[ubuntu-us-in] A Natty Day To You All

[mokurai at earthtreasury.org]

On Sat, May 7, 2011 6:09 am, Mark C. Miller wrote:
> On 04/28/2011 12:26 PM, Simón Ruiz wrote:
>> Hello, LoCo folks!
>>
>> Welcome to a new era in Ubuntu.
>>
>> Starting with Natty Narwhal, the default Ubuntu Linux desktop will
>> look and feel quite a bit different than before, as we move onto
>> Unity.
>>
>> So far, I haven't had the chance to switch my main desktops over to
>> it, but up here the Fort Wayne LUG had Jorge Castro of Canonical come
>> out and give us a tour, and I've got to say I'm actually looking
>> forward to it.
>>
>> I hope this finds you all having a NATTY day!
>>
>> Simón
>>
> I'd love to try the switch over, but the new meatier graphics
> requirements for Unity are stopping me.  I have some old P4 HT machines
> that have been running ubuntu since I first started with 8.04.  Now, I'm
> dead-in-the-water.  Good thing I tested it with a "live" USB stick
> first.  My netbook is only 18 months old, so I'm hoping that 11.04 will
> run on it so I can at least play with it.
>
> When I was introduced to Ubuntu, I liked the "works out of the box"
> nature of the OS.  Now that they've walked away from that, I know I can
> stay with the LTS release for a couple more years, but then what?  Buy
> newer computers closer to the top-of-the-line?

Unity is the new default desktop, but nothing prevents you from switching
back to Gnome or KDE or what you like. My old desktop is on a menu on the
bottom bar at login, along with Unity and several others that I have
installed.

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