[ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu-us-in Digest, Vol 42, Issue 3

Scott D Howard scottdhoward at gmail.com
Wed Oct 19 21:26:58 UTC 2011 

I am running the 64 bit version on my Dell Studio 1745 and have no
complaints. Runs fast and no issues so far after using it for several days.




On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:10 PM, <ubuntu-us-in-request at lists.ubuntu.com>wrote:

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> From: Don Brown <don.f.brown at comcast.net>
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> Ubuntu was my first Linux Love and I typically upgrade versions within 2-3
> weeks of a release.
> However, 11.04 was so buggy that I couldn't run it - I tried several times
> thinking "Surely, they have that stuff fixed now!" Well, they didn't
> ("...and don't call me Shirley.")
>
> Now, I have a netbook that my 3-year-old uses that runs 10.10 Netbook
> Edition with Unity. It does just fine for what she does (Nick Jr. Games and
> Videos) so, I'm not totally against Unity.
>
> So when 11.10 came out, I loaded it on a spare laptop and I am testing it
> out with Unity. So far it isn't anywhere near as buggy as 11.04. I haven't
> had much time with it yet, so it is still in the "Let's wait and see" mode.
> I plan on testing Gnome Shell 3.2 next on it.
>
> It's pretty, it works, I don't think I would want this as my primary
> desktop, but it'll do for now.
>
>
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> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:28 PM, <ubuntu-us-in-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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> >   1. Re:  What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10? (nick krotzer)
> >   2. Re:  What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10? (Ryan Hoots)
> >   3. Re:  What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10? (David Ernst)
> >   4. Re:  What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10? (Joe Miller)
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: nick krotzer <drinktilshesqt at yahoo.com>
> > To: Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> > I dont like it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! everything is glitchy , and a pain in the
> azz
> > to operate :( first system that I have not liked. maybe in time updates
> will
> > come out but a lesson I have learned is not to just upgrade off the bat
> >
> >
> > Mr.Krotzer
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Sim?n Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com>
> > *To:* Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team <
> ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:05 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Ryan Hoots <webmaster at ryanhoots.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a while, and I sort of like it. Unity
> > has
> > > been improved, and the login screen looks great. I did have a problem
> > with
> > > the screen brightness, but it was fixed. I'm wondering, what's your
> > opinion
> > > of Oneiric Ocelot?
> > >
> > > --
> > > www.ryanhoots.com
> >
> > Ryan,
> >
> > So far, I dig it.
> >
> > I did an in-place upgrade on my primary workstation on release day,
> > and have been running strong since. I haven't really gone through to
> > test out any of the new stuff?will probably play with that stuff at
> > some point?just kept on using it for my daily work.
> >
> > Pro: Nothing broke during the upgrade, even though I have a
> > dual-monitor setup and an ATI video card. (I'm weirdly paranoid about
> > in-place upgrades, perhaps from my days using the world's default OS)
> > Pro: My HP Color LaserJet 3600 driver suddenly prints with the right
> > colors. (This broke when I did a complete re-install from 10.10 to
> > 11.04)
> > I leave my desktop up and running continuously, so I barely noticed
> > the new login screen but it did look, in fact, pretty neat.
> >
> > The one con I've noticed so far: The "slam your pointer into the
> > top-left corner of the screen to pull out the " habit that 11.04
> > instilled in me is no longer valid.
> >
> > So far, so good. Nothing earth-shattering.
> >
> > Sim?n
> >
> > P.S.
> >
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Ryan Hoots <webmaster at ryanhoots.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team" <
> ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:31:46 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> > Yeah, Oneiric has some pretty annoying issues before I got it to work
> > properly. The biggest problem I have with Ubuntu is that it blurs the
> line
> > between untested software and the bleeding edge.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, nick krotzer <drinktilshesqt at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I dont like it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! everything is glitchy , and a pain in the
> >> azz to operate :( first system that I have not liked. maybe in time
> updates
> >> will come out but a lesson I have learned is not to just upgrade off the
> bat
> >>
> >>
> >> Mr.Krotzer
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Sim?n Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com>
> >> *To:* Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team <
> >> ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:05 PM
> >> *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Ryan Hoots <webmaster at ryanhoots.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a while, and I sort of like it. Unity
> >> has
> >> > been improved, and the login screen looks great. I did have a problem
> >> with
> >> > the screen brightness, but it was fixed. I'm wondering, what's your
> >> opinion
> >> > of Oneiric Ocelot?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > www.ryanhoots.com
> >>
> >> Ryan,
> >>
> >> So far, I dig it.
> >>
> >> I did an in-place upgrade on my primary workstation on release day,
> >> and have been running strong since. I haven't really gone through to
> >> test out any of the new stuff?will probably play with that stuff at
> >> some point?just kept on using it for my daily work.
> >>
> >> Pro: Nothing broke during the upgrade, even though I have a
> >> dual-monitor setup and an ATI video card. (I'm weirdly paranoid about
> >> in-place upgrades, perhaps from my days using the world's default OS)
> >> Pro: My HP Color LaserJet 3600 driver suddenly prints with the right
> >> colors. (This broke when I did a complete re-install from 10.10 to
> >> 11.04)
> >> I leave my desktop up and running continuously, so I barely noticed
> >> the new login screen but it did look, in fact, pretty neat.
> >>
> >> The one con I've noticed so far: The "slam your pointer into the
> >> top-left corner of the screen to pull out the " habit that 11.04
> >> instilled in me is no longer valid.
> >>
> >> So far, so good. Nothing earth-shattering.
> >>
> >> Sim?n
> >>
> >> P.S.
> >>
> >> --
