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| Thread ID: 116451 | 2011-03-04 10:41:00 | Linux decision | QW. (15883) | Press F1 |
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| 1183502 | 2011-03-05 01:20:00 | Another thing that will make the move almost seamless is to use Firefox as yr browser and Thunderbird as yr email in MS for a while before you move. If you set them up with a few addons in Firefox and have yr address book on a CD It is possible within a very short time of changing to have all yr bookmarks and yr email contacts working then settle in to learning about linux from there. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 1183503 | 2011-03-05 02:34:00 | You know, it's not that hard to write "your" and it is easier for other people to read :) | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1183504 | 2011-03-05 05:26:00 | I can't see Ubuntu being a long term solution though, with Unity becoming default DE next month (11.04). Unity is a shell on top of the standard Gnome DE. Canonical unveils new 'Unity' Desktop Environment (www.canonical.com): "Unity is designed for netbooks and related touch-based devices." As far as I can gather it will be entirely optional for normal desktop users and the Gnome DE will still be available. More information available here: Unity Q&A (ubuntuforums.org) |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1183505 | 2011-03-05 05:41:00 | Unity is a shell on top of the standard Gnome DE . Canonical unveils new 'Unity' Desktop Environment ( . canonical . com/news/unity-ubuntu-light-instant-web" target="_blank">www . canonical . com): "Unity is designed for netbooks and related touch-based devices . " As far as I can gather it will be entirely optional for normal desktop users and the Gnome DE will still be available . More information available here: Unity Q&A ( . org/showthread . php?t=1611490" target="_blank">ubuntuforums . org) . ubuntu . com/testing/natty/alpha3" target="_blank">www . ubuntu . com Ubuntu Desktop Unity is now the default Ubuntu Desktop session . If you encounter a problem with Unity, and it is not mentioned in the known bugs below, please follow the directions for filing a Unity bug . The Unity Launcher is used to launch applications that are pinned to it, and switch between running applications . It supports Quick lists in its context menu as well as shortcuts activation . Finally, it also has full keyboard navigation and support for drag and drop to reorder Launcher icons . There is a full Places implementation for Applications and files now, in addition to the "Dash" homepage (which you get when clicking on the Ubuntu logo) for most common actions . Search is functional as well . The icons can be dragged and dropped (with a black square image, still work in progress) from the Dash to be added to the Launcher . Network Manager applet has been patched to use appindicator . Putting NM-Applet through as many test scenarios as possible is appreciated! Classic Gnome panel applets are not supported in Alpha 2, only Indicators . There are now three session types available in gdm: "Ubuntu Desktop" will run Unity by default, "Ubuntu Classic Session" will run GNOME with gnome-panel . Ubuntu Classic supports all video hardware and video drivers, Ubuntu Desktop requires 3D driver support . Finally, you can force a "2D mode only" with "Ubuntu Classic Session (no effect)" which has the same interface than the Ubuntu Classic session . If you install Unity 2D and you can't run Unity 3D, the fallback will be Unity 2D instead of the classic GNOME session . Both Fedora and OpenSuse have ditched short term plans to include Unity . Though I think this has more to do with politics and the anti-ubuntu sentiment more than anything else . Which distribution you use does not matter a heap unless you are an enthusiast - just like which car you drive does not matter unless you are an enthusiast!! Of course, but in the end when one is starting out wouldn't one rather use the most polished of distributions? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1183506 | 2011-03-05 11:24:00 | Quite frankly I can't stand Ubuntu or any derivative but am a fan of PCLinuxOS. Kubuntu lasted all of about three minutes on my box. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1183507 | 2011-03-05 11:45:00 | That's part of the joys of linux, you can have it your way :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1183508 | 2011-03-05 12:13:00 | That's part of the joys of linux, you can have it your way :D You are so right there. I have been dabbling in Linux since the late nineties. Mainly with RedHat initially but also one from India which I was quite impressed with until it went commercial. (can't remember the name ) I have never liked Gnome and I dislike Ubuntu because of Gnome and the different way it goes about things. I can switch between PCLinuxOS and Fedora and barely notice the difference. As an aside . I am a great one for copy and paste and today I copied a dd command but what I didn't realise was I also copied the carriage return. It was just as well SDB2 was a drive I was not using. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1183509 | 2011-03-05 19:04:00 | Of course Geoff Palmers Blog is a great source of infomation, and covers all sorts of aspects of Linux. Its not the Linux version that is so important, but running into problems that you have no idea about. Support is important when you start Linux, so when you try different versions look at the various forums, and other support sites related to the version your trying to see how well they support newbies. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1183510 | 2011-03-05 20:01:00 | mmm PF1 is great like that, distro-independent for the better part ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1183511 | 2011-03-05 20:16:00 | I'm still of the opinion that Linux is for servers, Windows is for desktops. | somebody (208) | ||
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