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

[Brian Golding]

I use both UNITY and KDE (by far, far perfer the later).

>From what you have written below sounds as though MATE is the easiest
choice but will it have the same lifetime?

Brian

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On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:55:55PM +0000, Tony Travis wrote:
> 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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