how to try unity using 11.04

[Colin Law]

On 6 May 2011 00:26, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 04:24, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
>> Here is the spec of my hp pavilion dv9000:
>>
>> http://goo.gl/WgPiy
>>
>> I think the default unity should have been 2D instead of 3D so as many as
>> possible can make it work and try it out?
>
> Well, you got it working using the proprietary drivers, so nothing
> more to say here...
>
> However... there is/will be a 2D Unity.  It just didn't get finished
> in time for Natty.  Oneiric will have the 3D Unity as the default
> desktop and the 2D Unity will be the fallback for systems that don't
> support the 3D stuff out of the box (mainly nVidia stuff).

Unity 2D is working pretty well for me on Natty.  There are some
features not fully implemented and there are some bugs that can
apparently cause crashes though I have not experienced any.  Looking
at the bug list there may also be memory leaks so maybe not a good
idea to use it if you want the machine to run for days or weeks at a
time without a reboot.  If you want to keep up to date with the latest
fixes and enhancements there is a ppa at
ppa:unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily, though obviously there are inherent
risks in using daily builds.  Again I have not experienced any
problems with it (so far anyway).

Colin