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I'm a somewhat long time Ubuntu Linux user who likes unity de over others, and also a gamer who, currently uses integrated graphics. my first ubuntu versions were 17.10 with gnome, and later/longer 16.04 with duelboot, eventually swapping to full linux. built my first custom pc, and was upset to know 16.04 will not install there. I wanna swap to arch if unity, or unity-like de is possible so i'll probably gonna need help with this distro hop. and not much else to say. wanna share my small Ubuntu knowledge and learn along the way.
Unity is dead.. replaced with Gnome3. Anything running Gnome3 will be your best bet if that's the UI/DE type you are looking for.
Distrowatch.com with an advanced search for Gnome3 should bring back a lot of results. In general, anything using systemd can run Gnome3, and anything (excluding Gentoo.. maybe another?) which does not use systemd will not run Gnome3.
True. XFCE is best if you're using GTK you might as well use a stable, faster DE. It's highly configurable and with xfdashboard it can resemble Unity/Gnome3 if you so desire.
Bonus: it also works irregardless of SystemD and as such is on the BSDs as well, which Gnome3 cannot do.
Last edited by phantom_cyph; 01-24-2020 at 01:46 PM.
Working with Arch Linux for 8 years now I find it a distribution that can be rather rewarding. I like the bleeding edge and KISS approach and would not change. It's my daily working system.
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