Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, John Jason Jordan wrote: As has been mentioned here recently, today, April 28, is the release date for Natty Narwhal, Ubuntu 11.04. For the record, yesterday was the official release date for Slackware-13.37. So there. :-) Rich

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Russell Senior
Paul == Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com writes: Paul The default destop feels like the old netbook-spin desktop. It's Paul not really my favorite, but it's pretty attractive and its Paul operation is easy enough to grok. Making it hard to find and re-enable the old style desktop, so that

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Russell Senior wrote: I really don't like the computer-as-uncomfortably-large-smartphone idea. And it probably is tiring on the arm holding it against your ear. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Russell Senior wrote: Paul == Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com writes: Paul The default destop feels like the old netbook-spin desktop. Paul It's not really my favorite, but it's pretty attractive and Paul its operation is easy enough to grok. Making it hard to find

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Russell Senior
Paul == Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com writes: Paul On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Russell Senior wrote: Paul == Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com writes: Paul The default destop feels like the old netbook-spin desktop. Paul It's not really my favorite, but it's pretty attractive and its Paul

[PLUG] Support, XKCD, and Re: Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:36:19AM -0700, Russell Senior wrote: Yeah, I finally buckled as more and more devices started showing up (family laptops, family desktops) that I didn't want to have to pay so much attention to. Ubuntu has historically given a pleasant out-of-the-box experience for

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Bruce Kilpatrick
On 04/28/2011 07:20 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: As has been mentioned here recently, today, April 28, is the release date for Natty Narwhal, Ubuntu 11.04. I have downloaded the Alternate, Desktop and Server of the Ubuntu live CDs, 32- and 64-bit. I have also downloaded Kubuntu Alternate and

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:44:38 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com dijo: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, John Jason Jordan wrote: As has been mentioned here recently, today, April 28, is the release date for Natty Narwhal, Ubuntu 11.04. For the record, yesterday was the official release

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-04-29 Thread Mike Connors
Yeah, I finally buckled as more and more devices started showing up (family laptops, family desktops) that I didn't want to have to pay so much attention to.  Ubuntu has historically given a pleasant out-of-the-box experience for non-nerds.  Maybe Unity would be fine for a non-nerd, but ...