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I installed yesterday, on the surface there don't seem to be any changes. My dns stopped working every time after a minute though there seems to be some issue when dnsmasq is installed.

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I hit this all the time on ElementaryOS too. I wish there was a simple (under the hood), usable linux distro.

Why do desktops need to run their own DNS servers, anyway? What about all of the other random enabled by default services? Each one is another thing to break, and another attack vector.

unity 8 session is a big change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JxXMEFHz54

It doesn't matter since they're going to scrap it in 18.04 for Gnome.

Ok but apart from the wobbly transparent windows, does it ACTUALLY IMPROVE USABILITY? I don't see the point of adding in all the animations, transparencies, etc. if they aren't used to giving you the ability to get your work done with less keystrokes/mouse clicks and to show you more information or show you the info you want in a clearer manner. A good example of my gripe is the window switcher in Unity 7 - it shows window thumbnails (which is useless when you have a dozen black terminals, so you just get a dozen black indistinct rectangles) but doesn't show their names, which is really their only distinguishing feature. If it were built with less shiny graphics, literally as a list of text entries, it would be more useful!

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