I actually just switched to that since Unity got ditched for GNOME. I've always disliked GNOME's gratuitous shadows and transparencies and full-screen launcher/switcher/etc., and then Ubuntu 18.04...
I actually just switched to that since Unity got ditched for GNOME. I've always disliked GNOME's gratuitous shadows and transparencies and full-screen launcher/switcher/etc., and then Ubuntu 18.04 was having weird issues out-of-box with stuff like the LastPass plugin for whatever reason. I want to be on an LTS, but stock Ubuntu just wasn't going to cut it anymore. Luckily, Xubuntu is awesome, and I have it set up to look and feel pretty much the same.
The only thing that's kinda driving me nuts is the network indicator when trying to select wifi. The drop-down likes to close when you're trying to pick a network every time the list refreshes, which is a lot in heavily populated areas. I'm sure there's an easy fix.
It took about an evening to get completely right. The dock is Plank and the folder/icon theme is Numix (icons are Numix Square to be exact). The hardest thing was figuring out how to get Xubuntu's...
It took about an evening to get completely right. The dock is Plank and the folder/icon theme is Numix (icons are Numix Square to be exact). The hardest thing was figuring out how to get Xubuntu's whisker menu to open from clicking the top icon in the dock. That's done by having a .desktop file that just runs a shell command to open the whisker menu, then then having that on the bar. Hidden beneath the dock there is a completely transparent XFCE panel with just the whisker menu on it. When the command runs, the menu pops out from the invisible panel, and it looks like it's popping out from the top icon like in Unity. After that the next biggest time commitment to figure out was skinning the whisker menu to look like the Numix theme, though I found that topic covered on a blog.
Beyond that, no real adaptation. I mostly just liked the layout of Unity, so that's all I was going for. Other features like menus on the top bar are sort of take/leave for me.
I want to but unfortunately many of the games I play won't run on Linux or run very poorly. I do have dual boot with Mint set up but hardly go into Linux anymore. I've considered having a cheap...
I want to but unfortunately many of the games I play won't run on Linux or run very poorly. I do have dual boot with Mint set up but hardly go into Linux anymore. I've considered having a cheap system for browsing and connecting with remote desktop for playing games haha
This makes me a little nostalgic for the Linux Game Tome (may it rest in piece). But this site looks well done and seems like it would nicely fill the void left by LGT. Thanks for posting!
This makes me a little nostalgic for the Linux Game Tome (may it rest in piece). But this site looks well done and seems like it would nicely fill the void left by LGT. Thanks for posting!
You are the man. gamingonlinux is the only news site I read every day.
I wonder what percentage of the Tildes community uses Linux as their primary OS. I'd imagine it's over-represented. Thanks for the work you do!
You might be right on that. Heard a lot about it from people in our community :)
I actually just switched to that since Unity got ditched for GNOME. I've always disliked GNOME's gratuitous shadows and transparencies and full-screen launcher/switcher/etc., and then Ubuntu 18.04 was having weird issues out-of-box with stuff like the LastPass plugin for whatever reason. I want to be on an LTS, but stock Ubuntu just wasn't going to cut it anymore. Luckily, Xubuntu is awesome, and I have it set up to look and feel pretty much the same.
The only thing that's kinda driving me nuts is the network indicator when trying to select wifi. The drop-down likes to close when you're trying to pick a network every time the list refreshes, which is a lot in heavily populated areas. I'm sure there's an easy fix.
That does look pretty close to good old Unity! Was it a lot of work to set up that way? Does the similarities go beyond just the visuals?
It took about an evening to get completely right. The dock is Plank and the folder/icon theme is Numix (icons are Numix Square to be exact). The hardest thing was figuring out how to get Xubuntu's whisker menu to open from clicking the top icon in the dock. That's done by having a .desktop file that just runs a shell command to open the whisker menu, then then having that on the bar. Hidden beneath the dock there is a completely transparent XFCE panel with just the whisker menu on it. When the command runs, the menu pops out from the invisible panel, and it looks like it's popping out from the top icon like in Unity. After that the next biggest time commitment to figure out was skinning the whisker menu to look like the Numix theme, though I found that topic covered on a blog.
Beyond that, no real adaptation. I mostly just liked the layout of Unity, so that's all I was going for. Other features like menus on the top bar are sort of take/leave for me.
I use Arch, by the way.
I used to use Linux until October 2017. Now I use OpenBSD. :)
I use ChromeOS as my primary, built on Linux.
I have crouton installed on ChromeOS, so I can switch into kubuntu for work.
I want to but unfortunately many of the games I play won't run on Linux or run very poorly. I do have dual boot with Mint set up but hardly go into Linux anymore. I've considered having a cheap system for browsing and connecting with remote desktop for playing games haha
Not sure if this is acceptable or whatever, but for those interested I run a website dedicated to Linux gaming :)
I've noticed your site accepts Flattr. What's your experience with it like? Is it worth the hassle for publishers?
Oh my sorry forgot to reply.
We get hardly anything from Flattr.
Keep up the good work man, I check your site out every so often for new Linux gaming news.
Thanks for posting. Gaming in linux is one of the only reasons I still run windows.
This makes me a little nostalgic for the Linux Game Tome (may it rest in piece). But this site looks well done and seems like it would nicely fill the void left by LGT. Thanks for posting!