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> >
> >
> > --
> > www.ryanhoots.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David Ernst <david.ernst at davidernst.net>
> > To: nick krotzer <drinktilshesqt at yahoo.com>, Ubuntu's Indiana Local
> > Community Team <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:58:46 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> > I'm curious is you were upgrading from 11.4 or a previous release.  I
> > had much the same reaction as you are describing when I first tried
> > Unity in 11.4, but I switched back to gnome and now 11.4 and I get
> > along just fine.  So, are you saying it got worse since 11.4? or that
> > you don't like Unity?  Or both?  :)
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 09:20:01AM -0700, nick krotzer wrote:
> > >I dont like it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! everything is glitchy , and a pain in the
> > azz to operate :( first system that I have not liked. maybe in time
> updates
> > will come out but a lesson I have learned is not to just upgrade off the
> bat
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Mr.Krotzer
> > >
> > >
> > >________________________________
> > >From: Sim?n Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com>
> > >To: Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team <
> ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:05 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> > >
> > >On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Ryan Hoots <webmaster at ryanhoots.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a while, and I sort of like it. Unity
> > has
> > >> been improved, and the login screen looks great. I did have a problem
> > with
> > >> the screen brightness, but it was fixed. I'm wondering, what's your
> > opinion
> > >> of Oneiric Ocelot?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> www.ryanhoots.com
> > >
> > >Ryan,
> > >
> > >So far, I dig it.
> > >
> > >I did an in-place upgrade on my primary workstation on release day,
> > >and have been running strong since. I haven't really gone through to
> > >test out any of the new stuff?will probably play with that stuff at
> > >some point?just kept on using it for my daily work.
> > >
> > >Pro: Nothing broke during the upgrade, even though I have a
> > >dual-monitor setup and an ATI video card. (I'm weirdly paranoid about
> > >in-place upgrades, perhaps from my days using the world's default OS)
> > >Pro: My HP Color LaserJet 3600 driver suddenly prints with the right
> > >colors. (This broke when I did a complete re-install from 10.10 to
> > >11.04)
> > >I leave my desktop up and running continuously, so I barely noticed
> > >the new login screen but it did look, in fact, pretty neat.
> > >
> > >The one con I've noticed so far: The "slam your pointer into the
> > >top-left corner of the screen to pull out the " habit that 11.04
> > >instilled in me is no longer valid.
> > >
> > >So far, so good. Nothing earth-shattering.
> > >
> > >Sim?n
> > >
> > >P.S.
> > >
> > >--
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> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Joe Miller <neoman4426 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu&#39, s Indiana Local Community Team" <
> > ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:28:06 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> >
> > I'm liking it so far, Unity-3d runs much better on my hardware (last
> cycle
> > it worked off the live cd, but not on the regular install until an update
> > midway through it started working but slowly) I've switched back to
> openbox
> > as my main session though. Only downsides for me personally are it
> doesn't
> > remember which session was booted last so it auto logs into Unity, and
> for
> > some reason the file managers didn't show folder icons or anything until
> I
> > installed gnome-shell
> > On Oct 19, 2011 12:58 PM, "David Ernst" <david.ernst at davidernst.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm curious is you were upgrading from 11.4 or a previous release.  I
> > > had much the same reaction as you are describing when I first tried
> > > Unity in 11.4, but I switched back to gnome and now 11.4 and I get
> > > along just fine.  So, are you saying it got worse since 11.4? or that
> > > you don't like Unity?  Or both?  :)
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 09:20:01AM -0700, nick krotzer wrote:
> > > >I dont like it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! everything is glitchy , and a pain in
> the
> > azz to operate :( first system that I have not liked. maybe in time
> updates
> > will come out but a lesson I have learned is not to just upgrade off the
> bat
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Mr.Krotzer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >________________________________
> > > >From: Sim?n Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com>
> > > >To: Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team <
> > ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:05 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] What's your opinion of Ubuntu 11.10?
> > > >
> > > >On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Ryan Hoots <webmaster at ryanhoots.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > > >> I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a while, and I sort of like it.
> Unity
> > has
> > > >> been improved, and the login screen looks great. I did have a
> problem
> > with
> > > >> the screen brightness, but it was fixed. I'm wondering, what's your
> > opinion
> > > >> of Oneiric Ocelot?
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> www.ryanhoots.com
> > > >
> > > >Ryan,
> > > >
> > > >So far, I dig it.
> > > >
> > > >I did an in-place upgrade on my primary workstation on release day,
> > > >and have been running strong since. I haven't really gone through to
> > > >test out any of the new stuff?will probably play with that stuff at
> > > >some point?just kept on using it for my daily work.
> > > >
> > > >Pro: Nothing broke during the upgrade, even though I have a
> > > >dual-monitor setup and an ATI video card. (I'm weirdly paranoid about
> > > >in-place upgrades, perhaps from my days using the world's default OS)
> > > >Pro: My HP Color LaserJet 3600 driver suddenly prints with the right
> > > >colors. (This broke when I did a complete re-install from 10.10 to
> > > >11.04)
> > > >I leave my desktop up and running continuously, so I barely noticed
> > > >the new login screen but it did look, in fact, pretty neat.
> > > >
> > > >The one con I've noticed so far: The "slam your pointer into the
> > > >top-left corner of the screen to pull out the " habit that 11.04
> > > >instilled in me is no longer valid.
> > > >
> > > >So far, so good. Nothing earth-shattering.
> > > >
> > > >Sim?n
> > > >
> > > >P.S.
> > > >
> > > >--
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>
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