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   From: foxmccloud45@hotmail.com   
      
   Le Wed, 6 Sep 2023 17:50:41 -0400, Jonathan N. Little a écrit :   
      
   > Fox McCloud45 wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Maybe I'm insane or something but I recently went from Arch Linux back   
   >> to Ubuntu Unity after using Arch for six years on my desktop. I wanted   
   >> to try Manjaro Unity but it's broken right now.   
   >>   
   >> Switching from a tightly-controlled Arch Linux installation to a   
   >> "bloated"   
   >> Ubuntu Unity one feels weird but for some reason I don't dislike it. I   
   >> may really be losing sanity.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > I am using the standard Ubuntu GNOME on 22.04 and 23.04. It's gotten a   
   > bit better with 23.04, but I really miss Unity. I found it really   
   > efficient workflow for multitasking, especially on small screens of   
   > laptops. I always liked where it was going and was disappointed when   
   > they dropped it. (Want them to really fix and expand lens). Now that   
   > they gave that kid break and add Ubuntu back in as an official flavor   
   > maybe it will become what its should have...   
      
   I believe they dropped Unity because GNOME as a whole was progressing very   
   well and Unity essentially slowed down developments on Ubuntu.   
      
   As far as I know, people who didn't like Unity back when it was introduced   
   switched to MATE. But when Unity was discontinued there was no true   
   replacement; I believe Canonical modified GNOME Shell to have a similar   
   appearance to Unity but that's it.   
      
   The last standard Ubuntu I installed was 16.04 I believe. I used Xubuntu   
   18.04 in professionnal environments later on but otherwise sticked to   
   Debian then Arch Linux until now. I always liked Unity's look but I didn't   
   like that it slowed down my system. Modern Unity seems better in that   
   regard but it still uses Compiz so I'm not sure.   
      
   Folks behind Unity are apparently developing an improved version named   
   UnityX that is supposedly the exact same but without Compiz and other   
   GNOME dependencies. I didn't test it yet but I'd like to make sure it   
   truly retains the same look, but it hasn't seen a commit in six months. I   
   hope the project isn't dead yet:    
      
   Needless to say, I use the Ambience theme:   
      
      
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