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Can't have too many DEs - New Maui Desktop

Started by Jason, January 01, 2022, 02:41:53 AM

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Jason

This looks interesting. It's supposed to work well on lower-powered devices.

https://news.itsfoss.com/maui-shell-unveiled/
Zorin OS 17.3 installed on:
* Dell Precision 3630 Tower - i5-8600@3.1 GHz (4.3 GHz turbo) six core, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 drive, GeForce 1060 card (Zorin OS 17.3)
* Lenovo ThinkPad T480 w/ i5-8350U@1.7 GHz (3.4 GHz turbo) 4 cores/8 threads, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 drive, touchscreen (Zorin OS 17.3)

fox

Definitely interesting, although as shown in the link, it looks too similar to MacOS X. I wonder if the dock can be moved to the left side?

What looks particularly interesting is the convergence feature. But even if it works well, I doubt that I could run it on my Samsung S20 without breaking it.
Ubuntu 26.04 on 2019 5k iMac
Ubuntu 24.04 on Dell XPS 13

Jason

I forgot to mention the convergence. Maybe this will be the replacement for the Ubuntu desktop that used to do this. It sounds like it's pretty early yet to know how efficient it is or what it will run on. I'd be afraid to brick my device, too. Perhaps if I had an old phone, I'd try it. Or if it will run on a Huawei tablet...
Zorin OS 17.3 installed on:
* Dell Precision 3630 Tower - i5-8600@3.1 GHz (4.3 GHz turbo) six core, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 drive, GeForce 1060 card (Zorin OS 17.3)
* Lenovo ThinkPad T480 w/ i5-8350U@1.7 GHz (3.4 GHz turbo) 4 cores/8 threads, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 drive, touchscreen (Zorin OS 17.3)