I recently installed Ubuntu 11.xx on an old IBM server. 11.04 stated
that I did not have the resources to run Unity, so it was good. Then
when I allowed it to upgrade to 11.10, that version "was able" to use my
system's resources to install and use Unity. Also, during that upgrade
to 11.10, the system decided that I did not need any of my KDE packages
anymore and got rid of them - without even asking me first.
I discovered one major thing. I hate Unity. It will not keep some
monitor packages visible in my desktop, like I want/need. I could not
even find half of the things I wanted to use that was part of Ubuntu's
package.
I did not like the way the system "changed the look and feel" of
LibreOffice.
So I went to Linux Mint 11. Works nice, except I cannot get any videos
to play correctly - sound OK but no visuals. Looks like I will have to
try Kubuntu 11.xx and see how that works.
At least with the IBM server's PCI video card, my monitor can handle the
highest resolution of 1152 by 864, though I never have seen that number
before.
Thanks friends.
Now I know that I do not want anything to do with Unity. Also the
articles currently state GNOME 3 is not ready [by a long shot] for use
even thought it was stated that GNOME 3 was available for download and use.
On 11/12/2011 11:31 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
For the last several releases of Ubuntu, ever since the 9.10, i have found that the "Try it" option does NOT
work on any machine that i have tried. What does seem to work is to 1st click on install but at one of the first
screens there start clicking on the "Back" button until you get back to the screen that offers the "Try
it" option. Then "Try it" works without hanging the system.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 19/10/11, Don C. Myers<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Don C. Myers<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity 3D)
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, 19 October, 2011, 17:59
Hi,
All cd's and burners are not created equal. I've had several instances where a
live Ubuntu cd would not work on one computer, but worked perfectly on another.
If you burned it the computer you are trying to boot it on, it should work. If
you have both a burner and a player, try it in both. If it was burned on a
different player, please burn one on the computer you are trying to boot from,
and then try booting from the burner drive.
Don
On 10/19/2011 08:22 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
On 10/18/2011 09:33 PM, Don Myers wrote:
In your BIOS, make sure when you are booting that it is checking you CD/DVD
drives before your hard drive. I needed to do this and change the boot order so
I could preview and also install 11.10.
It was that way before I went to a dual boot system. It still set for that.
Don
On 10/18/2011 08:18 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
I cannot get a 11.10 CD/DVD to do a "live demo" on a Ubuntu system. My only
Windows machine I have working is dual boot and I cannot get it to boot from the CD. It
keeps going to GRUB. When I choose Win Vista, it does not boot from the CD then. So I
cannot see what 11.10 looks like. Since it wants to boot at 1920 by 1080 [nVidia MoB
graphics] and my monitor max out at 1368 by 768, it causes problems.
I still will use GNOME/KDE combo for my desktop and packages.
On 10/18/2011 05:18 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I really quite like the 11.10. When i tried the 11.04 i really hated it but
the 11.10 is a big improvement. I still prefer traditional menus such as KDE
or Gnome or any of the others but i get the feeling Unity is worth getting to
know. I like the way the top-taskbar becomes the title-bar when you hover the
mouse arrow over it and i really like the way that accessing LibreOffice and
Firefox is so easy! ;)
Regards from
Tom :)
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