Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance 543
An anonymous reader writes with this enthusiastic review of the latest from Canonical: "So how does Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) fare? I will say exceptionally well. Unity is not the same ugly duckling it was made out to be. In Ubuntu 12.04, it has transformed into a beautiful swan. As Ubuntu 12.04 is a long term release, the Ubuntu team has pulled all stops to make sure the user experience is positive. Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin is definitely worthy of running on your machine."
Thanks! (Score:5, Funny)
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With every release of ubuntu, I have to add to my long and growing file of fixes to make it work properly.
First I have to put the buttons back on the right side. Then I have to fix the address bar. This time I will have to spend hours researching how to make the stupid launcher thing on the left side go back to the way it was.
Re:Thanks! (Score:5, Informative)
This time I will have to spend hours researching how to make the stupid launcher thing on the left side go back to the way it was.
#apt-get install gnome-panel
Logout, chose fallback session (or whatever it's called). Was that so hard?
Re:Thanks! (Score:5, Funny)
#apt-get install gnome-panel
Logout, chose fallback session (or whatever it's called). Was that so hard?
Okay, so what does Twitter have to do with this? And where's the Install menu?
God, you think they'd make these toasters more straightforward.
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#apt-get install gnome-panel
Logout, chose fallback session (or whatever it's called). Was that so hard?
Or, if you don't like Unity, just install Gnome Shell. It's pretty much the way forward as far as Gnome is concerned, so we might as well at least become familiar with it, instead of bitching about how different it is.
Personally, I've learned to really like it and have become quite productive using it.
Re:Thanks! (Score:5, Insightful)
Or, if you don't like either, just install MATE. It's pretty much the way forward as far as many Gnome users are concerned.
Re:Thanks! (Score:5, Informative)
2. apt-get install unetbootin
3. Use #2 to put #1 on USB drive
4. Reboot (assuming BIOS supports booting from USB && is configured to do so), and follow the simple install procedure.
5. Enjoy.
TIP: For a better, more familiar experience, log into MATE instead of gnome once it's installed)
Re:ATTN: Switcheurs!! (Score:5, Funny)
Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Funny)
Pangolin. Puh-leeze. So comparatively boring they might as well have opted for penguin.
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Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Informative)
Xubuntu (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Insightful)
Desktop? My home monitor is 24 inches; my work monitor is 32 inches... Unity makes no sense on large desktops; it makes great sense on netbooks and smaller laptops. The problem boils down to not having a choice(*).
(*) Yes, I know you have a choice, but not something built into the Ubuntu distribution that allows you to easily and freely choose.
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Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:4, Insightful)
So, "sudo apt-get install whatever" is too complicated?
Actually, yes it is. That's the reason it never was the year of Linux right there. Sudo? apt-get? Linux is full of gobbledy-gook just like that.
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So, "sudo apt-get install whatever" is too complicated?
Compared to simply installing Mint? Yes.
Launcher covers back button (Score:4, Interesting)
I've been using Unity on my netbook for a little more than a year now.
So how did you keep from mis-clicking when you'd reach for the back button in a maximized web browser and the auto-hidden launcher would pop up, especially after 11.10 which replaced touching the top left corner with touching anywhere on the left side at all?
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In 12.04, there is a clever mechanism that prevents the launcher from being exposed accidentally. In order to expose the launcher, you have to move the mouse cursor to the left edge, and then sort of press against the edge a bit more. This prevents a single mouse motion, such as the one you do to reach the browser back button from activating the launcher.
I've been using it for a while now (on beta releases) and it works really well. With older versions, the launcher behavior was quite annoying, Now it's a
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I'm glad it's not just me!
I too tried to switch from Ubuntu to Mint on my core 2 duo p7350 (2ghz) with a GeForce gtx 275 card and 2 gig ram.
It takes a good 4-5 seconds for the unity screen to pop up once the mouse gets to the corner of the screen, and takes another 8-10 seconds to respond after clicking anything. The sub-menus take 2-3 seconds to show when mouse-over the main menu options.
The web browser is almost unusable with how long it takes to register a click after hitting the mouse button. We're t
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Informative)
What??? No! (Oh, wait; yes. [hexley.com])
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Funny)
Dropbear is taken (Score:3)
Re:Really? Pangolin? (Score:5, Funny)
"Platypus" wouldn't communicate that it is full of bugs quite so effectively.
(just kidding - I'm actually a happy Ubuntu user)
Buttons on the wrong side... still. (Score:2)
Close and minimise are still on the wrong side.
