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Re: Unity8 Desktop Session

 

Thanks mark! glad you're enjoying it & thanks for the feedback.

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 2:20 AM, mark <j.m.holmes@xxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm really enjoying being able to use Unity8 on 16:10 Desktop - it's far
> more usable than I expected it to be.
>
> Thanks for all the hard work everyone. :D
>
> On 04/11/16 22:15, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
>
> On 2016-11-04 06:31 PM, Mitchell Reese wrote:
>
> Still on 16.04 for my desktop - keen to try out the latest Unity8 Desktop session for testing, which I have installed.
> Is there a way I can have the same experience for unity8 on 16.04, as if I updated to 16.10?
>
> Yes: add the Stable Overlay [1], then install the unity8-desktop-session package.
>
> If you're patient, a Unity 8 snap is just around the corner.  While it's not exactly the same as Unity 8 on 16.10, it's
> certainly bleeding edge.  Nothing says you can't do both, but snaps are less invasive of your installed system.
>
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/stable-phone-overlay
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