm 10y ago
That, indeed. If you want something lighter-weight than Unity or Gnome but based on the Gnome stack, running Budgie on top of your existing distro is a nice alternative. One of these days I'm going to get it packaged in Fedora too...

polmuz 10y ago

It looks very similar to ElementaryOS

philliphaydon 10y ago

Is there anything that takes the flat look of Windows 10? I really prefer the flat simple look of Windows 10.

hashhar 10y ago
KDE Plasma? I haven't used it personally but from looking at the screenshots and videos featuring it, I think it looks good aesthetically. And the trope that KDE is bloated hasn't been true for the past 6 or 7 years too.
- ColanR 10y ago
  I'll concur that it looks really good, but it's also pretty buggy. (fully updated KDE Mint)
  - hashhar 10y ago
    Report them upstream if you have the time. I'm looking to give all popular DEs a chance in an Arch Linux VM pretty soon. Ever since moving to just a window manager (awesomeWM to i3wm) I've not felt the need for a full-fledged desktop environment.
  - jonathansizz 10y ago
    For KDE you might want to go with KDE Neon https://neon.kde.org/ https://neon.kde.org/
roryisok 10y ago
Elementary.io maybe?
pyrophane 10y ago
There are some gnome themes that you can apply that might do the trick: https://www.slant.co/topics/2087/~gnome-shell-themes https://www.slant.co/topics/2087/~gnome-shell-themes
_arvin 10y ago

mgbmtl 10y ago

til: terminix (gnome terminal emulator with tiling). Pretty neat. Interesting compromise for those (like me) who might like some features of a tiling window-manager, but prefer Gnome. Oh, and other really neat feature: "terminix --quake" (https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/wiki/Quake-Mode https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/wiki/Quake-Mode)

_arvin 10y ago
Nice. Personally, guake is still my go to (sudo apt install guake, info at github.com/guake/guake). Can't live without it.

mikejmoffitt 10y ago

Is there any difference between flavors other than the preinstalled software?

stubish 10y ago
No. You can even have multiple flavors installed at the same time, eg. by installing both the ubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop packages.