I dropped Ubuntu for Linux Mint a while back because of this, despite Linux Mint 12 being a little disapointing this one thing prevents me from going back to Ubuntu.
P.S. I know it can be changed, but it's a pain in the arse and aren't distros like Ubuntu and Linux Mint all about avoiding those little pains in the arse.
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lol... You forgot to put "Ubuntu is dead to me"!
Re:Buttons on the wrong side... still. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Buttons on the wrong side... still. (Score:5, Informative)
> Funny how slashdotters in general applaud Microsoft for completely throwing out the concept of menus
Since when? You sir are simply on crack.
We freely criticize Microsoft for the same kind of UI consistency shenanigans that we are currently eviscerating Ubuntu for. We did so even before Microsoft decided to release it's own Unity style atrocity.
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Yes, indeed. Ubuntu 12.04 Paralyzed Platypus.
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Too Late! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Too Late! (Score:5, Insightful)
You don't like buggy, time-consuming products, yet you switched to Linux?
Re:Too Late! (Score:5, Insightful)
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I spent the next three days trying to get Gnome running again before coming across Linux Mint. After which everything just worked again.
Pretty much exactly the same story here. Ubuntu was great for 5 years or so until they decided Unity was the future. I honestly tried it for a few days, and passed. Then they decided Unity was the ONLY way to go. Hacking the shit out of an OS just to get a UI to work wasn't my idea of fun, so I switched to Mint and haven't looked back.
Re:Too Late! (Score:4, Insightful)
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Re:Too Late! (Score:4, Insightful)
Linux IS a very stable, robust, and I dare say amazingly bug-poor kernel. GNOME/KDE is a different question.
It used to be that windowing systems used to be mostly bug-free on the desktop and it was Windows was the disfunction-infested nightmare.
With Windows 7, Microsoft cleaned up its act, but GNOME/KDE moved in the opposite direction, neglecting the need to fix serious regressions and important bugs that just got passed on from release to release; instead, they used their manpower to get on the warpath towards innovation at all costs.
In 1998, I would have modded you flamebait for the above, but sadly, now I'd say it's true, if you s/Linux/GNOME\/KDE/g.
Re:Too Late! (Score:4, Insightful)
You're right, but I don't see that as a positive. It's like the battered housewife who keeps saying "sure he hits me, but I know deep down he really loves me." As somebody who has tried, repeatedly, to join the linux faithful... it doesn't seem to matter which distro I try, they all have something that eventually becomes a dealbreaker.
I tried as early as 1995 with slackware, since then I've tried fedora, several versions of ubuntu, mint, and mint debian edition (that last one didn't even last the entire morning on my system. if it can't do basic input device configuration correctly, what the hell can I expect of it really when I actually want to DO something)
The best I was able to stomach was a ubuntu 9.04 install that lasted me the year and a half between XP being too old and Vista being too buggy before windows 7 was just too damn good (oh no, I see the downmods incoming) to keep fighting with linux. When it was working, it was good. When it wasn't working... well hell, it felt like it was 1993 and I was editing autoexec.bat, config.sys, and win.ini all over again.
Be honest people, even if you're a fan, put down the kool-aid and admit that Linux fights with you FROM DAY ONE. It's like an annoying little brother. Sure you love him, but there's always something he's doing to annoy you. A buddy of mine described Linux on your primary machine aptly: "It's like the hot rod you build in your garage. It's a lot of fun to play with, and you learn a lot turning those wrenches, but it's not really something you want to drive every day."
Re:Too Late! (Score:4, Informative)
1999 is calling and wants you back. I've been using Linux since then and I haven't had to "fight with" Linux or edit config files for ages. I don't know what your problem is, but these days most mainstread distros are really easy to install and autodetect everything. The main problem that's outstanding is stupid Nvidia cards; you can either use the Nouveau driver which is slow as hell for anything 3D, or you can install the proprietary driver which barfs every time you do a kernel update. If you use Intel graphics like most basic systems, you won't have this problem. Installing Mint on my Thinkpad was a breeze.
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Right, blame me because I had to fix problems the OS caused.
ubuntu 9.04 was released the same month as the nvidia GTX 4xx series. I had a brand new GTX 470 and ubuntu 9.04 didn't have a clue what to do with it. It couldn't auto-config an xorg.conf file to save it's life.
I ended up going to nvidia's web page, downloading their proprietary driver, and installing it manually. from that point on, every time I updated the Kernal, as you said, xorg self-destructed and I had to manually reinstall the driver and th
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You're actually suggesting I ditch an nvidia gtx 470... for an intel integrated chip?
