[Bio-linux-list] Bio-Linux Unity Desktop

[Tony Travis]

Hi,

Bio-Linux 8 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux 'Unity' Desktop.

I want to know what Bio-Linux users think about the Bio-Linux Unity
Desktop, because Canonical (who develop Ubuntu) have announced that they
will no longer develop Unity and the next LTS release of Ubuntu will use
the Gnome 3 desktop instead as used in Ubuntu-Gnome:

> https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/

Bio-Linux 8 already comes with the MATE desktop pre-installed for use on
a remote "x2go" desktop, when Bio-Linux 8 is used on a terminal server
or VM the cloud. However, the MATE desktop can also be used as the local
Bio-Linux desktop too, which has advantages for older laptops and PC's
with limited resources or servers with poor graphics hardware.

I've been evaluating Ubuntu-Gnome 16.04 and Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 as the
base-platform on which to create Bio-Linux 9. An advantage of choosing
Ubuntu-MATE is that we would only need one set of training materials for
local and remote use of Bio-Linux and MATE requires considerably less
resources from the computer hardware than Gnome 3, which makes MATE more
suitable for running on older laptops or desktop computers.

Unity will still be supported in 'maintenance' mode for the lifetime of
the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release, but Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will use Gnome 3.

Please let me know what you think?

Thanks,

  Tony.

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