An absolutely HIDEOUS release! And I say that as long time Ubuntu fan, converted from Windows XP/Vista by Gutsy Gibbon
The Kubuntu (KDE 4.6) version is totally unusable for NVidia cards. Kubuntu installs in 640x480 video mode and refuses to allow the upgraded driver NVidia administrative module to save a higher resolution for subsequent sessions. Even worse, that higher resolution corrupts terminal displays, which eventually leak out into the entire display in what resembles that old analog TV "snow". KDE panel and desktop functions are hopelessly crippled by this problem as well. This Kubuntu release is at best an alpha-2. Certainly not even a beta, much less an RC. The Ubuntu (nee Gnome) version installer does not allow for keyboard input to define mount points for other partitions, forcing the user to edit the /etc/fstab file to accomplish that fundamental operation. That's fine for those of us who have some Linux-Unix experience but new users will be befuddled, then angered, then disgusted. The installation itself still has numerous bugs in the desktop, with little if any of the claimed performance improvement the switch to Unity was supposed to bring. As for the Unity interface itself, who told Shuttleworth that adding a mouse click or keystroke to invoke an app was an improvement? If a user likes that silly little tattoo band running up the left side of their screen they can opt for a far more functional analogue by downloading the Avant panel, which offers far more utility, customization and stability. Mark Shuttleworth should be ashamed to have this abortion bear the name of an official Ubuntu product. Natty is a grotesquely classic case of fixing what was not broken, a pervasive philosophical weakness that the Ubuntu team has shown before, when adding then crippling than removing desirable features for no apparent reason other than programmer ego. This ugly "release" has led me to take another look at viable Debian-based alternatives such as Mint and Mepis. Maverick (Ubuntu 10.10) with Gnome works very well for me but if Natty is the direction Shuttleworth is taking, I don't want to be forced to use outdated OS software or live with a bug-infested freakish exercise in geek ego-tripping. On 04/30/2011 01:29 PM, Bill Morita wrote: > I am having issues with Natty. > > Neither the Home key nor the Windows (meta) key works as advertised. > In fact a lot of the "short cut" keys to not seem to function. > I have even tried plugging in a second keyboard. No joy. > > I do not seem to have a way to get the launcher. > Yes, I can get a command window (cntl+alt+T), but the whole point of a GUI is > to not need > the command line. > > Anyone else seen these issues ? > > - Bill Morita > wamorita At gmail.com > 907-243-0199 > 907-952-9948 Cell > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
