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Absence of Unity.

by rthinker 13y ago

Absence of Unity.

Estragon 13y ago
apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
dmix 13y ago
So why not just use Debian?
- lucb1e 13y ago
  The ppa repositories are an Ubuntu thing I've heard, there seem to be slightly more packages for Ubuntu-based distributions, and lots of things are just pre-packaged. Instead of having to apt-get a filemanager and everything, things are compiled by people that probably know more about it than me. Like with laptops, I'm pretty sure I could assemble one if manufacturers let us, but the real experts can probably do it better (with heat management and whatnot). That said, Debian works perfectly fine for me on my phone. It runs lxde chrooted in userspace (Android is the booted OS), and I have no trouble using and operating Debian as far as things are available for ARM. Even compiling new things for ARM is usually no issue, though things like compiling Firefox are probably beyond what I would want to try on my phone :P
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Zardoz84 13y ago
Use Kubuntu
gcb0 13y ago
wrong, they use mate, which is a sort of fork of gnome 2. debian is already committed to gnome 3... which has all the usability issues "solved"if you want to download tons of JavaScript to run locally... but all the system tools are still a train wreck. eg, just added my printer, can't even see the protocol I'm using via the gui, and since my net printer has a few, I only see it's model listed several times and have to guess, check elsewhere, repeat...
- moocowduckquack 13y ago
  debian is already committed to gnome 3 They are testing xfce as the default - http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=commit;h=dfca406eb694e0ac00ea04b12fc912237e01c9b5 http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=co...
- regularfry 13y ago
  Yeah, I thought I'd give Debian's gnome3 the benefit of the doubt for a while. I've switched to xfce4. Gnome3 is crashy and glitchy for me, although I do like some of the UI tweaks.
klrr 13y ago
Unity provides best UX on Linux so far, or have other desktops catched on? Last time I checked Cinnamon (tried it on Arch Linux though) and Gnome Shell both lacked the depth of design compared to Unity.
- munchor 13y ago
  You should try www.elementaryos.org
- eitland 13y ago
  ? (I and many others really prefer kde3/4, gnome 2 (and even 3) as well as mate and cinnamon and some light weight wms over Unity)
  - broodbucket 13y ago
    User experience isn't objective.
    - scrollbar 13y ago
      exactly his point
- donniezazen 13y ago
  I prefer KDE. Unity has a mix of in-house, mac-style and Gnome design. I can't say it provides the best UX. It does provide consistency which makes it the most popular distribution and desktop environment. On the other hand KDE is much more versatile and perceptive of user's choice. It has a rich set of software which includes a full productivity suite of KDE PIM (personal information management) and all Qt apps fit pretty well in KDE. KDE heavily uses widgets which makes your overall experience better. You should give OpenSUSE 13.1 or Fedora 20 KDE a try.
- 10098 13y ago
  >Unity > best UX on Linux so far surely you jest
- krakensden 13y ago
SEMW 13y ago
This is a good point. In Linux Mint, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. Wheras in Ubuntu, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. So that's a big advantage of Linux Mint then.

Absence of Unity.

Estragon 13y ago

apt-get install lubuntu-desktop

dmix 13y ago

So why not just use Debian?

lucb1e 13y ago
The ppa repositories are an Ubuntu thing I've heard, there seem to be slightly more packages for Ubuntu-based distributions, and lots of things are just pre-packaged. Instead of having to apt-get a filemanager and everything, things are compiled by people that probably know more about it than me. Like with laptops, I'm pretty sure I could assemble one if manufacturers let us, but the real experts can probably do it better (with heat management and whatnot). That said, Debian works perfectly fine for me on my phone. It runs lxde chrooted in userspace (Android is the booted OS), and I have no trouble using and operating Debian as far as things are available for ARM. Even compiling new things for ARM is usually no issue, though things like compiling Firefox are probably beyond what I would want to try on my phone :P
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Zardoz84 13y ago

Use Kubuntu

gcb0 13y ago

wrong, they use mate, which is a sort of fork of gnome 2. debian is already committed to gnome 3... which has all the usability issues "solved"if you want to download tons of JavaScript to run locally... but all the system tools are still a train wreck. eg, just added my printer, can't even see the protocol I'm using via the gui, and since my net printer has a few, I only see it's model listed several times and have to guess, check elsewhere, repeat...

moocowduckquack 13y ago
debian is already committed to gnome 3 They are testing xfce as the default - http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=commit;h=dfca406eb694e0ac00ea04b12fc912237e01c9b5 http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=co...
regularfry 13y ago
Yeah, I thought I'd give Debian's gnome3 the benefit of the doubt for a while. I've switched to xfce4. Gnome3 is crashy and glitchy for me, although I do like some of the UI tweaks.

klrr 13y ago

Unity provides best UX on Linux so far, or have other desktops catched on? Last time I checked Cinnamon (tried it on Arch Linux though) and Gnome Shell both lacked the depth of design compared to Unity.

munchor 13y ago
You should try www.elementaryos.org
eitland 13y ago
? (I and many others really prefer kde3/4, gnome 2 (and even 3) as well as mate and cinnamon and some light weight wms over Unity)
- broodbucket 13y ago
  User experience isn't objective.
  - scrollbar 13y ago
    exactly his point
donniezazen 13y ago
I prefer KDE. Unity has a mix of in-house, mac-style and Gnome design. I can't say it provides the best UX. It does provide consistency which makes it the most popular distribution and desktop environment. On the other hand KDE is much more versatile and perceptive of user's choice. It has a rich set of software which includes a full productivity suite of KDE PIM (personal information management) and all Qt apps fit pretty well in KDE. KDE heavily uses widgets which makes your overall experience better. You should give OpenSUSE 13.1 or Fedora 20 KDE a try.
10098 13y ago
>Unity > best UX on Linux so far surely you jest
krakensden 13y ago

SEMW 13y ago

This is a good point. In Linux Mint, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. Wheras in Ubuntu, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. So that's a big advantage of Linux Mint then.