[Bglug] Ubuntu 17.10 quick review

Andrew Howlett andrew at howlett.net
Mon Oct 23 12:15:01 EDT 2017


hi everyone,

i **cautiously** installed ubuntu 17.10 on my daily use computer saturday night. Verdict: ubuntu 17.10 rocks!

for those who use other distros, you might not know that for the past few years ubuntu used an ubuntu-only desktop environment called unity. a few months ago Canonical announced that ubuntu would switch back to gnome. so there was some uncertainty about this release. how would the gnome desktop compare to the unity desktop?

IMO the gnome desktop in 17.10 is so close to the unity desktop in 17.04 that there's virtually no difference. the default install worked flawlessly with my laptop's hi-dpi screen. printing and scanning works. wifi works. suspend/resume is good. there's a dock which looks ok but i don't use because i do everything using desktop search, which works fine. basically everything just works.

so i'm making 17.10 with gnome my default boot.

of course, your mileage may vary ...

andrew h.




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