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Gonna download Xubuntu later purely because I'm curious about XFCE 4.8 that is getting a lot of hype. Just gonna try it out as a live cd. I'll report back results later if anyone cares.
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The Narwhals are getting naughty or is it Natty: The Ubuntu 11.04 thread |OT|
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Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Alright 11.04, you win. This is the best Ubuntu I've used by far (though I've only used 10.04 and 10.10) and is one of my favorite operating systems only surpassed by Snow Leopard.
benjipwns
Banned
I was initially negative on the change, but I'm not minding it at all really. I've been "full in" since 8.04 on my laptop. (I leave my desktop Vista just because it's easier for gaming, and said laptop still has a Vista partition if it's needed for whatever reason. Mainly playing certain games.) And have used it, Fedora and even...sigh...Mandrake for a number of years prior. But Ubuntu has made some awesome strides recently.Flying_Phoenix said:
Not to disparage others, Mint and a number of others continue to do some really great work (just played with the new Mint off USB and I probably would have switched if I didn't like Unity), but Ubuntu still stands out a bit as that "entry-level" Linux and that's important I think.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Does anybody know if there is an AMD HD6850 driver for Ubuntu yet? I've been wanting to try it for ages and every time I do, I install the driver it offers me and the screen goes black.
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Deleted member 1235
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my experience also.justin.au said:
it's also completely fucked with xbmc. Videos run shit, make hissing noises, screen tearing, jamming all the time. Worst release for me ever.
I tried the upgrade, broke machine. Did fresh install and finding it both slow and horrible. Downgrading to LTS release again. Should never have touched the media centre
Myke Greywolf
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OK, tried to install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 11.04. Failed horribly.
Took the opportunity to switch to Mint.
Here's the deal: Unity is not for me. Not because of it being horrible or anything (it's a lot less horrible now than it was initially), but because of my particular display configuration: I need to have a second display to the left of my main one, and this makes it hard to activate the Unity task bar. Total deal breaker, for me.
I could have used Gnome 2 on Ubuntu 11.04, but I couldn't get it to work on my second display.
Took the opportunity to switch to Mint.
Here's the deal: Unity is not for me. Not because of it being horrible or anything (it's a lot less horrible now than it was initially), but because of my particular display configuration: I need to have a second display to the left of my main one, and this makes it hard to activate the Unity task bar. Total deal breaker, for me.
I could have used Gnome 2 on Ubuntu 11.04, but I couldn't get it to work on my second display.
I upgraded two machines so far. Only problem I encountered was something to do with openoffice. So I uninstalled everything openoffice in synaptic and everything went smooth as butter.
Post instalation I got hit with Unity and I had not heard much about it. I found it difficult to use and was at a loss how to get to config options. And it sucks a little on a 4:3 display.
Luckily at login you can choose Ubuntu-Classic and I've done that for my Work machine. And evolution now connects properly to Exchange now (worked in 10.04, broken in 10.10).
On my home, kitchen table, laptop I dirty big old Dell clunker, I have left unity on it. As I usually use it for web browsing It works well and I'd like to get to know it better and see how the updates improve it.
I've noticed performance benefits with 11.04, much smoother on both machines, better default theme too. I'm happy. Well done Ubuntu!!..
Post instalation I got hit with Unity and I had not heard much about it. I found it difficult to use and was at a loss how to get to config options. And it sucks a little on a 4:3 display.
Luckily at login you can choose Ubuntu-Classic and I've done that for my Work machine. And evolution now connects properly to Exchange now (worked in 10.04, broken in 10.10).
On my home, kitchen table, laptop I dirty big old Dell clunker, I have left unity on it. As I usually use it for web browsing It works well and I'd like to get to know it better and see how the updates improve it.
I've noticed performance benefits with 11.04, much smoother on both machines, better default theme too. I'm happy. Well done Ubuntu!!..
Gahhh, this fcuking sucks.
