Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?
Tomislav Skunca <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:08:13 +1300
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I think Mint is going the Gnome 3 way in the next release but they have decent artists and aren't prone to experimentation so the UI should be usable. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 09:52, Steve Withers <[email protected]> wrote: > I dislike Unity enough I make check out Mint.... > > I've been Ubuntu-only for most of 5 years now, but Unity may just put an > end to that. > > Unity buries all the things I use a lot too deep to bothered with. I do not > like it. But it won't go away. I tried changing to Gnome and the lock > screen stopped working and I wasn't able to login without powering the PC > off. That wasn't going to carry on... > > Looks like someone at Ubuntu wants to *enforce* Unity. > > F*ck that... > > Steve Withers > > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:49, Dave Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Robin, >> >> Yep, using 11.10 with Unity at the moment. Didn't get on with Gnome 3 >> very well, so ditched it. Have managed to make Unity more or less >> usable. I found a LOT of "how to" websites via Google. I suggest you >> just try asking Google about what you're trying to achieve. I suspect >> you'll be amazed at how many others are in a similar situation. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave >> >> On 11/11/11 21:36, Robin Paulson wrote: >> > i'm having a few issues with the new UI. i wasn't impressed at all with >> > unity, so i switched to gnome, which is now v3. >> > >> > it's different enough to v2 to be annoying, and i can't figure out how >> > to change things - searching the web hasn't helped either. perhaps >> > someone can help? >> > >> > is there a way to make the top and bottom panels autohide? there's no >> > right-click menu anymore >> > >> > and how do i get back the 'system' menu? >> > >> > any clues on how to add launchers to the top panel as well? >> > >> > how do i get rid of the workspace switcher? >> > >> > any other suggestions to make v3 more like v2? >> > >> >> -- >> Dave Lane, Egressive Ltd [email protected] m +64212298147 p +6439633733 >> http://egressive.com Free/OpenSourceSoftware: because to share is human >> Drupal powers communities: http://drupal.org Use Open Standards: w3.org >> Software Patents kill innovation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZLUG mailing list [email protected] >> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug >> > _______________________________________________ > NZLUG mailing list [email protected] > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug > _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug