Re: Desktop change consequences

2013-04-08 Thread Andrew Huys
Sure, I did it for a while, then realized that XFCE is way better ;) sudo apt-get install unity If it doesn't work out like you hope, to get rid of unity: sudo apt-get purge unity sudo apt-get autoremove Good luck! On 04/08/2013 01:45 PM, Pete Wright wrote: If this question is too newbie

Re: Desktop change consequences

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:45:40 +0200, Pete Wright pnwri...@gmail.com wrote: If this question is too “newbie” or worse, heretical, please forgive and then ignore me. It isn't, you should asked what ever you want, sure, you also should search the web yourself a little bit, but since that isn't

Re: Desktop change consequences

2013-04-08 Thread Pete Wright
Thanks to all for all the helpful feedback. The reference to GIMP while we're at school... made me smile. I am a newbie to Ubuntu and Linux. But not to messing with new things in a world not quite ready. I was laughed out of a technical meeting of movie equipment pros one time when I told them

Re: Desktop change consequences

2013-04-08 Thread Alf Haakon Lund
On 08. april 2013 19:45, Pete Wright wrote: If this question is too “newbie” or worse, heretical, please forgive and then ignore me. I changed from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu Studio 12.10 primarily because GIMP was slightly flakey (main problem was it wouldn't accept ctr key combination like ctr+

Re: Desktop change consequences

2013-04-08 Thread Pete Wright
I guess I would say the functions that play to my inherent laziness. Love the heads up search, especially. Nothing one can't do in Studio with a few more clicks, though. And I can't change the desktop picture to one of my own in Studio -- and no, I won't be surprised to learn that is a bug or

Re: Desktop change consequences

2013-04-08 Thread Pete Wright
I loved our Arriflex. Couldn't afford its care and feeding today, though. Even in 1975 it cost about $11 a minute to turn it on. That was the number that ran in my head while shooting; I think it was total cost of film, processing, and one copy one-light work print. On the subject of sound on

Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 6

2013-04-08 Thread Kaj Ailomaa
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:54:30 +0200, leo le...@yahoo.com wrote: What is the process to...use the terminal upgrade-manager -d -c to upgrade 12.10 to 13.04...?? Looks like you've been reading the test procedures for upgrading Ubuntu Studio? All tests were completed in order for us to be