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(DIR) Post #9uCL6N9WVBZ0lVxMC8 by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-19T10:03:06Z
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My ThinkPad X220 was last clean-installed with #Ubuntu 14.04 in 2015 and has since been upgraded through many releases. Just upgraded it to 20.04, and Unity is still wonderful. 😍 Just needs s Yaru theme to finish it off 😂
(DIR) Post #9uCN1vJkFZoxBbkBAe by kev@fosstodon.org
2020-04-19T10:24:42Z
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@popey when is 20.04 actually being released? I know it's in beta at the moment.
(DIR) Post #9uCOuRHNjUIxuECIQi by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-19T10:45:46Z
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@kev 20.04 releases on Thursday
(DIR) Post #9uCPRUWShAqbWM0luK by DonMcCollough@fosstodon.org
2020-04-19T10:51:43Z
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@popey To "avoid the rush" I went ahead and installed the beta on my HP cheapo laptop last week (went from 18.04 to it) and it's pretty nice. I will say though, that to get the Yaru "extras" in that I need the user-theme gnome extension to get the Yaru-Dark shell theme for things like the Calendar dropdown from the top panel. I always install the Gnome Tweak Tool by default, but may look into what the default 20.04 can offer in that area later on once it's out of beta soon.
(DIR) Post #9uCUNvYqiyd9zYFRqq by RasmusLindegaard@mastodon.social
2020-04-19T11:47:06Z
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@popey one of the people in my project group at University has an X220, though he uses Arch, btw. 😛️The other has a T450s. I'm a huge fan of that computer, what an excellent machine! I'm thinking of replacing my 2013 Asus Zenbook with one of those.I think it's awful Lenovo has started making its successors without the removable battery.
(DIR) Post #9uCXsHfjNeV17MdLuK by douginamug@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-19T12:26:08Z
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@popey I thought Ubuntu dropped unity, and was back to gnome with a unity theme?
(DIR) Post #9uD8N01edUi7iPpkw4 by kev@fosstodon.org
2020-04-19T19:15:08Z
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@popey thanks!
(DIR) Post #9uEfcvNFBr0JZD5qoC by sudo@social.librem.one
2020-04-20T01:15:15Z
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@douginamug Yes. That's right. Ubuntu dropped the Unity DE back in 18.04 LTS release. However, @popey 'upgraded' his pre-existing Ubuntu 14.04 installation on the ThinkPad to Ubuntu 20.04. It wasn't a 'clean install'. Hence, he still has the Unity DE.
(DIR) Post #9uEfcvh602sqYmNhke by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-20T13:02:28Z
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@sudo @douginamug Uh. No. That's not entirely accurate. You can clean install 20.04 and install Unity on top. It's still in the repo, and never went away. It's just not the default and not actively developed.
(DIR) Post #9uEfgmZvpiA9RlrrGa by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-20T13:03:07Z
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@douginamug We did, but it's still in the Ubuntu archive, and still installable. Just like lots of old, unmaintained software ;)
(DIR) Post #9uEfizsnL5edHwkMBk by douginamug@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-19T12:26:52Z
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@DonMcCollough @popey does the beta update to full 20.04 LTS?
(DIR) Post #9uEfj05YZdrXvWiY52 by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-20T13:03:35Z
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@douginamug @DonMcCollough Sure. Just keep updating and you'll be on 20.04 on Thursday (some time).
(DIR) Post #9uEfkX6DKJpsb4kunI by sudo@social.librem.one
2020-04-20T13:03:39Z
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@popey @douginamug Oops! My mistake. Thanks for pointing it out, though. 😄 👍
(DIR) Post #9uEfmSEqN0Rk6IhzGa by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-20T13:03:54Z
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@RasmusLindegaard The X220 is a great machine. I'm tempted to get a couple more :D
(DIR) Post #9uFIxSS3oXiO9x816u by RasmusLindegaard@mastodon.social
2020-04-20T20:23:12Z
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@popey I honestly detest the 'old' lenovo keyboards... Recall your recent UserError episode, where you mentioned the feel of a fork grinding over your teeth? ( 😛️ ) thinking about describing the feel of those exact laptop keyboards brings that part of your podcast to mind...Sorry about that, wasn't a nice thing to mention, was it? 😬️Did you actually like Unity, or were you one of those who rejoiced when Ubuntu changed back to Gnome?
(DIR) Post #9uFQd6ukyj6xClML4q by DonMcCollough@fosstodon.org
2020-04-20T21:49:09Z
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@popey Thank you for the confirmation :) @douginamug
(DIR) Post #9uFdcu8HndhGy0v4iG by popey@ubuntu.social
2020-04-21T00:14:48Z
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@RasmusLindegaard I loved Unity and still do. It's faster and has better UX than most other desktop environments.
(DIR) Post #9uGTwaNO9sdF6Mgp2e by RasmusLindegaard@mastodon.social
2020-04-21T10:01:01Z
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@popey I concur. I was one of those who thought it was an upgrade. And though Mr. Wimpress and co. has done an excellent job turning Gnome 3 into something usable (20.04 really does look good) I am not certain that Unity did not have more potential. Anyhow, it does look rather aged these days, it's funny how quickly that happens 😛️
(DIR) Post #9uGvduEetadVuNUHjM by Jared@fosstodon.org
2020-04-21T15:11:20Z
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@popey @RasmusLindegaard Out of general curiousity, what is your current favourite desktop environment or window manager?