Whats your opinion about Xubuntu?
Why are there still complains about tearing?
is it still issue with 16.04?
Any up-to-date guide how to avoid it?
>>54168828
>Whats your opinion about Xubuntu?
It's the best distro if you want something that just works
>Why are there still complains about tearing?
You can easily fix that (compton)
>>54169151
why dont xubuntu fixes it then?
>>54169216
Who cares?
>>54169257
compton is not trivial
some settings can cause issues
would be nicer if after 10 years of complaining they would either update their compositor
or switch to compton and have sane, tested, defaults
I've been using xubuntu 16.04 for today and it feels a bit faster than mint 17.3 on my really old laptop. Also I haven't seen any tearing.
>>54169316
intel/nvidia/amd?
It's overrated trash. Beginners recommend it to beginners who recommend it to beginners to other beginners. Kind of like Mint. They lik eit because it's what's they use(tm). And they never tried anything else.
>>54169424
what's anything else
fucking Fedora with python based installer?
>>54169424
Actually it's the best Ubuntu derivative
>>54169424
What's a better distro that just works then?
The fact that a lot of beginners recommend it just shows that it's easy to use and that a lot of people like it
>>54169424
Don't really see why people like you trashtalk Ubuntu and its derivatives. True, it might not be as good as it can be and there are better distros but Ubuntu is very user-friendly for the casual user who just wants a working OS without having to learn hundreds of commands. I personally like Ubuntu because it makes (GNU/)Linux available to more people.
>>54168828
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>>54169482
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svtbNX9Nr90
http://www.webupd8.org/2016/04/a-quick-look-at-ubuntu-mate-1604-lts.html
I would really recommend Ubuntu MATE now if you want to use a lightweight GTK2 based distro/DE. Mate is being actively developed and is coming out with a bunch of interesting new features now.
xfce4 is really stable but getting kind of boring these days.
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>>54169540
This. I love Arch but I also love *buntu.
>>54169540
I'd actually personally recommend ubuntu gnome or just straight up ubuntu over xubuntu. I just think xubuntu is ugly.
I wouldn't recommend what I use to beginners.
>>54169629
>I just think xubuntu is ugly.
>what are GTK themes
>implying Ubuntu doesn't look terrible out of the box
>>54168828
>uses xfce
>cares about screen tearing
Why, OP? I use Xfce because I couldn't care less about ricing. I just want a simple OOTB DE.
>>54169424
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>>54169692
>tearing
>ricing
yeah, you are autist you know that?
>>54169714
I don't understand what you find controversial about my post. If you want the perfect aesthetic user experience, you shouldn't be using Xfce. The whole point of Xfce is to be lightweight but still offer a full desktop environment.
>>54169580
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>>54168828
>tards bitching about screen tearing
>literal checkbox in settings panel that says: "sync to vertical refresh"
>>54169516
Ubuntu MATE
>>54169779
It's literally what it says on the project website
http://www.xfce.org/
Why are you sperging out over this?
>>54169788
>literally the same distro with a different DE
>>54169808
>being this retarded
>>54168828
>Why are there still complains about tearing?
Because dumbfucks can't go into settings to enable vsync.
>>54169838
>being this visibly upset
>>54169898
no one on ubuntu has to go in to settings and enable anything
>>54169562
Ubuntu MATE is the master race of the Ubuntu distributions. It is not even close.
>>54169996
Yes because Ubuntu has that one fucking thing enabled by default. I guess it's disabled by default in Xubuntu as it was never an issue back then.
>>54168828
So should i switch from debian to ubuntu?
I use it on my super old laptop and it's pretty good. Problem is I riced it a little and now I have about 9 different programs for setting themes and fonts and I lose track of them all.
>>54170018
>not having whisker menu
>superior
yeah, whatever makes you feel relevant with your dying piece of shit
>>54170119
>not able to search files from the menu
>calls others irrelevant
>>54170166
show me how you search for
>/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
from your start menu
yeah fuck off
>>54169562
>I would really recommend Ubuntu MATE now if you want to use a lightweight GTK2 based distro/DE. Mate is being actively developed and is coming out with a bunch of interesting new features now.
