Re: Unity Desktop

2011-05-23 Thread Basil Chupin
On 23/05/11 23:07, Peter Kukums wrote: Hi folks, I was concerned about the Unity desktop for use by PC beginners, but having used it for a while now I find it is not as bad as previously discussed on this forum. However, I find one behaviour which would be confusing for beginners. Opening d

Re: Unity

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Robinson
Consider Lubuntu, Ubuntu with Lxde. It does not have official status yet, but Mark Shuttleworth seems to have given it a tentative nod. It's the lightest 'buntu release by far. I haven't done it yet, but I suggested to someone doing an install onto a 128Mb machine that the graphical installer

Re: Unity Desktop

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Robinson
My understanding is that there is a bug report in Launchpad for this (from ubuntu forums a few weeks ago), and if not then there should be. Opening documents on a different workspace should definitely be classed as "unexpected behaviour". You might try to find the report on Launchpad and click

Re: Unity

2011-05-23 Thread Jared Quinn
Jake, The desktop environment shouldn't be a reason to move away from Ubuntu. There are plenty of options for desktop environments available either in the core Ubuntu repositories or additional ppas from Launchpad; or as a last resort, somewhere like getdeb. What is it about Gnome 3 and Unity th

Re: Unity

2011-05-23 Thread Basil Chupin
On 23/05/11 23:24, tridecet...@gawab.com wrote: I installed Natty a few days ago and I must say I can't stand it. I sympathise - I know the feeling :-( . I have been experimenting with LXDE and other options (because GNOME 3 is nearly as bad as unity) The key word here is "nearly" as bad.

Thanks for the Stickers!

2011-05-23 Thread opm595
Hi Guys, Who's ever responsible (I'm assuming they're on the List). Many thanks for the Stickers! They finally arrived here in yesterdays post, after requesting them some time ago. So, many thanks. There's now several smiling Ubuntu faces around here, with their 'Powered by Ubuntu' stickers. The

Re: Unity

2011-05-23 Thread trideceth12
That's true, I am actually using LXDE with Natty as I write this email :D I know I don't have to leave to because of Unity, and I haven't yet. I guess I'm just feeling a little disappointed and am taking it out on Canonical. I feel like Unity (and GNOME3) are a demonstration of a movement in comp

Re: Unity

2011-05-23 Thread Jared Norris
On 23 May 2011 23:24, wrote: > I installed Natty a few days ago and I must say I can't stand it. > > I have been experimenting with LXDE and other options (because GNOME 3 > is nearly as bad as unity) and I think my future is with LXDE. > > I think Unity has turned me away from Ubuntu and I don't

Unity

2011-05-23 Thread trideceth12
I installed Natty a few days ago and I must say I can't stand it. I have been experimenting with LXDE and other options (because GNOME 3 is nearly as bad as unity) and I think my future is with LXDE. I think Unity has turned me away from Ubuntu and I don't think it will be too long before I'm usi

Unity Desktop

2011-05-23 Thread Peter Kukums
Hi folks, I was concerned about the Unity desktop for use by PC beginners, but having used it for a while now I find it is not as bad as previously discussed on this forum. However, I find one behaviour which would be confusing for beginners. Opening documents by double-clicking on them causes th

Re: Python text editor

2011-05-23 Thread Geoffrey
I am now using IDLE Python Shell. Thanks Joel. Thanks too, Ian, for the other choices. Geoffrey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au