ubuntu 11-10

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On 10/23/2011 03:09 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 10/23/2011 03:50 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>> On 10/23/2011 09:20 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Joep L. Blom<jlblom at neuroweave.nl>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I finally installed ubuntu 11-10 as a virtual guest (under Vmware) but,
>>>> contrary to a loat of moaning and screeming about Unity I was pleasantly
>>>> surprised by the user interface as I thought it was much worse!.
>>>> Installation went like a breeze and even network was no problem (wired).
>>>> Even adjusting time and date was easy and simple and I could even
>>>> enter my
>>>> personal location (Almere, a small town below sea-level).
>>>> OK, the window handles are on the wrong =Apple) side but I assume I can
>>>> change that with Ubuntu Tweak.
>>>> I have but one -small- problem. The real estate taken by the
>>>> menu-list (on
>>>> the left side of the screen is awfully big. I would like to reduce it
>>>> to 25
>>>> % (or 30%) and position it on the upper side of the screen. However,
>>>> I don't
>>>> know how 'flexible' the interface is.
>>>> I hope somebody has answers and als if there are other means that Ubuntu
>>>> Tweak to chage the window buttons location.
>>>> Joep
>>>
>>> Keep in mind that currently, you do not see the normal Unity, but
>>> Unity 2D in VMware (it falls back to Unity 2D without informing you).
>>>
>>>
>> Colin, Ioannis,
>> Thanks for the reply.
>> Colin, I want to see how different the new UI is 'under the hood",
>> Ioannis, Thanks for the info. I didn't know that. Is it possible to try
>> the 3-D look under VMware?
> 
> Joep,
> 
> I don't know about VMware but it runs for me in the PUEL version of 
> VirtulBox.
> 
> Regards,  Jim
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[[Ubuntu 11.10] Lost Unity Launch bar & top panel
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