David Groos
2016-08-17 01:57:53 UTC
Hi LTSP folks!
First post here. I recently saw on ubuntu.com website (link with pertinent
text pasted below) in their announcement of 16.04.1. Wonder how Unity under
low graphics mode works compared to Mate. Am leaning towards Mate since
it's quick AND used in Greek schools (so more supported). But, students do
like Unity. Anyone know how these compare for LTSP-pnp (will be using FAT
clients)? I'm wondering about speed and reliability.
Thanks,
David G
From:
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/28/ubuntu-version-16-04-point-1-is-out/
Low graphics mode
An interesting improvement for users of older hardware, those who might
access their machines over a remote-desktop connection or users of virtual
machines. We have been working on improving the optimisations for lower
powered graphics hardware or software backed rendering. The Unity 7 desktop
makes use of modern graphics hardware to display desktop components such as
the dash and to provide visual enhancements to the daily operation of the
desktop. In order to speed up the rendering of the desktop on less powerful
machines we have reduced or removed a lot of the animations and blur
effects. Low graphics mode has always been included in Unity 7 but we are
now a being a bit more aggressive when it comes to disabling some of these
effects. Unity 7 will automatically detect if your hardware is supported
for the full experience and if not it will enable low graphics mode. Users
can also manually enable low graphics mode but those instructions are
beyond the scope of this post and will be followed up in a separate post.
Keep an eye on the usual social media channels for more information.
First post here. I recently saw on ubuntu.com website (link with pertinent
text pasted below) in their announcement of 16.04.1. Wonder how Unity under
low graphics mode works compared to Mate. Am leaning towards Mate since
it's quick AND used in Greek schools (so more supported). But, students do
like Unity. Anyone know how these compare for LTSP-pnp (will be using FAT
clients)? I'm wondering about speed and reliability.
Thanks,
David G
From:
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/28/ubuntu-version-16-04-point-1-is-out/
Low graphics mode
An interesting improvement for users of older hardware, those who might
access their machines over a remote-desktop connection or users of virtual
machines. We have been working on improving the optimisations for lower
powered graphics hardware or software backed rendering. The Unity 7 desktop
makes use of modern graphics hardware to display desktop components such as
the dash and to provide visual enhancements to the daily operation of the
desktop. In order to speed up the rendering of the desktop on less powerful
machines we have reduced or removed a lot of the animations and blur
effects. Low graphics mode has always been included in Unity 7 but we are
now a being a bit more aggressive when it comes to disabling some of these
effects. Unity 7 will automatically detect if your hardware is supported
for the full experience and if not it will enable low graphics mode. Users
can also manually enable low graphics mode but those instructions are
beyond the scope of this post and will be followed up in a separate post.
Keep an eye on the usual social media channels for more information.
