June 1, 2019
- It's GNOME with the missing pieces added back (system tray, launcher, desktop icons).
- This version of GNOME does seem much snappier with smoother animations.
- The Unity layout is familiar, usable and configurable enough that's is easy to jump in and start using it without a ton of customization.
- The default software is mostly sensible with the applications you'd expect to be available in a new installation.
- Snap applications are more visually consistent on a GTK DE and the integration with the software store when clicking install from the Snapcraft website is a nice touch as is being able to adjust permissions.
- Mix of top bar menu and application menus is clunky.
- Clicking an open application in the dock doesn't minimize it.
- The Yaru theme is better than Adwaita but still not great. The titlebars blend in too easily with other applications so multiple windows is messy.
- I had to install extensions to make basic changes to the desktop. To install extensions I had to install a browser add-on and a package from the repository.
- GNOME Software is buggy. Search results disappear. The results when you get them are in no particular order. The lack of filters and sorting is frustrating.
- Ubuntu's implementation of Nvidia Prime works perfectly on my laptop.
- I need to make some adjustments to power saving and sleep settings but otherwise it just works.
- The mix of newer packages in the repository and snaps, flatpaks and appimages make for a stable system with the availability of the latest applications.
- What does signing in to Ubuntu One under GNOME Software do?
- For the most part, everything just works.
- Ubuntu is still a solid system and it's easy to see why it is so widely used in academia and the scientific communities.