On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:11 PM, John Meissen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anybody know if Ubuntu 12.04 is supported by Fusion on a Mac? My early > search > results seem to indicate that's a negative. :-( > No idea. > > Right now I'm running Fusion 3. I haven't seen any reason to upgrade > because it > seems like the main reason would be to get Lion support, and I may never > upgrade my Mac to Lion. :-P > > I have more than one Ubuntu 10.04LTS install that I should be upgrading, > and > figured I'd try my VMWare install first to see how it went. The net result > is a > trashed system. The login screen video is so messed up I can barely see > what > I'm trying to do. Once I get in it's OK, but the VMWare Tools don't > install so > now I don't have shared folders, and who knows what else. > > And OMG, how do I get rid of Unity? It just makes me want to scream. > When you know how to use the HUD and Customize Appearance it works much better than most DE's and saves so much time over a menu based DE. But you can remove it using apt-get remove and just replace it with another DE such as xfce or kde. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/doityourself-it-guy/diy-replace-ubuntu-unity-with-a-different-desktop/742 > > I have another VMWare-based install that I use for work, which I guess I > won't > be updating any time soon. :-( My other two systems are running on real > hardware, but I'll be damned if I'm going to subject myself to Unity on a > full-time basis. > > john- > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- *Benjamin Kerensa* *http://benjaminkerensa.com* *"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu* _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
