<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493366801708_14392">I vote for MATE, with it's better compatibility with older machines.</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493366801708_14395">Brian<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493366801708_14305"><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, April 28, 2017 10:25 AM, Simon Wagstaff <Simon.Wagstaff@lstmed.ac.uk> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">Hi Tony,<br clear="none">Thanks for the email. I would default to MATE on both for the reasons you describe - limitations on graphical hardware and consistency of documentation.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Many of the students we teach using Biolinux-X2GO-MATE quickly gain confidence and go on to install Biolinux on their own hardware.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Simon<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_________________________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Simon Wagstaff PhD<br clear="none">Head of Scientific Computing<br clear="none">Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine<br clear="none">Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Tel: +44-(0)151-705-3164<br clear="none">Fax: +44-(0)151-705-3371<br clear="none">email: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:simon.wagstaff@lstmed.ac.uk" href="mailto:simon.wagstaff@lstmed.ac.uk">simon.wagstaff@lstmed.ac.uk</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/research/departments/staff-profiles/simon-wagstaff" target="_blank">http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/research/departments/staff-profiles/simon-wagstaff</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Bio-Linux-list [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bio-linux-list-bounces@bioinformatics.org" href="mailto:bio-linux-list-bounces@bioinformatics.org">bio-linux-list-bounces@bioinformatics.org</a>] On Behalf Of Tony Travis<br clear="none">Sent: 27 April 2017 13:56<br clear="none">To: Bio-Linux mailing list <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bio-linux-list@bioinformatics.org" href="mailto:bio-linux-list@bioinformatics.org">bio-linux-list@bioinformatics.org</a>><br clear="none">Subject: [Bio-linux-list] Bio-Linux Unity Desktop<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hi,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Bio-Linux 8 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux 'Unity' Desktop.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">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:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-io" target="_blank">https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-io</a><br clear="none">> t-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/<br clear="none"><br clear="none">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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Please let me know what you think?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Tony.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--<br clear="none">Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028 Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford, AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK)<br clear="none">tel. +44(0)19755 63548 <a shape="rect" href="http://minke-informatics.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://minke-informatics.co.uk</a><br clear="none">mob. +44(0)7985 078324 mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk" href="mailto:tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk">tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk</a><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bio-Linux-list mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org" href="mailto:Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org">Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.bioinformatics.org/mm/listinfo/bio-linux-list" target="_blank">http://www.bioinformatics.org/mm/listinfo/bio-linux-list</a><br clear="none">________________________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">[<a shape="rect" href="http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/lstm_email_logo.gif" target="_blank">http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/lstm_email_logo.gif</a>]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This e-mail message is sent on behalf of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 222655 and whose registered office is at Pembroke Place Liverpool L3 5QA ("LSTM")<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The contents of this e-mail are subject to LSTM’s email disclaimer found at:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/disclaimer/email-disclaimer" target="_blank">http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/disclaimer/email-disclaimer</a><div class="yqt8021690352" id="yqtfd87410"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bio-Linux-list mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org" href="mailto:Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org">Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.bioinformatics.org/mm/listinfo/bio-linux-list" target="_blank">http://www.bioinformatics.org/mm/listinfo/bio-linux-list</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>