Will you upgrade to Obongo 16.04 LST?
I've been using Fedora with KDE. I tried out the Ubuntu 16.04 beta. It seems okay, but all the lenses for the dash just suck so much ass. The home lens is useless. The application lens makes it hard to browse and see what is installed. The search is awesome and clearly that's 99% of the intended use of the dash. I just think that if they are going to include lenses, that they don't make them such worthless piles of shit.
>>53875701
Does KDE still crash 2 or 3 times per hour? Is it still full of bugs everywhere?
>>53875755
It's been fine for me in the latest Fedora. The only major complaint I have is that KDE is still definitely a heavier DE and the startup time reflects that. It's snappy once loaded, but expect a longer splash screen while you login.
>>53875849
Does that mean it's tolerable (not too many bugs) or rock solid as GNOME (which I hate, but is really polished and stable)
>>53875859
For me it's been rock solid, but maybe you have a hardware combination that triggers bugs or maybe you use certain features that I don't. So just because it's rock solid for me doesn't necessarily mean it will be for you. You might try it again though if it's been a while since you last looked at KDE.
>>53875701
>lenses for the dash just suck so much ass
are lenses those tabs at the bottom of the start button / ubuntu menu thing?
what are the home lenses?
>>53875934
Yeah. The lenses are the little icons you see at the bottom of the dash when you click the Ubuntu menu icon. By default they have "home", "applications", and a couple other ones. I want to use the home lens as a quick launcher and pin applications to it. But NOOOOOOO. That would be too useful. Instead you get the choice to have it auto-populate with recent applications or have it completely empty. God forbid the user have a choice in customizing what programs get displayed.
>>53875566
I'll try it but probably wait with install for 16.10
Fuck yes I will. I can't wait to run a stable ubuntu based hypervisor for muh games.
>he doesn't use linux mint
>>53876792
>he doesn't use Ubuntu Cinnamon/Mate
>>53876792
mint is not secure
>>53876844
This. There's so many bad default configurations in Mint.
My university uses it, and for the first 6 months, they had universal xhost access enabled.hxost +
You could ssh into any of the lab machines and not only keylog their session, but watch what they were doing, and launch applications into their xsession. (it was pretty funny to launch xeyes into their desktop session.)
>>53876844
plus the kernel is old, which makes it have crappier hw support.
>>53876869
looks like Linux is shit then
I'll wait for KDE Neon
>>53875566
No, but I'll upgrade my Gentoo installation to the new Unity version once it becomes stable.
>>53878146
How that going?
>>53878180
>KDE neon is a new project and we are still baking it. Currently we have installable/live images build using KDE software from unstable or stable Git branches. Coming soon will be an archive built from KDE releases for users and live/installable images to install onto your computer.
>>53878165
You're still faking Screenfetchs. Pathetic.
>>53875566
Is unity worth using?
>>53878363
It's worth it if you like it. I get shit from my friends for using it but I find it extremely productive for my workflow.
>>53878494
>workflow
which is? let me guess, webdev hahahah
>>53878519
shitposting
>>53875566
Is there a new reason not to install it, given you have 14 LTS installed?
>>53875566
They finally allowed you to move the launcher to the bottom?
>>53875566
not until top bar is gone
>>53878494
The only criticism I have is Dash, and I've been avoiding unity for a while now, but I might move back. Thanks.
>>53875566
Why instal obongo when microshaft wangblows as it now?
>>53875566
Looks like Windws 7 (which is good). I'm not a fan of Unity and two panels but it looks decent for average consumer.
Using ubuntu gnome
>upgraded to 16.04 yesterday
>do a sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop just to check it out
>everything takes forever to load, slow as fuck
>still give it a chance, tried to remove stuff I didnt use from the panel
>everything starts crashing, including error messages
>cant even log out
>have to ctrl + alt + supr from a tty ro reboot
>starts kde, its fucking slow
KDE
Never again
When AMDGPU supports GCN 1.0 cards.
Until then I don't even want to know about linux.
Considering MATE
>>53875566
I will not. I'm switching to Debian. Fuck Canonical.
>>53875566
They're adding headerbars to Unity?
Because manjaro 15.12 is better.
>>53875566
I'll upgrade to Microsoft Windows 10
Can I just install the Xubuntu beta now or is it on a beta update channel?
>>53878165
Looks very nice
Of course. On my server, that is.
>>53875566
The default icon pack it's so damn horrible.
>>53880878
Not only the icons, everything UI related looks bad, Canonical should hire some real designers to work on their default theme and at the very least make it not look completely horrendous.
Even if replacing the default theme and icons is a non-issue, the defaults matter because anyone looking to migrate to Ubuntu will look at the screenshots with default theme and be completely turned off.
>>53878327
Are you happy now?
>>53881398
Holy shit you computer seems too faster and i dont know why
I like Wily.
>>53881805
CFLAGS kicked in m8
Nah, it's just RecordMyDesktop speeding up the recording a little for some reason.
>>53881398
wew
>>53882232
fake & gay
>>53881398
Yeah, I am.
>>53878165
>using the worst parts of everything
i thought about it, but with ubuntu user space coming to win10 i'm not sure i'll even need linux anymore. i just use it because it's a better environment for development. if they bring it to windows, i'll drop it.