You're either trolling me, or so far missing the point that there's no reason to continue the discussion.
Intel's best current offering (no, ivy bridge doesn't count yet) the HD3000, has only just caught up to where Nvidia was with their mainstream 6xxx series, which came out in 2004. that's their best! lagging the better part of a decade behind the competition.
the average intel chipset out there, such as the ones built into
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You're right, but I don't see that as a positive. It's like the battered housewife who keeps saying "sure he hits me, but I know deep down he really loves me." As somebody who has tried, repeatedly, to join the linux faithful... it doesn't seem to matter which distro I try, they all have something that eventually becomes a dealbreaker
Be honest people, even if you're a fan, put down the kool-aid and admit that Linux fights with you FROM DAY ONE. It's like an annoying little brother. Sure you love him, but there's always something he's doing to annoy you. A buddy of mine described Linux on your primary machine aptly: "It's like the hot rod you build in your garage. It's a lot of fun to play with, and you learn a lot turning those wrenches, but it's not really something you want to drive every day."
I'm not going to claim that everything in Linux is sunshine and roses, but I'm rather amazed that you seem to think that Windows is. I didn't install Linux the first time because I was happy with what I had, so it doesn't have to be perfect, just better. And it is. There have been things I have put work into customizing to my preference and things which annoy me not quite enough to fix, but the thing is that I am able to fix them if I want. I often don't have that option on Windows, which means that the
Re:Too Late! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too Late! (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, and it's a real shame there are no other desktop environments available on Linux. Since Linux changed to the Unity desktop I have been forced to return to using my Amiga.
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Ubuntu is dead to me (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ubuntu is dead to me (Score:5, Insightful)
The thing that *REALLY* pisses me off is that Gnome followed along with this touch screen UI crap the Unity really is. I thought like, OK, fuck Unity, I'm sticking with Gnome (which I really liked and all), but boom! here goes the dynamite! Gnome is the same crap.
The worst part is that I switched my wife to Ubuntu a while ago, with a reasoning that I'm maintaining her laptop anyways and for me it is easier to deal with Linux. Now here comes the Unity crap and she's like "Now I have to REMEMBER all the fucking programs names? WTF?". And now, we both stuck with a couple of years old Ubuntu, which won't be supported anymore.
On serious note: what are the alternatives? Are there any other menu-based window managers, that look nice? I mean, I can tolerate the Fluxbox, but my wife definitely cant
Re:Ubuntu is dead to me (Score:5, Informative)
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Have you tried xubuntu? It uses XFCE.
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It's maybe an extra click or two. But if you're like the guy that can't handle the close button being on the "wrong" side, then good luck finding an alternative.
You have noticed that Ubuntu has dropped from #1 to #2 Linux distro precisely because Mint doesn't force Unity or Gnome 3 on users, right?
BTW, I notice you mention running on a netbook in another post, where Unity is okay. The problem is that Ubuntu are also pushing it on desktop users, where it's a freaking disaster.
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Saving us the trouble of reading comments (Score:5, Funny)
Poster 1) Unity is and always will be an unholy mess.
Poster 2) Unity is a massive leap forward in modern functionality, and anyone that simply gives it an honest try will agree.
Poster 1) I have tried. I don't want to learn new things and shouldn't have to. I had to switch to xfce.
Poster 3) APPLE APPLE APPLE
Poster 4) Seriously, Windows 8? Really?
Poster 5) You all should really give gnome3 another chance, it's really almost acceptable to use now.
Poster 1) Ubuntu is dead to me.
Poster 6) Remember NeXT?
You forgot (Score:3)
Poster 7) Thanks to multi-core CPUs and vast improvements in modern graphics processors, KDE 4.96 is finally usable on many modern systems
Not convinced yet (Score:4, Interesting)
I've test-driven Unity in the past but despite being told "the ugly duckling has grown into a beautiful swan" TFA doesn't give any information about what, if anything, they did about those horrible hiding scroll bars, auto-showing side bar, 1-pixel wide window edge focus, so-called "smart" volume control that controls headphone volume on low settings and speaker volume on high settings (instead of allowing me to control them independently).
I couldn't care less about all the "touch screen friendly" features they've added. I'm not using one. Thus, my most important question still is (and remains unanswered by TFA): how can I *switch off* Unity in 12.04LTS?
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so-called "smart" volume control that controls headphone volume on low settings and speaker volume on high settings
Is that for real?
