The news of Gnome as the default desktop has made many users look for new alternatives to use as Ubuntu desktop. The most famous desktops are being used massively by users who leave Unity, but there are other, more unknown alternatives that are becoming more and more popular. One of them is manokwari.
Manokwari is a Gnome shell or interface. It is not properly a desktop but rather a customization of Gnome that significantly transforms it.
Manokwari has an interface similar to Ubuntu Budgie. It has a side panel similar to Raven and uses Plank as the interface dock. The dash is located at the top next to the applets and functions such as the clock, the system shutdown, etc ...
Manokwari is an interface that needs Gnome 3 to work and that has not been updated for a long time. The last update was made in 2016. And despite this, Manokwari has recently been packaged to be installed and used in Ubuntu.
Next we are going to show you how to install Manokwari on Ubuntu 16.04, the LTS version of Ubuntu and possibly the most widely used of all Ubuntu versions.
To install Manokwari we have to open a terminal and write the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dotovr/manokwari sudo apt update && sudo apt install manokwari
This will begin the installation of the various components of the Manokwari interface and depending on the desktop we have, We will be asked for Gnome components.
Manokwari is not a desktop to use, but neither was Unity. But unlike the first, Unity was considered by many to be a true desktop.
If you already use Gnome in Ubuntu, I recommend the use of Manokwari, as it is a very useful and beautiful customization. If you use another desktop, I recommend that you test it in a virtual machine.
The reason for these recommendations is due to the libraries and components that are installed. Harmless if we have Gnome but that can damage or affect the performance of the computer.
and once I install it, how can I get it to run?