>>53882283
>hurr
>>53878165
This looks very sexy. What's your configuration or does it ship like that?
>>53881859
how long did it take to compile unity?
>>53882437
The GTK and icon theme are in the screenshot.
Other than that, it's stock.
The wallpaper was included, but here you go.
>>53882633
It took around 15 hours on my laptop without distcc.
Though, I installed Unity at the same time as Gentoo, so I had to compile everything, including Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, etc.
>>53876869
>le edgy haXX0R xD
Fuck off you retard, leave the computers alone.
The application lens is fucking useless. You have to restart every time you install shit so that it shows up.
>>53882924
>not hitting the super key and typing the name of the application
>>53882952
He's actually right.
It takes some time to refresh when you install something.
>>53882952
Except you can't, because it hasn't indexed it.
>>53882983
>>53883015
Huh, I never realized. Was that present in earlier versions?
>>53883046
No idea.
It has been happening since at least 15.10 though.
>>53875566
No.
>>53878165
Mind sharing your PS1? Looks sweet.
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>>53883688
>implying I'll ever run that
>>53884820
Well, that's, like, you're fault then.
>>53885245
your*
delete this post now
>>53885787
"no"
>>53878165
how difficult is installing unity on gentoo over a traditional DE like gnome or kde?
>>53886260
You have to mask a lot of packages and recompile your system with GCC 5, which is not yet the default option in Gentoo stable.
Other than that, it's fairly low maintenance unless you try to do some kind of package gymnastics.
>>53886576
It's also not well documented compared to other DEs or WMs as it's neither official nor popular.
>>53876792
>using a frankendebian distro
Have they fixed Nvidia-Prime v-sync, if not I'm not going to bother it.
im getting really fucking sick of neo-/g/ excusing and even preferring Unity over Ubuntu flavors
just pick any fucking flavor and you'll have my ear and respect of your opinions but for the love of fucking christ stop pretending that Unity is anything but the bastard child of already mediocre DEs
>>53888036
I have tried most of the commonly available WM/DE and I just find that Unity is comfy, stable, and productive.
The only thing wrong with Unity is the people that complain about it.
>>53888085
Unity is the opposite of comfy and productive
it gets in your way more than any other DE. its application menu is slower and less organized than any other DE. It takes the super key function of GNOME 3 and turns it into a button that slows you down
the dock cant be removed. no, hidden is not the same thing as removed. no, moving the dock to the bottom and hiding it is not the same thing as removing it
compiz (the unity WM) is slow and inefficient as hell
if you want something productive and Stable, use GNOME
if you want something lightweight, comfy, and also stays out of your way, use XFCE or MATE
if you're retarded and like eating shit because its the easiest thing to eat, then use Unity
>>53888146
>Unity is the opposite of comfy and productive
For you.
>if you're retarded and like eating shit because its the easiest thing to eat
I've used slackware before. I just like Unity.
I also fucked your mother.
>>53888146
For me Unity has always been snappier and more responsive than gnome.
Also, Mutter is garbage.
>>53888190
>le productivity is subjective
no, in terms of actually launching and using applications Unity is the slowest and most obtuse of the major desktop environments. That's ismply a fact. it might be easier to learn than most of them but thats why its for retards, not people who actually want a good DE
>>53879890
>Plebian
>>53888353
>press meta
>start typing program name
>press enter
Really hard.
>>53888353
GNOME dev detected.
>>53888036
Out of all the major DEs Unity is easily the comfiest, sane defaults, stable and keyboard friendly, Unity's only fault is that it's not as customizable as KDE or Gnome.
>>53881398
This is strangely satisfying to watch for some reason.
>>53890226
OMG is this real haha XD I like it
When Ubuntu gnome 16.04 LTS is released, but by then I'll probably be running arch.
>>53879511
>upgrade the system for another version
>sudo apt-get install kubuntu
>Everything goes wrong
>The problem is the KDE
Oh Lord...
>>53891152
the problem is trying to mix KDE with an almost Qt-less environment
honestly even the GTK3 DE's dont mesh well together unless they come prepackaged with the same DM
try using GNOME with Lightdm or MATE with GDM. It doesnt fucking work nicely at all.
I wish Linus had a real netflix app ...
>>53878201
lol. I swear. every KDE never ends. it's like every version is full of bugs and bloat and it never stops.
I'd rather use cinnamon gnome 3 xfce4 or windows
>>53891362
>try using GNOME with Lightdm or MATE with GDM
that's 100% gnome's fault, lightdm is great
>>53881398
thank you for sharing all this important information
-NSA
>>53891480
oh I know. Doesnt mean that it works though
seriously, i meme that you can just have multiple desktop environments installed and they'll work together fine isnt true. especially with configuration and settings programs all appear on every DE
Why not Xubuntu, honestly?
>>53875566
Yep, probably on multiple machines. My main rig usually runs Fedora with Gnome 3 at this point, but pretty much everything else is either Ubuntu with Unity, Ubuntu Gnome, or Ubuntu MATE, depending on it's purpose and it's level of available recourses. I'm the kind of guy who hops from LTS to LTS, so as I use those machines they'll be switched from 14.04 to 16.04..
