The whole point of Ubuntu is that it is suited for the non-technical user. If a user is comfortable with doing a lot of command line tweaking, there are probably better distros for him.
The hyperlink is a whole website of command line fixes that indicate that 11.04 is not ready for prime time. New Users should clearly be steered away from 11.04. Just looking at the link is enough to make you want to put Windows back in your system. Mark On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 19:56 -0400, Luther Woodrum wrote: > > On Thu, 5 May 2011, Sean Dague wrote: > > > Unity and Ubuntu 11.04 remains somewhat a topic of strife in the Linux > > community right now, as we talked a bit about at the meeting last night, > > especially the lack of customizability. It turns out this isn't true, but > > customizing is hidden a bit more. > > http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html > > provides a lot of good info on ways to tweak your desktop. > > > > Like I said last night, Unity's current biggest sin in my mind was that it > > wasn't actually ready for release. It needs more time to bake out. > > > > Other hints and tips are welcome on this thread, but please refrain from > > long > > rants without productive tips, the internet is all full up on those > > already. > > :) > > > > -Sean > > A freind chose the upgrade to 11.04 option from 10.04.1. > Now he cannot access any of the files from the file manager, even though > they are all there r/w from the command line. > > The FM reports I/O error for anything. None of the applications work > either. > > Is there a simple way to downgrade to 10.04.1 from the 10.04.1 DVD > by preserving all the files? > > It seems like it should work. > > Lex > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 1 - Zimbra > Jul 6 - Jul 2011 > Aug 3 - Scala - 100th MHVLUG meeting -- Mark Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011 Aug 3 - Scala - 100th MHVLUG meeting
