Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-31 Thread Brian David
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.auwrote: On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 21:50 -0500, Brian David wrote: I believe that Unity does not currently use Compiz, although it will by the time of Natty's release. In order to use Unity on a desktop right now, you'll want

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-31 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 02:29 -0500, Brian David wrote: We are having a simple communication error. I was saying that GIMP is noticeably slower with Compiz enabled, not disabled. In other words, we are agreeing. -- -Brian David Yeah sorry, I was getting confused. lol -- Chris

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-30 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 21:50 -0500, Brian David wrote: I believe that Unity does not currently use Compiz, although it will by the time of Natty's release. In order to use Unity on a desktop right now, you'll want to make sure Compiz is turned off (at least, such is the case with my

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-28 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:12 -0500, Brian David wrote: Holstein just posted this on IRC. It's worth re-posting to the list: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Ubuntu-1104-to-switch-to-Unity-desktop/?kc=rss Thoughts? -- -Brian David When I was the Co-Maintainer for the Fedora

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-28 Thread Antoine Thomas
2010/10/28 Brian David beej...@gmail.com Spent some time messing around with Unity today and. . .I kind of like it, to be honest. Give it a few more months of tweaking and I'd be completely okay with using it. I agree, we need to let more time to developers and see Unity with more

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-28 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 09:17 +0200, Antoine Thomas wrote: 2010/10/28 Brian David beej...@gmail.com I am concerned about the 3d graphics requirement. I know a lot of people use Ubuntu (and Linux in general) to run older machines, so that could be an

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-28 Thread mark
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:12 -0500, Brian David wrote: Holstein just posted this on IRC. It's worth re-posting to the list: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Ubuntu-1104-to-switch-to-Unity-desktop/?kc=rss Thoughts? If we're no longer tied to gnome, that's excellent news. We can

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-28 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 06:02:01AM EDT, mark wrote: If we're no longer tied to gnome, that's excellent news. We can finally say goodbye to pulseaudio. To be clear, switching to unity for Ubuntu does not in any way mean a move away from GNOME completely. Unity is an alternative shell. The

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-28 Thread Brian David
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.auwrote: On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 09:17 +0200, Antoine Thomas wrote: I am not so sure about that. I have tested Unity in its current form on my onboard Intel i865 video chipset which can run Compiz just fine. Yet Unity simply

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-27 Thread Antoine Thomas
2010/10/27 Luke Yelavich them...@ubuntu.com On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 01:12:54PM EDT, Brian David wrote: Holstein just posted this on IRC. It's worth re-posting to the list: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Ubuntu-1104-to-switch-to-Unity-desktop/?kc=rss Thoughts? To be clear,

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-27 Thread Louie Queral
curious, what's gnome 3.0 supposed to be like? On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Antoine Thomas tto...@ttoine.net wrote: 2010/10/27 Luke Yelavich them...@ubuntu.com On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 01:12:54PM EDT, Brian David wrote: Holstein just posted this on IRC. It's worth re-posting to the

Re: Ubuntu switching to Unity Desktop

2010-10-27 Thread Brian David
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Antoine Thomas tto...@ttoine.net wrote: Imho, we should first test if Unity desktop has a good or bad influence on stability and performances. Once tested, it will be time to say if it is good to keep Gnome and wait for Gnome 3.0, or follow on Unity. Think