Desktop OS: To be or not to be...

[Basil Chupin]

On 10/11/2010 15:41, Smokin Chevy wrote:
> Well, I will not profess to be an expert but am not completely green.  
> Most my my experience has come from running FreeBSD since 5.0 was 
> first released.  I have run a few linux boxes over the years but 
> mostly FreeBSD.  My workstations have almost always been windows for 
> my main ones and a few Linux / Macs as secondary in my line of 
> priority.  I started switching my servers to CentOS about a year and a 
> half ago and really started pushing to Ubuntu Server about six months ago.
>
> Anyway, I finally switched my main desktop to Ubuntu 64bit Desktop.  I 
> would have to say after a week of running it that I do not think that 
> Ubuntu is fully up to speed to be a desktop OS.  Atleast not past a 
> standard desktop computer.  My biggest complaint is that in order to 
> drag a window across my four LCDs I have to enable Xinerama.  Xinerama 
> is not compatible with compiz so there goes any visual effects 
> including the proper display of Docky.  I posted on here asking if 
> anyone had any work arounds and I never got a response so I would have 
> to assume that this problem is just accepted with no resolution.  
> Other quirkiness appears from time to time.  I may have the audio 
> unmuted and it will display so in 2 or three monitors and the others 
> will show in the panel that the sound is muted.  I can have a 
> Screenlets daemon icon on one monitor but none of the others so it 
> requires going through the menu to add a widget to a desktop.  To top 
> it off about 20 minutes ago I tried highlighting something that I had 
> typed on google and the mouse started spastically fluttering around 
> three of the four screens like little gnats.  The digital clock 
> stopped and froze.  I knew at that point that X had left the 
> building.  The lights were on but nobody was home.
>
> My thoughts are that Ubuntu is probably the closest and being 
> mainstream desktop ready but they just aren't quite there yet.
>
> Anyone with constructive thoughts?

Sorry, I certainly cannot help you, but have you looked here?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community

https://launchpad.net/

BC

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