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[Basil Chupin]

On 13/06/11 03:35, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 15:44 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 11/06/11 18:11, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 02:55 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>>>>> That would appear to be true, but in that case why did the OP get a
>>>>> warning after upgrading to 11.04 that he did not have the hardware
>>>>> capabilities to run Unity?
>>>> You would need accelerated graphics and OpenGL enabled to run Unity. You
>>>> would only get that with the correct driver installed. The OP didn't
>>>> mention his nvidia chipset though. I think it was the 5200 that was the
>>>> first nvidia chipset that supported GL ver 2.0 ? Someone correct me if
>>>> I'm wrong. So, maybe his chipset isn't recent enough and Unity diagnosed
>>>> that there was no hope, or there is a bug in need of becoming fixed.
>>>> Troubleshooting with a shotgun. I have no other clue. Ric
>>> Why in the heck would such a minimalistic, "mobile phone" style
>>> interface even require THAT MUCH when it delivers THAT LITTLE? Where is
>>> the mentality behind such silliness? Is it that the corporate's and
>>> developers all own mobile phones (iPhones, HTC's and Galaxy's) and
>>> they're thinking with their phones instead of their "desktop" minds?
>>> Jeesh...c'mon...wake the farg up...
> Because without OpenGL version 2.0, and accelerated graphics, you can't
> see the ~sparkles~ on the pink unicorn style icons. Good Gwar, man!
> Ubuntu would be the laughing stock.<shakes head>  Ric



Ummm.... I didn't write that stuff which you are attributing to me, 
Chief :-( .

BC

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