Ubuntu Unity Desktop Will Live Forever

Your KDE setup is great. :) I started out doing something similar but had the top panel fill the width just like unity, doing so I had to mess around with third party widget(ACtive window control) to get the window titlebar to disappear when windows were maximized. But simply having the top panel aligned to the right solved all my troubles, no need for additional widgets. :)

Great vid!

I am from the future and unity 7 is not working properly with ubuntu 21.04 hiruste hippo, sad :( but there is a new fork called ubuntu unity, making an entire unity based system that works with newer updates new gtk and new kernel! unity lives!

I really like Unity and am seriously considering leaving 16.04 on my ACER. On my other computer I have switched from Mate to XFCE :-)

I think they will find a way to make even gnome shitty.

The only reason I'm sad about Unity going is because of the part of the HUD that allows you to search up menu commands in applications in which you did not have to search through menu after menu of the command you want. But now that I have just seen similar functionality in GNOME's upcoming global menu or "Plotinus", that instantly became my new incentive to get an Ubuntu computer after they switch back to GNOME and not before!

gnome is rock stable. lacks features and decent defaults. kinda looks ugly

kde has great aesthetics, smooth animations great customizations great apps. slightly less stable.

unity has some decent features but cannot be compared between the others.

Linux is all about choice. I hardly comment on any Linux channel save Quids, because this channel is so informative. But I am tired of the nasty posts that come from the Linux community. It is OK to criticize for the purpose of suggesting improvements or pointing out problems. But this hateful stuff is not impressive, nor productive. I am thankful for Canonical's work on Unity and respect their decision to move on. We have lots of choice and the ability to modify to a great degree, and I think the mark of a mature Linux user is finding the distro that is most suited to your preferences without disrespecting other options or another persons choice. I get a lot of work done on with my chosen distro, it is far superior to Windows for me. It is not perfect, but I am grateful for all the hard work the team has put into it and with a little work of my own, I get to where I need to be. No need for harsh words! Thanks Quids, you have really helped me over the years with your educational tutorials and keeping us up to date!

I love Gnome better than Unity

Unity is a horrible desktop!

My biggest gripe about Cinnamon is the poor "Privacy" config in System Settings. You get is a minimal entry about previously accessed files. Cinnamon isn't the lightest DE's, but overall has the least amount of necessary tweaks and crashes which KDE enjoys so much; the dumbing down of Gnome; and the ageing of other DE which make walkers and wheelchairs necessary to look modern.

It would've been nice if KDE's dashboard can be smaller (like Windows 10's Start menu).

Frankly No. A look-alike with a Mate popup menu with a dock of most used apps/programs is better.
Ubuntu Mate is a good idea; if it is good Linux Mint Mate the world is improved.

Do not get me wrong, I desired Ubuntu to succeed in the tablet zone. There is too little choice IMO.

The main thing I don't like about Plasma is that you can't mass import wallpapers, unless I'm missing something.

For me I do enjoy using unity desktop, but I like gnome and cinnamon desktop better.
And I just can warp my head around KDE

good info, thank you Quids

Unity was a fucking disaster Ubuntu should never have moved away from the standard left bottom menu.

But KDE is a resource hog and can add hours onto a 3d render in blender or video editing.

I thought Gnome was the most popular desktop, not KDE... Not that I don't mind - I'm a long time KDE user.

I would love to make my unity desktop in KDE but it gets glitchy with vertical task bars

Wow, comprehensive and detailed information regarding the unity topic. Thank you!

I must say that I much support Ubuntus decision. It is important for the big distributions to collectively focus on as small a number of desktop interfaces as possible, in my opinion at least, and while I don't actually like KDE, it is probably a good idea for small number to include KDE and Gnome exclusively, more or less.
Don't get me wrong, while I currently use gnome, because I've been too lazy to do anything about it, I much prefer environments such as xfce or lxqt, or standalone window managers such as Openbox or JWM, but in the interest of the greater good, so to speak, benefitting the community as a whole and making the platform more desirable for newcomers, I do believe it is important to focus the resources instead of spreading them around.

i'm happy with the i3wm that i have been using for years :)

Great overview! Let's see how GNOME Shell changes in the next few years as new users get their hands on it.

I had the "pleasure" of using windows 10 desktop today.... for the love of all that is holy...by gads... what a pile of steaming ##*# ! I appreciate KDE and Linux desktops soooooo much more ! I'd recommend all Linux fans dabble into 'the dark side' now and again just to remain yourself why you pity your W10 friends ! ;) honestly Windows desktop just overwhelms the user with popups, sudo-important 'tips', adverts disguised as apps etc.... thanks Linux devs :)

Hope that development on shell and gtk will speed up now. KDE always had this "unstable" feel to me, and cinnamon and mate are just... retarded :P Best move for Ubuntu could be to switch to some tiling WM insted of Gnome hehe :P