Global MenuIt is that concept that we find in the latest versions of Ubuntu that means: Locate the options (File, Tools, etc.) in the upper panel, in order to remove this from the windows and save space. A concept that when Ubuntu implemented it for the first time was highly criticized by several, either because they did not like the idea or because it was simply stated that Ubuntu was already copying too much to Mac.
The point is that when you have several windows open it becomes complex to put the appropriate options in the panel, that is why in the next Ubuntu (14.04) everything will be the same as it was before:
As you can see, no more Global Menu, the options will reappear in every window. Of course, these options will be hidden when they are not being used.
The words of Marco Trevisan (developer) were:
We wanted to finally propose a solution to fix the main user experience bug that we have in Unity since the first version: menus that are difficult to find or that are too far from their original window.
Having the application menus on the top panel worked great on small screens, but now, especially with high-DPI monitors, the top panel could really be a long way from the window.
By the way, apparently several updates are being made within the Unity core to support GTK3 CSS, that is, like Gnome3, various visual aspects work with CSS code.
Well, it's an Ubuntu feature that I think will appeal to more than one, partly because they don't like the Global Menu or because they just think Ubuntu makes the right choice to look a little less like Mac.
why!? God, I call it the windows syndrome, having concepts as functional as ribbon ... well, at least they included it as part of the window edge, if there was something that screwed my life, it was that this menu is eating vertical space since we use screens wide screen ...
I understand you, at least in Gnome 3.10 they approached something but the title bar took up twice as much space and in the end it was the same.
It can be disabled, don't complain, not everyone likes the global menu.
Having the choice or not is the key. Glad to hear from you again, Pandev !! 🙂
No. It was a good option to reduce space.
But watching and reading the published article, the options are in the close and minimize bar.
We will see this new option, sometimes I am very stubborn in changing something that works correctly for something innovative but if it pleases the end user it will be welcome
As I understand it the global menu will follow. The difference will be that when the window is maximized, the menu options will be in the indicator bar or upper panel, and when they are minimized they will be in the title bar of the window.
In fact they give the option of whether you prefer global menu (top bar) or menu in the title bar (you have to go to Settings> Appearance> Behavior> Application Menu). But in the version I'm testing, with a menu option in the top bar, they also appear in the title bar.
This is how it should have been from the beginning. For my part I really like the global menu because it saves space on the screen, but that detail that when using non-maximized windows or working with several windows at the same time you have to go up to the global menu to find the options is a bummer. Too bad I'm not going to use 14.04 until 2016 to give it time to become super stable like 12.04 already is. 😛
Good thing I save myself the trouble of waiting for a really stabilized Ubuntu LTS with using Debian.
Indeed Eliotime3000 ..: D. But be careful if you also want to be updated, I highly recommend openSUSE with KDE. I switched my pc's and laptop to this distro and I also used it on all my servers .. Of course, the servers go with the minimal installation and without a graphical environment 😀
Meh, but I'm very lazy to configure and customize things and Ubuntu is the out of the box par excellence. If I had the courage to adjust everything myself I would go back to Arch.
Good recommendation from petercheco, I did the same. Well, I specifically started in the linux world with mandriva, then I made the jump to opensuse, then to debian (I did this not because I didn't like opensuse or had problems, but to get rid of the bug to try the legendary debian) and then again to opensuse to stay here.
Debian testing is not uncommon for problems especially recently released with a new version and debian stable ends up simply tiring and boring you. I got tired of being on kde 4.8 when I needed kde 4.10 features and knowing how good opensuse is and how easy it is to stay updated and stable with it, because after almost a year and a half in debian I decided to go back to stay in my beloved opensuse .
For Manuel de la Fuente, to have an opensuse with what you possibly need in out of the box plan, it is enough to add the packman repo, which you can do comfortably from yast with a couple of mouse clicks and that's it.
When you enter opensuse and you know well the possibilities it gives you, it is difficult to want something else. In opensuse you have novelty, stability and ease all in one.
Greetings.