Apparently, kernel series 2.6.38 (used by Ubuntu 11, Fedora 15, etc) has a bug (?) which prevents certain laptop mobo chipsets from operating the screen backlight, resulting in a pitch black screen. Only way to get it to work is to force the boot loader to start the system with "NOMODESET". Problem is that "NOMODESET" loads some generic display driver which has no hardware acceleration and forces the screen to use some obscure resolutions which means no Unity for my shitty ass Acer eMachines
I've tried setting up a vm on my Macbook pro, and I still can't get Unity to work. The display driver used by vmware fusion doesn't allow 3d effects under linux : /
Apparently, kernel series 2.6.38 (used by Ubuntu 11, Fedora 15, etc) has a bug (?) which prevents certain laptop mobo chipsets from operating the screen backlight, resulting in a pitch black screen. Only way to get it to work is to force the boot loader to start the system with "NOMODESET". Problem is that "NOMODESET" loads some generic display driver which has no hardware acceleration and forces the screen to use some obscure resolutions which means no Unity for my shitty ass Acer eMachines
I've tried setting up a vm on my Macbook pro, and I still can't get Unity to work. The display driver used by vmware fusion doesn't allow 3d effects under linux : /
ok, installation is finished. i really like it!
now i have some questions:
how can i access all the apps i have installed without resorting to the filtering in the UI?
what are the best apps available?
how can i make the pc to open normally on windows and, after that, what button should i press during boot up to reach the menu with the OS selection?
thanks.
now i have some questions:
how can i access all the apps i have installed without resorting to the filtering in the UI?
what are the best apps available?
how can i make the pc to open normally on windows and, after that, what button should i press during boot up to reach the menu with the OS selection?
thanks.
After playing with Unity since release i'm giving Xubuntu a go. I'm not a huge hater of Unity but currently I'm stuck with the unity bar always showing.... or showing about 1/2 the time since auto-hide is borked. Also I usually have enough crap going on that I end up feeling more hindered by Unity than I do helped by it. I do need to find an xfce skin that makes it look exactly like CDE in all it's motif glory as soon as I get home from work.
Vanillalite
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moist said:
The default Xubuntu skin is pimp. You should keep it. The Greybird theme is awesome! Just change your wallpaper if you want.
°°ToMmY°° said:
1) You can't as far as I know. After launching unity you can click on all apps and it would sho them all.
2) You have to edit /boot/grub/grub.cgf
"gksude gedit /etc/grub/grub.cfg"
and change the default=0 line to the system you want launched to default.
example
Linux 2.6.38 -Default=0
linux 2.6.38 recovery - Default=1
memtest - Default=2
windows - Default=3
So exhange the 0 to the appropiate line where windows is.
For grub to not appear you can change the delay=X variable. I would recommend using delay=5 just in case so you have 5 seconds to touch a key just in case you need it.
Sorry if confusing, im high as fuck.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
i am still on the wall about installing ubuntu. every time i do, i always regret it. and the only way to install it is to split my harddrive into to 2 partitions.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
I'm liking Unity, but the the random bugs are making me try out Xubuntu. The Unity taskbar sometimes doesn't hide when i full screen programs and it is random when it does auto hide or doesn't, but when everything is working i really like it.
canadian crowe
Member
I think I'm screwed but if anybody could help I'd be really grateful.
I had to reset my iPhone 3GS and now it wants me to plug it in to iTunes to set it up again. The only problem is that I'm exclusively on Ubuntu, and don't have iTunes. Is there any way to set it up on Ubuntu without installing Windows again.
I had to reset my iPhone 3GS and now it wants me to plug it in to iTunes to set it up again. The only problem is that I'm exclusively on Ubuntu, and don't have iTunes. Is there any way to set it up on Ubuntu without installing Windows again.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
I just did on 30 gb. But know I can't accses my windows folders. So now I see no point in using it if I can't accsess the files that are stored in windows =(peakish said:Install it in Windows like any other software, if you regret it later you can just remove it without having to fix partitions and stuff
peppermints
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Made the switch to 11.04 Xubuntu.. Ubuntu w/ Unity was just too slow on my netbook (I know you can have classic Ubuntu but I actually do like Unity, just too sluggish).
Is there somewhere else I can go to get more themes for Xubuntu? I want a darker one similar to the default Ubuntu theme.
Is there somewhere else I can go to get more themes for Xubuntu? I want a darker one similar to the default Ubuntu theme.
Messed around with Unity some more....yeah this UI needed a bit more time in the oven. I'm coming around to the general design concept of it, but the implementation is just SO sloppy. One example is xchat randomly not being recognized as open in the dock (and thus you not being able to switch to it)
Appearance-wise it also could be better, but compizconfig helps a bit.
