I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. I on the other hand wasn't too excited about Unity. I know they make the classic Gnome session available, but I see they're going to try and do away with that by default for the 11.10 release. To make life easier on myself, I've switched to Debian. Everything works as it did in Ubuntu, but now I can enjoy a longer release cycle and also avoid Unity. I've had a chance to use Gnome 3 and enjoy it. It's polished, but not perfect. By the time it makes it to Debian stable, I think it will be a treat to use. <div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 18, 2011 1:29 AM, "Fred A. Miller" <<a href="mailto:fmiller@lightlink.com">fmiller@lightlink.com</a>> wrote: > I have to give credit where credit is due. I took a Dell 64-bit laptop > and did a Net. upgrade from the current Ubuntu with Gnome to 11.4. It > went flawlessly when it rebooted, including keeping VLC and other > software I had installed. I was concerned that Turboprint, which is a > commercial application - one which I don't care to do without because of > it's many functions that NO OTHER output to printer supports, mostly > with Gimp - was going to not only still be on the system but function > properly.....it is and does. Another, Bibble 5, also is still installed > and functions fine. Even the extra screen savers I had installed are > still available and work. > > Getting used to Unity will take some time, but I think I can handle it. > One thing I REALLY think is important and isn't an option or not one I > can find, is to hid the top bar. I like to use all of the realestate I > can get.....more important on my desktop when working on large images in > Gimp. I also noted that 11.4 takes a lot longer to come up than current > Ubuntu. That's all for now......time for bed. > > Fred > </div>