Favorite Distro that is closet to the old Ubuntu Interface

ChadD said:
Go with Manjaro. If your not sure what DE you want it will be the easiest distro to mess around with. Just be ready to kill it and install from scratch if need be.

INC is advice is good the MATE version... its basically a slightly updated gnome 2.

IMO Unity just looked like a skinned version of Gnome. I am a Gnome 3 user and lover and I don't apologize for that. If you really for some reason want a silly start bar you can add gnome star bar extensions. There are a bunch of good ones. Dock to dash can be made to look exactly like the Unity side bar. (Ubuntu added the code to make it extend full screen).

I would say honestly try out Gnome 3 if you haven't in awhile. I detest start bars... and if I'm forced to use a machine without a activities screen now it drives me batty. It boggles my mind that every OS hasn't trashed the alt-tab for an activities screen its not 1999 our machines can handle large updated window previews.

If you really want a bottom bar (or top bar with launches ect)... and must have a start bar....
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6/applications-menu/

Anyway ya go manjaro... I would just go Gnome3 myself but they have MATE or pretty much every other popular DE option ISOs.
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Install_Desktop_Environments
Its pretty easy to switch manjaros DE at any time... and most will play nicely with each other if you have more then one.
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Have you ever gotten Manjaro to install with UEFI Fast boot enabled and CSM disabled? I have found that it does not work with Asrock Ultra Fast boot.
 
ManofGod said:
Who cares? I do not want to dual boot, period, at all and this is not a Linux vs Windows vs OSX thread, as the title has indicated. I already made it clear, I do not want to dual boot, at all.
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I agree. Why have to reboot when a VM works just fine, or another computer in your case.
 
ManofGod said:
Have you ever gotten Manjaro to install with UEFI Fast boot enabled and CSM disabled? I have found that it does not work with Asrock Ultra Fast boot.
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Have booted it with both Asus and Gigabyte boards... worked with the fast boot options on the Gigabyte for sure not sure I tried on any if my Asus boards. I tend to not turn those on. I sort of like being able to get into my bios settings without pulling my case a part if needed. Both my Gigabyte and Asus boards go from power button pushed to login in around 6-8 seconds without fast boot stuff, really not sure why those settings are even a thing. My opinion anyway.

Not sure why it wouldn't work with Asrocks UFB... having said that I believe the general wisdom on dual boot systems is to turn off all fast boot options as odd things can happen. Perhaps asrocks UFB is assuming the OS has a record of some stuff. Don't quote me but perhaps after a good boot without it, turning it on will work fine.
 
ManofGod said:
I preferred the old Ubuntu interface before they removed it in the latest version. Now, however, the latest versions of Ubuntu have been a bit more buggy and Steam never works on the first try. Therefore, I have tried a bunch of distros over time but have stuck with none.

What is the distro with the closest Ubuntu feel of recently old interface.
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What do you mean by "old Ubuntu interface" Like mate or just Gnome, Gnome 2? ... Sanitized container lol <<< "Unity" >>?!?! .../s

As far as I know, ubuntu is still using just straight X and not Wayland. Or are you using a Wayland setup and that is causing your problems?

I guess we just need more info because I cannot think of a single time that I have installed Ubuntu on a machine and not been able to get steam to work unless I have borked the video card install or something. Of course that is steam, not the games. Sometimes the games have problems, but that is the game and not steam that is screwing up. I could just be behind the times because installing steam is usually a low priority for me. Sometimes I go months after upgrading / installing before I get around to installing steam.

Have you tried a debian stable based distro? I used MX-Linux for years ( mostly because it was easier than getting straight debian up and running ) and it was pretty decent. It's XFCE by default, but you can install other DE's.
 
ManofGod said:
Who cares? I do not want to dual boot, period, at all and this is not a Linux vs Windows vs OSX thread, as the title has indicated. I already made it clear, I do not want to dual boot, at all.
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Good for you.

In relation to KDE vs MacOS, you stated search under KDE was broken, I stated it works better than it does under MacOS as I use MacOS and MacOS has a very good search function and was a great comparison.

There's also a menu similar to Unity's menu under KDE, but apparently KDE has issues according to you.
 
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Mazzspeed said:
Good for you.

In relation to KDE vs MacOS, you stated search under KDE was broken, I stated it works better than it does under MacOS as I use MacOS and MacOS has a very good search function and was a great comparison.

There's also a menu similar to Unity's menu under KDE, but apparently KDE has issues according to you.
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I'm still waiting for him to install something. On system, in a VM... anywhere.
 
ManofGod said:
I preferred the old Ubuntu interface before they removed it in the latest version. Now, however, the latest versions of Ubuntu have been a bit more buggy and Steam never works on the first try. Therefore, I have tried a bunch of distros over time but have stuck with none.

What is the distro with the closest Ubuntu feel of recently old interface.
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Ok, so you have two options really.

1. Install Unity. It's still in the official repos, even in 19.04. Just run sudo apt install unity-session, log out, select Unity, log in.
2. Use Ubuntu MATE which has the mutiny layout that does a pretty good job of emulating Unity.
 
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