:)
Gave me a laugh at least
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My XFCE4 session still works fine in Ubuntu 12.04 - a bit better since the dragging multiple items bug is fixed.
The Mint Gnome Extensions repo was disabled, I haven't gotten around to reenabling that and retesting it since I mostly use XFCE4 anyway, but I did log into Gnome Shell and it still works fine too.
Ditto "Gnome Classic (no effects)" although obviously it isn't Gnome Classic - fare warning for anyone still on Gnome 2 who expects to be able to do simple things like arrange applets on your panel, move
Re:Not convinced yet (Score:5, Informative)
Go here [mate-desktop.org] if you want to switch off Unity and GNOME3.
Both Unity and GNOME 3 suck. Neither one works correctly with multiple monitors. Try running 4 monitors on two video cards, TwinView'd and Xinerama'd, and you will understand.
I especially hate the global menu bar in Unity. I can sort of live with the similar design in OS X but Unity does it horribly. I'm not even sure what the difference is but I just couldn't stand Unity even though I'm used to OS X.
Downloading... (Score:2)
I'm not particularly hopeful of a functional system given the mouse problems I've had from 10.04.2 onwards, but I'll download it, try to install it, and give it a shot.
I really do like Debian's APT system a lot better than Fedora's RPM, though both get the job done. But unless that mouse problem isn't present, it doesn't matter which I prefer -- I need to use a distro that works.
The kicker will be whether they're using a GTK based installer or not. While you can always resort to text/expert mode, it'
New Ubuntu release? (Score:2, Informative)
New Ubuntu release? Oh good, that means there should be a new Linux Mint release right around the corner. From what I've heard, they'll now have everything completely back to the way I'm used to (and like!)
(And so yay! Ubuntu still serves a useful purpose; advance warning for the upcoming Mint release.)
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Indeed, Maya is expected to be available [linuxmint.com] at the end of May.
And let's be fair to Ubuntu, it's not just about the advance warning. Just as Debian is relevant on the desktop as the base for Ubuntu, Ubuntu is relevant for providing application repositories for Mint.
"a beautiful swan" (Score:4, Funny)
I was hoping for a review.. (Score:5, Insightful)
When I read in the summary that Unity was now a "beautiful swan", I clicked on the link, hoping to get a review of why this is the case. Instead, I get a long summary of the biggest new features in the latest version. Not very convincing.
Re:I was hoping for a review.. (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps by "beautiful swan" they mean the coked out, starving, bleeding, hallucinating swan portrayed by Natalie Portman.
32-bit desktop still "recommended" (Score:5, Informative)
I'm surprised that they still recommend 32-bit for desktop instead of 64.
Programs probably just not quite ready for LTS on 64, but disappointing nonetheless.
Xubuntu (Score:2)
Trackpad settings are lost on reboot, extra packages are needed to get sane status displays, but everything else works great.
Above all, it's not Unity.
Yes, Screen shots of bikini'd asses. (Score:2)
That's totally the way to get me to take you seriously, Ubuntu team. That's also totally what I want on my screen at work in my open office environment.
Unity and Multiple Monitors? (Score:3)
When Unity was first rolled out, there was a lot of complaining about it's poor multi-monitor support. Has this been fixed?
I have a hard time getting too worked up about UI changes these days. I use only a handful of programs all day and Windows 7, XP, Mac, Unity, KDE, and others are similar enough that one environment is pretty much the same as any other. It seems really odd to me that people have such strong opinions when it comes to their operating system.
Frankly, I'm more interested in 12.04 supposed improvements in power management and battery life.
Ex Unity basher to Unity lover (Score:3, Interesting)
I absolutely hated unity with the 11.X platform when I test drove it on an old desktop but as a power user running ubuntu on a laptop with multiple monitors I've always been extremely frustrated with the fact that some things just didn't work right. Last week after they dropped updates to my legacy ubuntu think it was a 9.x version I stumbled upon this Ubuntu multi-monitor design spec: http://bit.ly/IS7SKx read it and loved it. I decided to try out the 12.04 beta and have not looked back. Granted there are a couple of things I would like to change but some of the features are really cool and feel for the first time I have a 1st class linux OS working on my laptop.
Reviewer has no credibility (Score:3)
For me this was a big irritation and one of the reasons for moving to GNOME Shell.
Man, this dog turd tastes aweful, let me try this cat turd.
Call Me (Score:3)
Re:Pangolin? (Score:5, Informative)
When doing a web search with that combination you always get Ubuntu advice for that specific version.
