On 29/10/11 16:09, Paul Tansom wrote:
I think the changes to Unity in 11.10 are a positive move, but for me it is
still seriously lacking in basic functionality.
Hi Paul,
I've been with Ubuntu in one form or another on and off since the first
public release, and I'm not sure I agree with
On Sat, October 29, 2011 16:02, Samuel Penn wrote:
To me, that sounds like it's your fault if you don't like it.
Sadly, I have to agree here.
The target very obviously isn't people who like KDE because it
gives them lots of control over their desktop. Gnome/Unity takes away
options (or
On Sunday 30 October 2011 12:23:12 Jan Henkins wrote:
On Sat, October 29, 2011 16:02, Samuel Penn wrote:
To me, that sounds like it's your fault if you don't like it.
Sadly, I have to agree here.
The target very obviously isn't people who like KDE because it
gives them lots of control
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:58:44 +0100
Imran Chaudhry ichaud...@gmail.com wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good Linux distro that meets the following
requirements:
- must work easily with a Huwei 3G dongle
- Gnome 2.x
- easy to set-up encrypted home dir
- makes good use of a modern
On 29 October 2011 00:58, Imran Chaudhry ichaud...@gmail.com wrote:
I really
hope 12.04 maintains Gnome 2.x as 10.04. I did try Gnome 3 but discarded it
as it was not as obvious to use as the alternatives.
It won't. GNOME 2 will be disappearing from most distros over the next
year or so. Have
On 10/29/2011 10:24 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
On 29 October 2011 00:58, Imran Chaudhryichaud...@gmail.com wrote:
I really
hope 12.04 maintains Gnome 2.x as 10.04. I did try Gnome 3 but discarded it
as it was not as obvious to use as the alternatives.
It won't. GNOME 2 will be disappearing from
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:24:43 +0100
Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 29 October 2011 00:58, Imran Chaudhry ichaud...@gmail.com wrote:
I really
hope 12.04 maintains Gnome 2.x as 10.04. I did try Gnome 3 but
discarded it as it was not as obvious to use as the alternatives.
It won't.
On 29 October 2011 11:35, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote:
Will Gnome 3 fallback mode always be there, or will it disappear in future
versions?
GNOME 3 fallback mode isn't on the CD and thus isn't installed by
default, the same goes for GNOME Shell on 11.10 and above.
However you
On 29 October 2011 11:43, john lewis johnle...@hantslug.org.uk wrote:
I think Imran said he'd tried it but didn't like it. I didn't even
bother to try it in Debian as the live Gnome3 CD from someone else I'd
tried on my backup system defaulted to fallback mode and that was ugly.
My mistake. I
On 29/10/11 01:03, Bryn Jones wrote:
I'd recommend Mint - Ubuntu with a shiny finish (and in 11 running
Gnome 2). The only thing I'm not sure about is encrypting home dir
(but I'm pretty certain you can).
Yes it should prompt you to encrypt
** Alan Pope a...@popey.com [2011-10-29 12:31]:
On 29 October 2011 11:43, john lewis johnle...@hantslug.org.uk wrote:
Msnip
OK, in neither case have I used the latest version of Gnome3 but have
decided it isn't for me. I think the developers have lost their way and
are inflicting their idea
On Saturday 29 October 2011 12:28:01 Alan Pope wrote:
I dont find any of the new stuff singing and dancing. The idea behind
GNOME Shell and Unity is that it gets out of the way and lets you get
on with your work. It mostly seems to do that for me.
For me, they just make it harder to do work.
On 29 October 2011 10:24, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 29 October 2011 00:58, Imran Chaudhry ichaud...@gmail.com wrote:
I really
hope 12.04 maintains Gnome 2.x as 10.04. I did try Gnome 3 but discarded
it
as it was not as obvious to use as the alternatives.
It won't. GNOME 2
Can anyone recommend a good Linux distro that meets the following
requirements:
- must work easily with a Huwei 3G dongle
- Gnome 2.x
- easy to set-up encrypted home dir
- makes good use of a modern laptop (eg. usable webcam)
I have been living with Ubunty 11.10 Unity for the last
I'd recommend Mint - Ubuntu with a shiny finish (and in 11 running Gnome
2). The only thing I'm not sure about is encrypting home dir (but I'm
pretty certain you can).
Cheers
Bryn
On 29/10/11 00:58, Imran Chaudhry wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good Linux distro that meets the following
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