So due to W7 hardware support dying down, I wanna go Ubuntu+W10(For

Ubuntu Mate.

>>58069139
Thanks anon.

>>58069139
Yep this one. Ubuntu used to use GNOME back when it looked like your pic related. But ever since then GNOME has really changed its look a lot, so MATE is a project that is supposed to be just like what GNOME used to look like.

Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu GNOME with gnome classic enabled, Xubuntu with a custom panel setup, it's p easypeasy to emulate the old Gnome 2 setup

I feel like a heretic for saying it's kinda shit tho desu, especially on 16:9 widescreen monitors

>>58069305
>>58069386
The Linux community was nicer a few years ago when almost everyone used either Gnome 2 or Plasma 4 instead of the "millions" of forks that exist now.

>>58069788
Agreed.

With most people working on or using one DE, most had answers for issues and/or were working on fixes for them.

Now, with everyone being their own special snowflake, it just dilutes the power of the crowd.

>>58069083
> W7 hardware support dying down
Some specific examples?

>>58069083
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>>58069083
>So due to W7 hardware support dying down, I wanna go Ubuntu+W10(For games only)
It's a good idea, i also recommend to support game developers who supports linux when possible because that's the only way all of us can have some choice in the future.

>I used to use Ubuntu in the late 2000s but the newer GUI Unity or whatever looks like eye cancer.
>What's the easiest way to get the old UI back?
Try another DE, if you want the old gnome 2 try ubuntu mate, it's a fork of the DE you used to like.

>>58069753
no it's macOS

>>58069083
Use KDE.

Its way better than that outdated MATE trash

>>58070094
Skylake? Retard.

depends on what you like OP

desu arch-anywhere with cinnamon is comfty and it has AUR which makes things easier

>>58071303
idk, Kubuntu was really buggy on my computer. Not sure if it's KDE that sucks or if it just sucks on Ubuntu

i second the people recommending MATE desktop. I installed it over my Kubuntu and haven't booted into the KDE environment since

>>58069083
>So due to W7 hardware support dying down
What? It has security support for the next 3+ years from Microsoft and who knows when 3rd party software vendors will stop supporting it. People are still out there using XP and by the time 7 rolled around it really was outdated.

>>58071762
kde is more resource intensive.

runs fine on my 5 year old laptop, though I did enforce full screen repaints in the display settings to get rid of artifacts that happened constantly.

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Feel like crying when I look at this desu

>>58071781
>artifacts that happened constantly

exactly what my problem was. The PC it's installed on is very average, i5 integrated graphics, 4gb ddr3, nothing fancy. I might try the full screen repaints thing whenever I use it again

>>58071323
It is supported now and this support will not go anywhere. It's just a bad meme.

>>58071781
>>58071845
Weird, I have 0 issues with KDE and it's fancy stuff but I have issues with any other DE. Gnome 3 runs like complete crap.

AMD APU btw

>>58071811
That was pretty much the perfect out-of-the-box desktop look. The feels.

>>58072010
KDE runs pretty well generally, I think it's something to do with integrated or nvidia graphics that can cause issues, but it's an easy fix. Like I said even though it's probably the most resource heavy DE it runs without any issues on my old lappy.

I have to admit, the way they prefix all the bundled applications with "K" pisses me off more than it should.

>>58072041
So cleverly and aesthetically designed, indeed