Hi, Since noone else has written on this topic, I thought I would explain my experiences.
First box, quad core x86 with ati graphics card. Installed the new release from the UI - select upgrade. The install went ok - it complained about samba4 and not being happy about the configuration. On boot, it went to the console - no graphics. The error log said, "cannot load fglwrx module". Some time wasted googling, and comments about installing/erasing modules... Solution: Booted the safe graphics option from grub. Selected option to load proprietary modules, and loaded the module for the ati video card. reboot, all good. Oh - the sound settings had changed - I had to change the connector used by the microphone - there was a control in the sound config guit. **** Second box, dual core x86 64 bit, two hard drives. Installed the new release from the UI - select ugprade. On boot, grub stopped dead and said: grub_env_export - symbol not found. Created a usb bootable disk from the x86_64 iso, and booted this. Following http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1677888 sudo mount /dev/sdXx /mnt sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev sudo mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys sudo mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc sudo chroot /mnt Once at the prompt, reinstall grub: grub-install /dev/sdX and then updated grub with update-grub Solved! Phew. Third box - amd64 dual core dual screen... Not yet. =============== Thoughts on the interface: The UI is definately snappier, and is more conservative on screen real estate. Quoting from "somewhere", The purpose of the X interface is to allow more information to be displayed on the screen Unity does this better than gnome (my opinion). So far, I don't have a replacement for the system monitor which runs in the bar at the bottom. My preference is to see a graphical representation of network traffic and cpu usage. However, I think I could be alone in this, as mac and windows don't display this information in the taskbar. My feeling is that cpuusage/network usage is only relevant to a small segment of the population (relevant to geeks in other words). I have read various comments from people about the good/bad switch to unity. Some comments read as: "I have always used gnome and am not prepared to try something new". In other words, there are people out there who are "bound to tradition". My view is that it is unwise to regard the people at Cannonical as stupid. They made an informed choice, and understood the ramifications (could lose their business) and thought carefully. Give them some credit - it is a young UI, and does need time to mature, but it has to be put out there sometime. Whenever it is put out there, people will complain bitterly.. Derek. -- Derek J Smithies Ph.D. Christchurch, New Zealand -- "How did you make it work??" "the usual, got everything right" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
