ubuntu 11.04, fantastic!

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ubuntu 11.04, fantastic!

#1 Post by netipot » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:35 pm

I upgraded from ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 on my T60 and the upgrade did fail, however I have everything synchronized on ubuntu one so nothing was lost. I installed 11.04 and was amazed at how well ubuntu one is intergrated into the OS. Now I am a huge fan of ubuntu one. I have also become a huge fan of unity. I love at how fast I can search, just press the super-L key and start typing. My files and applications appear immediately. I also like that all I have to do to launch an application from the dock is to again press the super-L key and the number of the application. It's simple and fast and I love keyboard shortcuts. I thought I would miss gnome but noooooo. Everything works on this thinkpad so far and works better than any previous ubuntu edition.
If you want something like windows go to KDE.

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Re: ubuntu 11.04, fantastic!

#2 Post by roguetrooper » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:27 pm

I'm about to try this (XP to 11.04)... I am just worried about the docking situation and whether it works ok!
I guess only one way to find out!

T60 2007-66G T2500 2.0, 1GB, 80GB, SXGA+ (+Dock)

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Re: ubuntu 11.04, fantastic!

#3 Post by lukee » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:04 am

Ubuntu 11.10 will be even further, good source of articles is here:
http://omgubuntu.co.uk/

GDM login screen will be replaced with this Unity Greeter:
http://www.linuxnov.com/wp-content/uplo ... enshot.jpg

Unity will be improved to the Unity Dash:
http://www.linuxexpres.cz/uploads/galle ... l/5105.jpg

* Synaptic package manager will be removed, Ubuntu Software Center will be used instead only
* Pitivi video editor will be removed from the live CD compilation
* Déja Dup backup software will be added to the live CD compilation

I would also expect that ATI open source graphics drivers will be slightly improved (features + performance) because AMD/ATI has recently released specifications about theirs new and legacy graphics chips so the driver's developers can build more quality drivers now.
Current: T420
Previous: T400, T43p Flexview, T40, R52, T43p 14"
My first ThinkPad was 570

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Re: ubuntu 11.04, fantastic!

#4 Post by hlaj » Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:52 pm

netipot wrote:I love at how fast I can search, just press the super-L key and start typing. My files and applications appear immediately. I also like that all I have to do to launch an application from the dock is to again press the super-L key and the number of the application. It's simple and fast and I love keyboard shortcuts. I thought I would miss gnome but noooooo.
I've heard similar raves about the program gnome-do. So perhaps people do not have to abandon
gnome so quickly for this feature!

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