CentOS vs Unbuntu desktop

[Bill Ricker]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Chris Linstid <clinstid at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the other options is to start with ubuntu server (
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server). It will give you a very clean
> starting point and you can just install what you actually need. I don't use
> Unity, so I never start with that. I tend to lean towards XFCE or i3
>

​I've used Lubuntu (LXDE) on older hardware; previously used Xubuntu (XFCE)
but it got too heavy for one of the older netbooks; may be better again?

If you add more than one desktop/window managers, the log-in screen lets
you pick one.

Re Unity - In May 2014 i took an upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04​ Trusty LTS on my
main laptop earlier than desired - i like to avoid Dot Uh Oh releases but
had to run with it that time - to support a demo requiring latest kernel -
fully expecting i'd hate Unity and would deal with replacing it
(Mint/Cinamon/Lxde/xfce/...) when i got motivated to do so after the demo.
    After working through a couple lists of "must-do tweaks", i never did
replace it.
    And I have just applied those same tweaks (including Local Integrated
menus ) to 16.04 Xenial LTS  with Unity on my new box. (With new 4k monitor
- use DP not HDMI ! - i need the LIM.)

   (Hardest part was Google Earth on 64bit OS, which was even more trouble
than 14.04. Am having one minor issue on Ubuntu 16.04 with re-selecting
right audio sink on thaw/revive from suspend/hibernate/screenlock; related
i presume to SystemD ignoring what i know and vice versa. Not bad all in
all.  NUC6i7kyk doesn't actually have speakers, so yes i would like audio
to default to DP/HDMI unless headphones connected.)

​I'd suggest giving Unity a ch​ance (with tweaks) and even if you do add a
lightweight or traditional DWM, keep Unity as a log-in choice if only to be
able to file bugs that say "fails in both Unity and Mint" .

​[*] Tweaks
http://www.noobslab.com/2016/04/important-20-tweaksthings-to-do-after.html
https://launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool
http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/indicator-privacy/
http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/classicmenu-indicator/ ​


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Bill Ricker
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