I used Mint MATE and Cinnamon before. Font rendering was shit, theme was shit, shortcuts was shit, widgets didn't work properly, settings and customization was bare-bone, and the most annoying thing was that "yahoo as default search engine" bullshit. Totally wasted my time.
>>54170074
lxappearance all you need.
>>54170119
>2016
>still using application menus
xD
>>54169424
I've used Arch as a daily driver since 2011 and I'm really liking Xubuntu 16.04. It just werks and the new panel config manager is really nice to have. I can jump from a GNOME2 setup to a Windows setup in seconds with it. In no way is it overrated. Probably the best normie style distro going.
anyone knows if you can make panel behave like taskbar in windows?
meaning I have pinned launchers on the panel, and when they run there no new task there, its just visually highlighted icon
setting old notebook for family windows user
>>54170201
Maybe you try Ubuntu MATE now? Linux mint probably doesn't use the same great proprietary font rendering engine as Ubuntu does so the fonts won't look as good as Ubuntu. Also firefox in Ubuntu derivatives has google as the default search engine.
Mate seems to have a lot of customization now as in pic related.
>>54168828
Xfce stinks to arse. Ubuntu also. So...
>>54169286
I found this on the Arch Wiki, and it seems to work on Xubuntu as well. Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with the following:Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
This won't work if you're using AMD or Nvidia though.
>>54168828
xubuntu sux
xfce however is amazing
Why would you want something amazing with a shitty botnet.
>>54169387
It's an old Ati mibility radeon x1300 and AMD turion 1.95ghz laptop
How do you completely turn off shadows in Compton? Every once in a while, Compton will draw a shadow for certain windows/actions. I don't want any shadows to be drawn, period.
>>54168828
>XFCE
>2016
Come on granpa, move on
>>54171206
>not using the best DE
>any year
You're doing it wrong
>>54171258
>the best DE
That's not mate.
>>54171270
>mate
That's not the best DE
compton works great. but I still get more screen tearing when I watch videos than i do on windows. I get none on windows. I haven
t tried 16.04 yet. I just installed it but havent used videos etc yet. did a new dual boot so busy nerding it up
>>54170538
>Mate seems to have a lot of customization now as in pic related.
>lot
>>54170538
I would probably use Mutiny but I don't like how it behaves. For example if you have two windows open from the same application, and if you left click the icon, it'll automatically brings up one or both (I can't remember) window instead of allowing me to choose which window to bring up.
That alone made me go nope and afaik there's no way to change that. Instead I just use the classic window picker w/e it is called.
how do you guys pronounce xubuntu? ex ubuntu? zubuntu? i heard a guy on youtube pronounce it with a z and it sounded stupid
>>54173198
xubuntu
cause if we would call it zubuntu it would be writen zubuntu
>>54171360
>gnome2
>not best DE
get out
>>54173300
>gnome 2
That's not MATE
Also pic related, that's Xfce
>>54170611
>Nvidia
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
in section "Screen" add this:
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
>>54169424
I've tried almost every ubuntu flavor, Arch installed in every possible way + the distros based on Arch, debian, mint and some other meme shit that was a flavor of the month on here.
I just installed Xubuntu again when 16.04 came out and I'm either gonna stick with this or MATE version, don't even care anymore
>>54173374
that looks like MATE with a whisker menu
>>54172865
Isn't that how unity behaves as well?
>>54168828
>Why are there still complains about tearing?
they will just wing it till wayland is out
>>54173374
i still wonder why MATE exists when you can get XFCE to look like it
>>54170401
DockbarX works great on xfce. I haven't tested it with 16.04 since I'm trying out KDE now (it actually seems stable now), which has it built in, and dockbarx can take a while to set up to not look like ass but it works well.
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/dockbarx-available-as-xfce-panel-plugin.html
>>54170611
This is what I do on Lubuntu and works.
