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> Ubuntu itself is going through some serious turmoil at the moment. I suppose you mean the recent news about abandoning Unity and focusing on a gnome shell de

by jabl 10y ago

> Ubuntu itself is going through some serious turmoil at the moment. I suppose you mean the recent news about abandoning Unity and focusing on a gnome shell desktop for 18.04 LTS? Sure, it must suck for those who have invested a lot of their time and soul into Unity and are now losing their jobs. Personally, having used fvwm, olvwm, afterstep, window maker, gnome 1, 2, 3, kde 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, fluxbox, unity, xmonad and a dozen more or less shorter acquaintances, my experience is that I can get work done on all of them. What the Linux desktop needs is not yet another reiteration of roughly the same concepts, but more elbow grease and polishing. Which happens when you have more users and developers. So with three of the major distros shipping with gnome 3 out of the box (ubuntu, fedora, debian) I think this will eventually be a net positive for the Linux desktop experience.

shanemhansen 10y ago
I tried using i3 for a while and loved it, but there were various, for lack of a better word, "desktop integration magic" things that I could only get to work reliably running in gnome or unity. Thinks like hot plugging thunderbolt and having audio work perfectly, monitors readjust automatically, and variable dpi support. Actually so far ubuntu's been the only distro that makes it work well. This is the only reason I use unity.
- kahnpro 10y ago
  For this you can still run the background daemons from the other DEs, for example gnome-settings-daemon or lxsession.
  - Shikadi 10y ago
    Yup, I use lxsession and lxrandr. It can be a little strange on a laptop when connecting and disconnecting other displays, but it's only a slight inconvenience. For me the trade off is extremely worth it, because hotkeys flow through my veins.
moomin 10y ago
I think you're taking a somewhat optimistic take on what's happening. Lord knows I've wished Ubuntu would ditch Unity and Mir, but I'm unconvinced that they're refocussing on Gnome/Wayland, they're just giving up on the desktop. I guess time will tell if your optimism or my pessimism is correct.

by jabl 10y ago

shanemhansen 10y ago

I tried using i3 for a while and loved it, but there were various, for lack of a better word, "desktop integration magic" things that I could only get to work reliably running in gnome or unity. Thinks like hot plugging thunderbolt and having audio work perfectly, monitors readjust automatically, and variable dpi support. Actually so far ubuntu's been the only distro that makes it work well. This is the only reason I use unity.

kahnpro 10y ago
For this you can still run the background daemons from the other DEs, for example gnome-settings-daemon or lxsession.
- Shikadi 10y ago
  Yup, I use lxsession and lxrandr. It can be a little strange on a laptop when connecting and disconnecting other displays, but it's only a slight inconvenience. For me the trade off is extremely worth it, because hotkeys flow through my veins.

moomin 10y ago

I think you're taking a somewhat optimistic take on what's happening. Lord knows I've wished Ubuntu would ditch Unity and Mir, but I'm unconvinced that they're refocussing on Gnome/Wayland, they're just giving up on the desktop. I guess time will tell if your optimism or my pessimism is correct.