Let's get our hand dirty (aka discover Unity)

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Sunday 01 May 2011 01:16:17 pm ssc1478 wrote:
> > c) I can't logout. First I thought it was because there is only one user
> > in the "try Ubuntu" CD mode, so I created another user. Still only
> >  Suspend, Hibernate, restart and Sutdown in the menu. Is this a
> > limitation of the CD mode?
>
> That's just the LiveCD.  There is a shutdown option in the installed
> version.

Thanks. I'll give it a try when I have a machine available.

> > d) Is there a Unity handbook? I looked at unity.ubuntu.com but found
> > nothing. Only the help included in Unity itself. Seems to me I'd need
> > more than that to start feeling comfortable with the UI.
>
> Might want to start here:
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/natty/#software

Does not work: can't get to the other pages (I can only read what's unity, 
which I know). Don't know what technology it uses but it does not work with 
Opera.

> It won't take much time.  And if your hardware doesn't support unity,
> you can boot into Gnome 2 (called "Gnome Classic")

If I don't use Unity I see no reason to move to Natty now, as I did  not hear 
of anything I need that would be supported in Natty but not in Maverick.

Thierry