>>54174162
>DockbarX
thanks it seems like exactly what I need
thought I cant get it installed from ppa..
Kubuntu is superior in my opinion.
>>54170341
>new panel config manager
You're confused. Neither Xubuntu or Xfce has this. You're thinking of Ubuntu Mate.
>>54173198
paste xubuntu into google translate then click the little speaker icon on the bottom left.
>>54169580
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>>54169540
>user-friendly
not untill they offer ppa search by default in the s.c. gui
>>54169516
actually kubuntu is best and the only canonical fully supports but not for oldes pc
>>54171116
>compton.conf
>shadows == off
>>54169749
They also think slackware doesnt have a package manager.... Dont bother.
>>54170538
After that screenshot ill stick to xfce thanks.
That screenshot is shows that mate is megafugged.
>>54174917
I used to use k with redhat in the 90's i use xfce these days but i wouldnt mind having another go at it. i dont care about bloat,... whats plasma like these days?
>>54179495
>the only canonical fully supports
Ubuntu GNOME is the only official flavor of Ubuntu
>>54180028
It's nice and as far as performance goes you won't really notice much of a difference compared to xfce if you have a newer computer.
>>54170018
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-xenial-skldesk&num=2
Yet manges to be among slowest.
>>54170611
It's really odd this doesn't works OOTB. I personally use compton but stuff like this should be done automatically while installing the system.
Is this distro suitable for a noob?
>>54183229
yes, it's not called noobuntu for no reason
>>54169151
>You can easily fix that (Compton)
I wish
>>54170611
oh cool, works on my laptop
real nice
>>54170166
>what is catfish
>>54183449
I am on i3
it does not have compositor and I use compton with this config and never have any tearing
http://dopice.sk/comptonbackend = "glx";
glx-no-stencil = true;
paint-on-overlay = true;
vsync = "opengl-swc";
>>54184056
>what is angrysearch
https://github.com/DoTheEvo/ANGRYsearch
>>54170119
what DE is this? Looks comfy
>>54184282
read here
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>>54182909
Very good OS, just werx tier
>>54184290
Wow! Thank you kind anon. Really didn't look like xubuntu at that point.
>>54184459
I just finished fixing scrollbar in whisker menu dark theme, so that its not ugly white fat column
http://pastebin.com/j9Cr52rW
also I changed in numix icon, in 22pixel size, the log out icon to shutdown icon to get red colored one
>>54184459
numix theme + ubuntu+pragmata font are the first things I did after install xubuntu.
>>54175692
I believe you are mistaken, Anon.
>>54168828
>Any up-to-date guide how to avoid it?
Yes, install Kubuntu.
>>54169424
I tried Ubuntu and some flavors, Debian, Fedora, Manjaro and finally settled with Arch. To me, Ubuntu was the best out fo the bunch and Xubuntu it's best flavor.
Of course, I've been using Arch for years now, so I don't know no ubuntu mates. Don't wanna either. I'd still recommend Xubuntu real heartfelt.
I have 16.04 Xubuntu installed but, how do I access the software center? I open the Software Center and all that's available are things I've already have pre-installed and search results show nothing else.
>>54185391
>using the software center
>ever
We have Xubuntu installed at multiple measurement stations at work.
It is light, works on even crappies machines and can be left without updates to just run single program.
In my opinion, this is pretty much what Linux is for.
I recently tried out a few other *buntu flavors in response to the new LTS release. (A couple 16.04 releases, and Elementary based on the previous LTS) Ditched them all and went back to Xubuntu.
The novelty of eye-candy in other DE's wore off within an hour for me, as I got used to it and started focusing solely on the content I was dealing with once more. I'm not looking for that much customization, and XFCE has what I need and doesn't load on much beyond that. Every other DE I've tried has had something wrong with it that drove me to switch; XFXE might be on the bland side, but the simplicity has left it with no glaring problems.
Fuck it, it's just the nicest to use. (And the screen tearing is so easily fixed that complaints are invalid.)
