What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
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What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 3:15 PM
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Or is everyone keeping there heads down for a different distro (Mint anyone? Will probably have Gnome 3 but may not - not seen any comments yet)
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 3:17 PM
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Will download Saturday or Sunday and give my opinion.
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 4:55 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 7:22 PM
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Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 7:26 PM
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It's rubbish.
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Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 7:36 PM
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Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 7:55 PM
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Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
28-04-2011 8:10 PM
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What I won't be doing is blindly upgrading my existing 10.04LTS and 10.10 machines until I have run 11.04 on similar hardware to ensure there are no show stopping problems !
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
06-05-2011 7:00 AM
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Quote from: Hairy Or is everyone keeping there heads down for a different distro (Mint anyone? Will probably have Gnome 3 but may not - not seen any comments yet)
According to the Mint blog they're sticking with GNOME 2.32 for Mint 11
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
06-05-2011 9:08 AM
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(Before someone says I already have Gnome 2.32 on xxx)
From the blog
Quote With the upstream changes in Unity and Gnome 3, some of the big Linux Mint projects (netdiscovery, restoration snapshots) were postponed and more time was given to ensure this release would feature a functional yet traditional desktop. In many ways, Linux Mint 11 feels like a more modern and more polished version of Linux Mint 10. In contrast with the many distributions adopting new interfaces, Linux Mint 11 will feature the best Gnome “2″ desktop you’ve ever got to see.
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
06-05-2011 10:09 AM
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Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
24-05-2011 4:58 PM
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Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
24-05-2011 5:20 PM
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One user switched straight to standard Gnome.
The other user is still on the mobile phone desktop (Unity).
If I can find out how to run Unity but:-
1) Disabling the "Global menu"
2) Enabling proper scrollbars
3) Hiding the clumsy toolbar thing
4) Getting a proper start menu to work
then I might be encouraged to use Unity.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
24-05-2011 6:58 PM
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I then changed the same machine to boot to the 'Classic' desktop and felt right at home again.
However, 11.04 in this mode felt a touch slower than 10.10, so I then added a dual-boot with 10.10 to compare speeds, and 10.10 is still a little quicker.
To be fair most Ubuntu releases seem a bit clunky for the first few weeks and tend to get faster and smoother with the usual updates.
I still haven't quite had the time to build my new Ubuntu 11.04 server to see whether the power saving features do anything worthwhile, but I hope to have this done before the end of June.
So my conclusion so far is that -
- 10.04 'Desktop' is very reliable with least quirks.
- 10.04 'Server' very good but I prefer 10.10 'Server' as that has later versions of some applications, better hardware support, and boots much faster.
- 10.10 'Desktop' has noticeably better hardware support and is fastest to boot, but has some very minor annoyances.
- 10.10 'Server' I am VERY happy with.
- 11.04 'Unity' I just don't use my computer in the way it tries to force me to.
- 11.04 'Classic' I would happily use everyday IF I didn't know that 10.10 was slightly faster on my hardware.
- 11.04 'Server' Not tested yet, but if the new power saving features work then I will upgrade all my machines immediately.
Re: What happened to all the "raves" for Ubuntu 11.04?
26-05-2011 2:04 PM
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Quote from: A I have upgraded one PC to 11.04.
One user switched straight to standard Gnome.
The other user is still on the mobile phone desktop (Unity).
If I can find out how to run Unity but:-
1) Disabling the "Global menu"
2) Enabling proper scrollbars
3) Hiding the clumsy toolbar thing
4) Getting a proper start menu to work
I've discovered how to do 1, 2
For #3, auto-hide is acceptable-ish
There seems to be a ppa to deal with #4 - but I haven't tried it.
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