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<p>Hi,</p>
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<p><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">>An advantage of choosing<br>
>Ubuntu-MATE is that we would only need one set of training materials for<br>
>local and remote use of Bio-Linux and MATE requires considerably less<br>
>resources from the computer hardware than Gnome 3, which makes MATE more<br>
>suitable for running on older laptops or desktop computers.</span></font><br>
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<p>I think this is a very important consideration, since many of us are running Bio-Linux in VB on desktop PCs, so freeing up resources for the actual analysis is a good thing.</p>
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<p>For users, like myself, who don't have that much experience with Linux and who are using Bio-Linux for bioinformatics only, it doesn't matter too much which desktop is used, as long as software and files can be easily found from the desktop. Personally,
I prefer having both a menu tree and a search box, so that I can find everything even if I'm not sure where it is located or what it's called.</p>
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<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Sara<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> 27 April 2017 12:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Bio-Linux mailing list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bio-linux-list] Bio-Linux Unity Desktop</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi,<br>
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Bio-Linux 8 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux 'Unity' Desktop.<br>
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I want to know what Bio-Linux users think about the Bio-Linux Unity<br>
Desktop, because Canonical (who develop Ubuntu) have announced that they<br>
will no longer develop Unity and the next LTS release of Ubuntu will use<br>
the Gnome 3 desktop instead as used in Ubuntu-Gnome:<br>
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> <a href="https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/" id="LPlnk796115" previewremoved="true">
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/</a><br>
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Bio-Linux 8 already comes with the MATE desktop pre-installed for use on<br>
a remote "x2go" desktop, when Bio-Linux 8 is used on a terminal server<br>
or VM the cloud. However, the MATE desktop can also be used as the local<br>
Bio-Linux desktop too, which has advantages for older laptops and PC's<br>
with limited resources or servers with poor graphics hardware.<br>
<br>
I've been evaluating Ubuntu-Gnome 16.04 and Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 as the<br>
base-platform on which to create Bio-Linux 9. An advantage of choosing<br>
Ubuntu-MATE is that we would only need one set of training materials for<br>
local and remote use of Bio-Linux and MATE requires considerably less<br>
resources from the computer hardware than Gnome 3, which makes MATE more<br>
suitable for running on older laptops or desktop computers.<br>
<br>
Unity will still be supported in 'maintenance' mode for the lifetime of<br>
the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release, but Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will use Gnome 3.<br>
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Please let me know what you think?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Tony.<br>
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