The second main reason I use Ubuntu is because Unity is the most stable desktop I have ever tried. It can be everything you want: slow, heavy (neither one nor the other), weird, etc, but it never gives any problems, besides that it is beautiful as it comes and gives me everything I need. 🙂
As a personal opinion I respect you, but is UNITY the most stable Desktop Environment? Man if XFCE is more stable than Unity by far 😛
Well, in my experience it has not been like that, I have used Xfce in Arch, Debian Testing and Xubuntu, and in all of them I have always encountered the odd bug. In Unity, or at least Precise, nothing fails me yet.
Ubuntu 14.04 is already super stable….
Friends because I liked the CSS of Gnome 3.12 more that will admit the maximize and minimize buttons again without returning the old title bars because I like the minimal style that Gnome is taking BUT I like it in Cinnamon, I would like even more If the apps that have that mode which use Gmenu and that outside of Gnome comes a menu bar with a single menu which says the name of the app, they will use the new button with gear integrated to the app and not in a menu bar so Cinnamon + gnome would be the perfect couple classic apps with super minimal Gnome apps living together in harmony and peace
The last version of ubuntu that I used was. Karmic koala. Then I made the jump to Debian Lenny, the following year. I have no idea if I ever go back to Ubuntu, but I wish you luck lol.
hahahaha the same I say I am a delicatessen 😀
Excellent
This solution, although it does not solve all the complaints about Unity, in my case it comes very late: It has been several months since I switched to KDE.
Pffffff then what a change.
they will do it as it is in Kubuntu
Good decision, when minimized it is a hassle.
Greetings.
Very well done. The Global Menu was great on Netbook screens, but is no longer relevant on maximized screens. Congratulations Ubuntu.
Hopefully unity e__e dies too
Why?! Unity is cool, what isn't cool at all is Canonical.
Good for Ubuntu, very true it was copied from Mac.
It seems to me that the headline is a bit yellowish. Neither the global menu dies nor does the menu return to the windows like a lifetime.
Well, it is one of the aspects of Ubuntu 13.10 that I like the least, it is confusing to have the menu up there, I think it is good that they remove it, in fact, could it not be removed now?
I really liked the global menu, Linux users have a syndrome that does not allow us to move forward, and we do not like any change, no matter how beneficial it is. We want to have the same interface that we have since the beginning of time just because we get used to it: /
the global menu was the only thing I liked about unity, but it was true that having several non-maximized windows open made it a bit complicated. the modifications are welcome, maybe at some point I will give unity a second chance
It seems to me that they are a little misinformed. The Global Menu is not going to die, they will only give the user the option of having the Global Menu as it is or having it within the same window. If you look at it, it is not the normal menu that all the other distris have, it is on the top edge. anyway, it is a good thing to give options and as I understand it, the Global Menu is still the default in the distribution.
no no no, the title is wrong (and a bit sensational 😛), the menu will continue, now an option is included to have the menu on each window.
Either way, die or not, I like that Ubuntu copy the good ideas of OS X. Too bad that in KWin this is never going to happen. Why? Well, for many reasons that its developer explained on his blog not long ago.
Too bad Ubuntu has nothing to do with me, because I love how it looks 😀
Is there a way to achieve the above in KDE?
In KDE 4.10 or higher you can put the menu bar at the top of the screen, in the application or as a button on the title bar.
You only need the appmenu-qt package, in some distros it is already installed in others not.
If you also want GTK applications you will have to install the appmenu-gtk and / or appmenu gtk3.
After having that you configure where you want the menu bar to appear.
Thank you! I just did it and it worked for me, however is it possible to achieve what Unity does? (Instead of a button, the tools menu on the title bar)
-install plasma-widget-menubar and add it to the panel you want
-go to system settings-> application appearance-> style-> fine tuning
-in Menubar style change it to Only export.
I think that the function as such does not exist, but if you are in the most modular and customizable desktop you can achieve it.
It occurs to me to do it by hiding the title bar (in window decoration), although you would have to use the keyboard to minimize or close the window, or customize a mouse gesture for that.
Thanks for your suggestions! I will carry them out and investigate more about it.
I don't see it as a tragedy
From what I had read and if I remember correctly it is only when the window is not maximized. or not?
I never got used to it in the short time I used Ubuntu. So I switched to Kubuntu and will be there for a long time.