[Bglug] Ubuntu 17.10 quick review

[ted leslie]

I recently got into snaps (snapd), and one of the primary issue with snaps
is the X11 low (lack of) security,
and years back they said that would end with ubuntu/unity/mir (iirc),
i think mir is gone, and talk of ubuntu+wayland?
do you know is wayland on 17.10 as x11 (secure) replacement.
Snaps seems like good idea, but not a large amount of uptake on it yet :(

-tl

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Andrew Howlett <andrew at howlett.net> wrote:

> 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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