<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="generator" content="Osso Notes"> <title></title></head> <body> -- Andrés Muñiz Piniella Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send microsoft office documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. ----- Mensaje original ----- > > > On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 00:46 +0100, Nigel Verity wrote: > > Hi > > > > > > > > I'd be interested to learn the experiences of anybody installing > > Xubuntu 11.10 from scratch or upgrading from 11.04. I've tried both > > today and had some real problems. The online upgrade crashed, the > > system recovery option on the LiveCD didn't work and the full install > > has resulted in a system whereby most of the theme settings are > > ignored by most applications, so that the whole OS is stuck with the > > look of classic Windows 3! > > > > > > I've gone back to 11.04 and everything is fine again; rock-solid as it > > has been from the day it was released. Consequently, I don't think the > > problem is purely down to my hardware (Acer 1410 laptop). > > > > > > Leaving aside the cosmetic issues, I didn't spot any new features or > > functions in 11.10 that really justified the upgrade. Possibly a > > cautionary tale for anybody considering moving up. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Nige > > Hi Nigel, > I've done two clean installs of Xubuntu 11.10, a 64bit one desk top and > an 32bit one on my Netbook. My desk top is an old AM64 3200 based PC > with a Radeon 9600 graphics card - no problems at all. I actually was > trying the 11.10 beta, so it was a Beta + release update. My Netbook is > a Lenovo S10e on which I've been running ubuntu 10.04 LTS for some time. > I bought a spare hard disk at tried a clean install Xubuntu 11.10 formal > release. I had a problem with an unrecoverable blank screen at the end > of the install, having left it to it for 30 minutes. On reboot > everything was fine, except when leaving the netbook unattended for 20 > minutes and the unrecoverable blank screen occurred again. I've put this > down to the default screen saver being random and no screen savers being > selected [ logged Bug 882251]. On selecting a single screen saver, > everything is OK. I'm really pleased with Xubuntu on the Netbook its > really zippy and customisable unlike Unity. I tried Unity for 2 weeks > and could not get on with it. The only minor issue I've found with > Xubuntu so far is with use of Vertical panels, I like to maximise my > vertical real estate (576 pixels). Some of the widgets don't > re-orientate to the vertical, but I'll take these up as improvements on > Launchpad. Also didn't like the default blank hard disk partitioning, no > separate home partition and the swap partition was at the end of the > hard disk. Did a second clean install with Swap, Boot, Home and Xubuntu > partitions. Another improvement suggestion for launchpad! > > Best regards > > Dave. > > New Xubuntu User > <Archivo adjunto> signature.asc Hi, i did an update of xubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. On an asua aspireone z The updater looked wierf at times and seemed to forget the default language (spanish) halfway throuhg the update. It also asked me something about anothe user being logged in. I clicked next and it continued no problem. I thought this was wierd because as far as i know xubuntu does not offer switch user only log out. Then because of wine it asked me to aprove the eula of some some font thing. I said now and it continued the instal without it. (Or so i assume). Screen saver did stop working mid update *nd at one point i closed the screen so that i could get some sleep. I don't think it hybernated. Improvments: i recall some time ago i would net to set the panels, the launch icon and the desktop as i liked it (maybe this was withe the plain ubuntu) a general ubuntu improvement that i found fantastic is the new log in screen looks slick plus has a guest account. I normally would change this background image but the plain black is cool reminds me of cad programs. Ithink the kernel is more upto date as well as many other soft. I also like leafpad better than mousepad. </body> </html>