I have it on my Macbook in a dual-boot. I upgraded the Ubuntu Studio 11.10 that was installed on it, and I have yet to have any issues. You'll get apport to cry about a couple of things in the upgrade process, but it hasn't affected functionality for me in any way that I've seen yet.
-- Jim Peterson, Board Member Friends of Kentucky Libraries On Sat, 2012-03-10 at 13:23 -0600, Jack Coats wrote: > It looks like some say Ubuntu 12.04LTS might not be as bad as some of > us has feared. > Still I wonder. > > Has anyone tried the early release yet? Thoughts? > > ><> ... Jack > Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — > Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" > - Henry J. Tillman > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - > Albert Einstein > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tom Metro <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Discuss] The next Linux desktop: Ubuntu 12.04 > To: L-blu <[email protected]> > > > A more in-depth review. > -Tom > > > Is Ubuntu 12.04 a Linux Game Changer? > > With improvements in Unity, the upcoming Ubuntu release has much to > recommend it. > > http://www.datamation.com/open-source/is-ubuntu-12.04-a-linux-game-changer-1.html > > ...Unity was a neat idea that needed more time to develop. > > With Ubuntu 12.04 just around the corner, I was shocked to discover that > Unity now offers a stable and configurable desktop experience. > > Power savings > > As the kernel stands now in older Linux releases, the power consumption > for notebooks is abysmal. ... Thankfully, this may become less of an > issue due to the new Linux kernel bundled with Ubuntu 12.04. Considering > that all of the great features in the world mean very little when a > notebook loses a lot of its battery life quickly, I'd call this perfect > timing. > ... > > Making Unity usable > > A major hangup I had with Unity out of the box was the lack of > customization that was possible. Recently, though, I've discovered > something wonderful called MyUnity. ... By offering this access to the > Unity underpinnings, I finally feel like I'm the one running Unity > rather than the other way around! > > Additionally Unity will now come with the keys to control what shows up > in the launcher, as well as the colors used, transparency in various > areas of the desktop, enable/disable available apps in the dash, plus so > much more. > ... > > Dual monitor support remains questionable > > One area that I disagree with most people is the belief that Unity has > finally dealt with dual-monitor issues. While there are reports of > success in tackling issues within the global menu, the fact that panel > indicators still appear in both monitors is just silly. > ... > > After weighing out the good with the bad, I think that I will continue > to push myself into using Unity a little bit more. Nothing listed above > would be problematic enough to prevent me from using it, as the Unity > desktop is now faster and more responsive than in the past. > > This isn't to say that I'm going to give up on other desktop > environments, rather that I'm willing to spend more time adapting to > what Unity has to offer. > ... > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
