Re: [orca-list] Unity vs mait, what to choose for daily use

[Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com>]

Hi alex,
Just a few couple of quick comments.
Firstly, I know what archive you are refering to.
I just wished to know if there are some developments off late.
I know Unity will have the dash accessible in Vinux 5, my issue is if
same updates have been provided to Ubuntu 14.04 as well or not.
That's the only thing I wished to know.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On 10/04/2015, Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com> wrote:
> I use Gnome-shell 3.12 on Ubuntu 14.04.  No issues with accessibility worth
> mentioning.  I've used Mate and couldn't stand it because I can't just hit
> super and type the  name of the app I want to launch and have it pop up
> after just the first couple of letters so, I switched back to Shell.  I have
> not used Unity and have no interest in using it because it is incompatible
> with Gnome-shell 3.12's necessary dependencies from the gnome3 repository.
> I also have my Gnome Shell pretty heavily extended with things like the
> applications, places and removable storage menues on the top bar, workspace
> switcher, window navigator and a few others.
>
> I admit I am a bit puzzled by your question since you have asked almost the
> self same question multiple times in recent months on this list, are a
> frequenter of this list with what I am sure is advanced knowledge of how to
> search an archive and the fact that there have been many wel-discussed
> threads in the last three or four months on this very topic.  This is my way
> of explaining why my post is more vague than I probably could make it since
> I, for one, have written extensively on my experiences with Gnome shell on
> here before and can't quite bring myself to write the same thing over and
> over again when there are perfectly serviceable and accessible search fields
> on the live.gnome.org page for this mailing list the use of which can
> furnish you with all sorts of useful info on these desktops. From me and
> many others who've given some awesome detailed information far better than
> what I have written.
>
> Thanks.
> Alex M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of kk
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 1:07 AM
> To: Orca List
> Subject: [orca-list] Unity vs mait, what to choose for daily use
>
> Dear all,
> I am about to purchase a new laptop (a thinkpad t440 ) in a few hours.
>
> I am now confused what to put on it/
> Unity? mait?
> I had discussed this earlier, Unity seems to be just fine except that dash
> issue, which I don't know if it was fixed.
> So that seems my first natural choice.
> I am going to upgrate my machine to 8 gb ddr 3 ram so Unity should not be an
> issue.
> However I am also curious about mait and want to know what all works fine
> with latest version of Orca.
> Kindly list all that works.
> Wifi access, all the panels, launcher or what ever they call in mait and
> firefox.
> I also use Libre office Calc and some times writer.
> Of course being a programmer, I use Eclipse extensively.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
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