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Wouldn't you also get specific advice if you just say 12.04? The naming is just a novelty thing, a way to make it easier to remember than a bunch of numbers--although OS X's names have been more memorable than Ubuntu's, due to a combination of a slower release cycle, shorter names, and more recognizable animals.
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I don't know why, but Google does much better with named versions. I long ago learned to look for "Tiger" or "Lion" for MacOS advice and the Ubuntu animal-of-the-week when searching for Ubuntu advice. Searching for Windows 7 advice can be troublesome... I've found some success trying "win7" first.
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Doesn't work that well (Score:5, Informative)
The version name is sufficiently rare that it will be precisely found.
On the other hand, numbers are frequent.
By typing 12.04, you could get information about Precise Pangoline. But also the chatper 12, section 04 of another documentation. Or a document dating back from 12th april (or december 2004). Or about an lm_sensors' motherboard probe reading 12.04 for the 12v channel, etc.
The keyword "12.04" has much higher probability to end up appearing on pages not related with this Ubuntu version, than random words such as "Zany Zebra".
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I can't make sense of Apple's naming scheme beyond it being a "big cat". How a mountain lion is an upgrade to a "vanilla" lion is beyond me, and I'm not sure how a mountain lion is different from a puma or panther (hint: they're not!). But be that as it may, I have to imagine more people are familiar with a lion or tiger or other big cat than they are a pangolin (which I had to look up--spoilers: it's an anteater). A better name would have been Puissant Platypus. People know the platypus.
(Apple fails at
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I think Apple is still scarred from the mess they created in the mid 1990's. Who can forget their crystal clear lineup of systems
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In all fairness, big cats are way easier to remember than this messed up geekplay. Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger, Panther, Jaguar, Puma, Cheetah...
Not sure it that sends quite the right message...
Re:Pangolin? (Score:5, Informative)
Since this is slashdot and being pedantic is a requirement for membership:
Snow Leopard - endangered
Leopard - near threatened
Tiger - endangered
Panther - not even a species
Jaguar - near threatened
Puma - least concern
Cheetah - vulnerable
Re:Ripping off OS X again (Score:5, Insightful)
I was going to take issue with the "revolutionary" phrasing (though the whole sentence is odd), but at the same time, I'm not sure that "ripping off" OS X is such a bad thing. It's a nice feature. I'm never sure why UI improvements (and other aspects of technology) are always an example "damned if you do, damned if you don't": If somebody doesn't copy $FEATURE into their system, they are derided for being outdated; at the same time, if they do add $FEATURE, then they are derided for copying.
That said, the lack of a traditional menu bar might be a source for problems. I prefer the more hybrid approach of OS X.
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OS X? Try NeXTSTEP (Score:5, Insightful)
Looks more like NeXTSTEP to me. [wikipedia.org]
Specifically, a mirror image of it!
Re:Focus Follows Mouse (Score:5, Interesting)
I tried it for the first time this week.
All I wanted was to make a "kiosk"-type computer that ran Opera and nothing else.
After 2 hours, I got bored of switching options and the fecking side-bar thing popping up and just put the system in place (its only for temporary usage anyway, to replace a "classic" Ubuntu machine running the last LTS release).
Seriously, I couldn't find any options that I went hunting for and all the tutorials on the Internet to get rid of the thing were basically "uninstall all that crap and install Gnome".
I can understand needing to hide functionality from dumb users but, seriously, I'd just installed, just in as my first and only user and I could not find any options to hide, say, the network connection information, the mail icon, the side-bar, nothing. I couldn't see any options for a screensaver at all (apparently, all that's "old hat" now but I also couldn't stop it blanking the monitor when it felt like it). Hell, it took me several minutes to realise the side-bar WAS the program launching menu too even though it looked more just a taskbar. It took me a good few minutes to even get near a terminal.
All the things I've read basically say remove it. I can see why. If I installed that crap over my last big deployment of Ubuntu (on 50 netbooks for a school), then I'd be fired. It is literally that bad and unconfigurable.
Ironically, I now use Ubuntu LTS for a server and Slackware for desktops...
Re:Focus Follows Mouse (Score:5, Informative)
I've installed it for my Mom because she keeps "losing the Internet" I set up the menubar (Launcher) to have only Firefox and Writer. I deleted everything else. (This is easy to do... just right click on the icon and select "Unlock from Launcher" and it goes away.) If you need the programs back on the Launcher, you can just drag them from the Dash back onto the Launcher.
