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Run multiple desktops at the same time
10-02-2013 12:20 PM
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/how-to-run-mate-desktop-in-gnome-shell
Seems like a waste of Mate to me
(HB running Linux Mint 14 64bit Mate edition)
Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
10-02-2013 1:09 PM
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Quote Having a whole other shell can be useful too. Say GNOME Shell were to crash, MATE would still be there giving you easy access to your entire system and apps.
If GNOME shell were to crash, either it gets restarted, or you get the "Oh no something has gone wrong" screen shoved in your face.
Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
16-04-2013 12:55 PM
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Quote Unity sucks too and has adware/spyware.
Interested in that comment from the link
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16-04-2013 12:58 PM
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Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
16-04-2013 1:36 PM
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16-04-2013 9:52 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
16-04-2013 10:54 PM
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Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
17-04-2013 10:18 AM
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Still as I haven't use U for 5+ years now I am not worried. Mint is moving away from a U base as well, slowly but surely. As the underlying changes are made it makes it harder to use it as a base.
Take the next move to a new X, how many apps will that kill? Or will there be a compatibility layer for X11 based apps?
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17-04-2013 11:31 AM
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I've now got into the habit of installing the server edition then installing XFCE4 or similar
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17-04-2013 1:32 PM
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sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping
The shopping lens can be removed from unity. I'm proper confused with desktops at the minute, I had a look at gnome from the software centre to try and get back a bit more old skool which was ok on one computer but the other looked even more complicated than unity to navigate. When I had a look at mint there was lots of difference of opinion on which direction that was heading as well. I wish I knew the future, I just like to stick to one and modify to my liking.
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17-04-2013 2:16 PM
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Xfce
LXde
Mate
New "phone" os's
Unity
Gnome shell
Alternate new school:
Kde
Cinnamon
On the edge
E17
If you want a modern looking one try Cinnamon, you can install it from a deb/ppa. I prefer Mate and it is getting better with each release. Used My Mint & Fedora along with a few other less well known distros.
Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
17-04-2013 7:36 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
20-04-2013 11:39 AM
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Quote from: vilefoxdemonofdoom
Seems that Canonical is putting its major efforts into things that no one wants
Sounds like they have the M$ bug then
Re: Run multiple desktops at the same time
21-04-2013 1:46 PM
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21-04-2013 2:02 PM
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Something like LXDE uses less raw power/memory than something like Unity/Gnome 3 shell.
Installing several desktop's will use disk space but dependant on which is running will effect your free resources (ram etc). Also the background you have can make your desktop slower as well. Really depends on how high spec your graphics card/driver and ram are.
On my P4 laptop it is better on LXDE than Gnome 2/Mate.
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