Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-09 Thread Paula Graham
Its not down to your Tosh as such as my computer is a HP Pavilion desktop with 2GB ram. More likely to be a Unity 3D problem. I had crashes in 11.04 but they have become more frequent in 11.10. I assumed that the issues with the upgrade had caused a problem so did a full

[ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Barry Titterton
The recent, very extensive, discussion for and against Unity/11.10 has prompted me to give my experience. Four weeks ago I upgraded my spare laptop to 11.10 and the experience has been mixed. The machine is an elderly Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 with 1 Gig Ram. It had been running 10.04 without

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 December 2011 17:18, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: The recent, very extensive, discussion for and against Unity/11.10 has prompted me to give my experience. Four weeks ago I upgraded my spare laptop to 11.10 and the experience has been mixed. The machine

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Nick McAlpin
For me, anything old gets either Arch Linux or Debian installed, with fluxbox/Openbox and lxde Arch isn#39;t as hard as everyone makes it out to be!-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 December 2011 17:44, Nick McAlpin thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote: For me, anything old gets either Arch Linux or Debian installed, with fluxbox/Openbox and lxde Arch isn't as hard as everyone makes it out to be! Please bottom-quote on the mailing list. Is there a particular reason

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Nick McAlpin
Sorry, this phone makes it impossible to bottom quote, so I will just write the post in detail and context. For older systems, you want to save as much as space as possible and only have what you need installed and not have any extra drivers or things you don#39;t need. I choose Arch for older

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 December 2011 19:25, Nick McAlpin thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote: Sorry, this phone makes it impossible to bottom quote, so I will just write the post in detail and context. Ah, OK, fair enough. I had that on Android 2.2 myself. For older systems, you want to save as much as space as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.10 So far mixed fortunes

2011-12-03 Thread Nick McAlpin
I#39;m not really an expert - more of an intermediate ;)-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/