Your other problem is also easily solved. To keep the screen from blanking, go to Settings - Brightness and Lock. You can also set the Launcher to Auto-hide (the default is for it to be present all the time) by Settings - Appearance.
I had no problem figuring these things out even though I am a clueless newbie most of the time.
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You can't figure out right click?
You can't figure out that "Settings" is where you go to change settings?
You can have the side bar auto-hide or present all the time... and you can set the location and sensitivity of the reveal... what else do you want?
Re:Focus Follows Mouse (Score:4, Insightful)
Thank you for the stereotypical Linux user response to a new Linux user reaching out for help. Common generalized forum responses when asking for help:
"OMG, just learn Linux better or stop using it"
"Just do X" (where X is a series of dozens of commands requiring an intimate knowledge of the terminal and all commands in it).
"You're must be doing it wrong" (when asking why something isn't working, when exactly copying/pasting commands into the terminal)
"" (ie: no response whatsoever. Thanks for the help, guys)
People like you are the reason Linux has so small a following, because after the above responses, a first-time Linux user's first action will be to format that shit and reinstall Windows.
Re:I'm excited! (Score:5, Insightful)
Ubuntu's interface is shit. There, I said it.
I just bought my first ever smartphone last month. It's a Samsung Android phone. It works. I can use it. I can move shit around and find my way around it quite easily.
I'm not too old to try something new. I'm too old to have time to go through this shit every time someone has a bright idea when I was more productive than ever with the previous incarnation, and where every iteration I've ever tried makes me less productive.
I spent most of the time in Unity right-clicking on things hoping there were more options to turn shit off and put useful things on. I assumed it was all just hidden away somewhere and I could find it. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that that was *IT* in terms of interface.
Fuck typing the names of programs into a dialog box. That assumes I know what the bloody thing is called. I just want to categorise stuff and thus keep all related things visible without having to handle special interfaces to do so.
Ubuntu has become the thing that it was supposed to be an alternative too: Fucking stupid design ideas destroying existing productivity for the sake of something shiny.
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You can get the same categorical list of programs in Unity. Just click on "filter" or something like it on the dash screen or whatever the HUD is called. Choose your category. Done.
I don't know that you can create your own categories or move programs/shortcuts around, though, if that's what you're after.
In the Grand Tradition of Bizarre Linux Advice (Score:3)
Sometimes stuff like this does just write itself...
Almost as useful as "Read the MAN pages."
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It's borderline Apple quality in terms of the overall experience.
HAD to inject that little bbit in there, didn't you? Fanbois...
Re:Unity is a Operation Ivy song not a linux debac (Score:4, Informative)
>> Task bar is a must.
The launcher on the left side of the screen shows running apps.
>> Moving tray items is a must.
Grab the items in the launcher, drag to the right, and re-insert them back into the launcher wherever you want.
>> Synaptic package manger [sic] is a must.
If you want that, use the much prettier Software Centre to install it with a simple click.
>> It's so complicated to make it look like my 10.10 desktop.
Then install your old desktop manager or don't upgrade.
As a long-time KDE user who couldn't stand working with Gnome for extended periods, I actually find Unity quite enjoyable. Of course, I customize it with things like cairo-dock and make it fit my own workflow - rather than just bitch that the default is too simple for me to use.
Re:Unity - good for masses, bad for power-users (Score:4, Interesting)
Multitasking is different under Unity. Here's [blip.tv] a short video demoing one way to get things done.
Powerusers tend to be more keyboard than mouse centric simply because it's often the quickest way to accomplish something. Using Unity from the keyboard is actually a pretty good experience and once you develop the muscle memory, you start to miss the Unity features when using other desktops (and who doesn't have to use more than one desktop these days?).
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I wish slashdot editors would append this hint to the end of every ubuntu-related story. As it is, 50% of the replies are just "I don't like one of the default settings, I'm going to switch distro"... (The other 50% being complaints about the choice of animal in the behind-the-scenes codename)
There was once a saying that the worst thing Microsoft has done to the computing industry is lowering the user's expectations of quality - now I think we're seeing a similar effect from Apple: to a modern computer us
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This is a news website. The summary should be:
"This is a new release. These are the notable new features. These are the notable bug fixes. Here's where to get it if you haven't already."
What we got was:
"This is a new release and it makes me HARD. OH MY GOD. IT'S SO INCREDIBLE THAT MY PANTS ARE BULGING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. HURNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG AND I'M DONE."