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

[Simon Wagstaff]

Hi Tony,
Thanks for the email. I would default to MATE on both for the reasons you describe - limitations on graphical hardware and consistency of documentation.

Many of the students we teach using Biolinux-X2GO-MATE quickly gain confidence and go on to install Biolinux on their own hardware.

Cheers,

Simon

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bio-Linux-list [mailto:bio-linux-list-bounces at bioinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Tony Travis
Sent: 27 April 2017 13:56
To: Bio-Linux mailing list <bio-linux-list at bioinformatics.org>
Subject: [Bio-linux-list] Bio-Linux Unity Desktop

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-io
> t-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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