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Yes, Unity is fine if you use it for a few weeks on the desktop/laptop. I really enjoyed Ubuntu 12.04 with huge repositories of applications and an interface th

Yes, Unity is fine if you use it for a few weeks on the desktop/laptop. I really enjoyed Ubuntu 12.04 with huge repositories of applications and an interface that used the 'extra' width of a cheap 1080p monitor. I have not yet had the opportunity to explore other form factors, although fat fingering most GTK3+ apps would not be fun I imagine. I am currently 'on the bench' regarding Unity after 12.04 until bug 739184 [1] is addressed. This makes keyboard oriented use of LibreOffice impossible, ironic given the keyboard orientation of Unity. I hope 14.04 addresses this issue and also supports nvidia proprietary drivers (or runs nouveau at a reasonable speed) [2]. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/739184 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/7... [2] http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/06/27/mir-plans-in-13-10/ http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/06/27/mir-plans-in-13-10/

harrytuttle 13y ago
Unity will always be "great, apart from X pain in the arse bugs". Nothing ever gets fixed or acknowledged on launchpad. It rots for 2 years and then gets closed. My deal breaker is that it knackers virtualbox mouse input when running a windows guest meaning you lose all mouse move events.
minor_nitwit 13y ago
What are you thoughts on gnome shell?
- keithpeter 13y ago
  I'm using it on the desktop PC (13.04 Ubuntu from netinstall with gnome packages and GDM). Seems to work fine, and of course does not have any menu accelerator key issues as the menu presentation is standard. I actually prefer the Unity launcher and its permanent visibility, but, as I spend a small proportion of my time using the desktop features and most in a Web browser and Office package, I'm 'on the bench' until the menus get sorted in LO. I have not tried either Shell or Unity on a tablet device, and I have reservations about the extent to which one UI can handle the 'dynamic range' of displays from pocket sized to wall sized.

harrytuttle 13y ago

Unity will always be "great, apart from X pain in the arse bugs". Nothing ever gets fixed or acknowledged on launchpad. It rots for 2 years and then gets closed. My deal breaker is that it knackers virtualbox mouse input when running a windows guest meaning you lose all mouse move events.

minor_nitwit 13y ago

What are you thoughts on gnome shell?

keithpeter 13y ago
I'm using it on the desktop PC (13.04 Ubuntu from netinstall with gnome packages and GDM). Seems to work fine, and of course does not have any menu accelerator key issues as the menu presentation is standard. I actually prefer the Unity launcher and its permanent visibility, but, as I spend a small proportion of my time using the desktop features and most in a Web browser and Office package, I'm 'on the bench' until the menus get sorted in LO. I have not tried either Shell or Unity on a tablet device, and I have reservations about the extent to which one UI can handle the 'dynamic range' of displays from pocket sized to wall sized.