Appearance-wise it also could be better, but compizconfig helps a bit.
hitsugi
Member
Threi said:Messed around with Unity some more....yeah this UI needed a bit more time in the oven. I'm coming around to the general design concept of it, but the implementation is just SO sloppy. One example is xchat randomly not being recognized as open in the dock (and thus you not being able to switch to it)
Appearance-wise it also could be better, but compizconfig helps a bit.
another example is the fact that you can't move the placement of the menu bar...
prelude514
Banned
I'm trying to install 11.04, but I'm having a weird issue. Hoping someone here can help me!
My Live CD boots fine on my main PC, but whenever I try to boot off of it to install onto my laptop, I get a corrupted screen.
It'll start loading:
And then when (I assume) it reaches the desktop, this is the result:
Laptop = HP Pavillion DV2000
Anyone have any suggestions for a Linux noob that wants to learn?
My Live CD boots fine on my main PC, but whenever I try to boot off of it to install onto my laptop, I get a corrupted screen.
It'll start loading:
And then when (I assume) it reaches the desktop, this is the result:
Laptop = HP Pavillion DV2000
Anyone have any suggestions for a Linux noob that wants to learn?
Big Chungus
Member
I installed Ubuntu using Wubi on my netbook and it keeps freezing whenever I try to log on.
Tap the caps lock once or twice to see if it is a hard freeze (if the caps lock lights don't change then keyboard and probably mouse are locked up). You can try the safe mode boot from the boot loader.
Try Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F2, Ctrl-Alt-F3, Ctrl-Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-F5 or Ctrl-Alt-F6 to access the consoles. and see if you can login that way.
Try Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F2, Ctrl-Alt-F3, Ctrl-Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-F5 or Ctrl-Alt-F6 to access the consoles. and see if you can login that way.
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 (64-bit) on a separate partition. After everything was finally installed... all my computer does is boot Windows 7. I'm assuming there is a problem with the bootloader and was wondering what the most easiest way to fix this is. It's kind of frustrating knowing Ubuntu is sitting on my hard drive unable to be used because of this.
Mistake
Member
Oh I just got Ubuntu 11.04 on my Netbook. My friend suggested linux for playing anime since I have problems on windows. So far I'm really liking it, and the video playback has been smoother.
Now what is the difference between those versions of linux? Just the interface and a few other things? I have to admit that Kubuntu looks pretty nice, but I'm not going to take out ubuntu for it since I just put it on. I get to watch anime again, so I'm pretty happy anyway
Now what is the difference between those versions of linux? Just the interface and a few other things? I have to admit that Kubuntu looks pretty nice, but I'm not going to take out ubuntu for it since I just put it on. I get to watch anime again, so I'm pretty happy anyway
Vanillalite
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Interface and then some backend stuff to run the interface and as well as default programs. KDE has different default apps for instance, but everything is in the software center of course!
SciencePilot
Member
Hey guys, I don't know anything about linux or computers in general, so please bear with me. But anyway, I just got this version of Ubuntu installed as a virtual machine on my windows 7. So well, I was reading the OP and I came across this:
However, I can't get this to work by default. Is there anything I have to do to enable it or something?
God, Unity is such shit. I love having apps that minimize to notification icons completely dissappear. You can sorta hack them into the whitelist for the menu bar, but it seems to just not work for some, or drop their notification icon outside the bar for others. I feel like I shouldn't turn off Unity because it's the default now and therefore the future, but it's just too shitty to keep using.
I feel like this is the worst release in a long time. I've seen zero benefit from upgrading from 10.10.
I feel like this is the worst release in a long time. I've seen zero benefit from upgrading from 10.10.
Vanillalite
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Diablos said:
Post in the GAF Linux thread...
You'll get a better response there actually!
PS: I was surprised my thread was bumped and to see all of you new Linux posters. You people need to come join Linux-GAF in my thread I linked to above!!
You can turn off Unity by going back to Ubuntu Classic.Trouble said:
http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/
Vanillalite
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thcsquad said:
Actually Linux-GAF has fixed this problem before, but my Ubuntu thread isn't usually where Nix GAF hangs.
Actually I get a ton of random posters here that never ever post with nix gaf in our home thread.
GotEmRunnin
Member
Glad I found this. Can't wait for the update. This thing is looking better and better. Only thing I need now is steam for linux and I'm golden.
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