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i installed ubuntu 11.04 yesterday. in first looks i didnt like unity. the layout seemed too restrictive and the i hated the new type of title bar. i then installed GNOME 3 and found it better in first looks. i still havent played much with the settings of these two desktop environments.
i want to know what you guyz think abt these two?
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I've installed both Unity (Ubuntu 11.04) and GNOME 3 (Arch).. I feel that GNOME 3 is much. much better than Unity.. I installed Compiz-Fusion settings manager in Unity and it broke it.. had to do a re-install
Unity and GNOME 3 both need time to mature just like KDE 4 needed.
will be downloading KDE tomorrow morning. the download size is pretty big(>500MB). i have a feeling it should be better as said by many. i have used it only at school and i don't have much experience with it.
i agree GNOME 3 is not much mature as there are many small things that can be improved. also it is not as customizable compared to KDE. MINT's next version(11) too will have the version 2 of GNOME instead of 3
EDIT: 500MB was the space taken by KDE after installation
I have used Unity with Ubuntu 11.04 and Gnome 3 with Fedora 15 Beta, I have to say Unity feels more polished and intuitive to me, saves a lot of screen space, and if you use it long enough, it's quite slick. Just give it time.
Gnome Shell still needs some love IMO, it workspaces are awesome, but however it should try to save some screen space really, just too much space is wasted by the title top panel, menu, and particularly the huge title bar.
Both the desktop shells need some fine improvement, but at this point of time Unity holds the edge for me.
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@Liverpool: You think Unity saves screen space? Have you used it on a Netbook. It basically kills my Netbook. I have to start horizontal scrolling in order to do any work. I installed Unity on top of Ubuntu 10.10.
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@Liverpool: You think Unity saves screen space? Have you used it on a Netbook. It basically kills my Netbook. I have to start horizontal scrolling in order to do any work. I installed Unity on top of Ubuntu 10.10.
I'm talking of Unity with Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04. I am using it in a desktop though.
See some screenshots -
When Window is not maximized -
When Window is maximized -
Considering there's no separate Ubuntu for netbooks now, you are safe to suppose it's as space saving in Netbooks as well. In any case play around with autohide/intellihide of launcher using CCSM.
And oh don't judge Unity by Ubuntu 10.10, that one sucked.
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Which distribution? Not many distributions get KDE right.
ubuntu 11.04. The problem is that i dont have a video card so i had to turn off all the fancy effects. Is there a way to integrate banshee to the panel like in gnome?
The problem with Unity is that it needs proprietary drivers for working. GNOME 3 on the other hand works fine with the Open Source NVIDIA drivers on my PC. Although, later I installed official proprietary drivers on my system because I need VDPAU.
canonical made a big mistake by sticking to unity.
unity is made for freaking netbooks/touchscreens
why did they even include it in a major release like 11.04? gnome 3 is fine, gets the job done. vey bad, canonical
The problem with Unity is that it needs proprietary drivers for working. GNOME 3 on the other hand works fine with the Open Source NVIDIA drivers on my PC. Although, later I installed official proprietary drivers on my system because I need VDPAU.
Er Unity works with Open Source ATI drivers. I am using it.
Experimental 3D with nouveau (Open Source "nVidia") is not yet supported by Ubuntu yet AFAIK, maybe that's why it didn't work for you.
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canonical made a big mistake by sticking to unity.
unity is made for freaking netbooks/touchscreens
why did they even include it in a major release like 11.04? gnome 3 is fine, gets the job done. vey bad, canonical
In a year's time it will seem a very good move, and you can quote me for that.
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OFF-Topic: Some of the live distros does not seem to recognize Left Mouse click single/double tap, i have to use buttons on the touchpad for that
Same problem here.
BTW, internet wont work on my ubuntu 11.04 (with unity) Its fine when its 10.04 with gnome and the wireless detection also worked fine.. but in unity, even the wired connection doesnt work...any solutions??
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nouveau for nVidia is junk compared to AMD Open Source drivers.
You should consider how much NVIDIA is supporting nouveau (which would be more like hindering it), and how much ATI is supporting the xf86-video-ati, for which it has employed engineers before bashing the nouveau project.
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using KDE with ARCH!!
its integration is better than KDE in ubuntu. also i wasnt able to have smooth desktop effects in ubuntu(my PC lacks graphics card) and had to disable them to gain required performance. in ARCH, i faced no such problem and everthing is faster and more responsive even with eye candy enabled.
That mouse clicking problem can easily be solved. In most distros in preferences you'll find 'Enable Tap to Click' or some other option like that.
If not you may need to edit synaptic_d.conf file (no details here as it may vary).
But its a fairly small fix. takes 5 mins at most. Google and you'll find the exact procedure.
P.s- I had this problem in Fedora 13 Lxde
Unity vs GNOME 3
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