Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by curtin » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:07 PM UTC

fingerprinter wrote: post #16

I've had it installed on my main machine since late December. There were some rough patches as things were landing during the beta period, but right now this is easily the best desktop I've ever used. My workflow adapted to some of the additions in Unity so quickly that it was absurd. At this point I could never go back to something without Super+#, Super+w, Super+s and the other keybindings found here: http://askubu…

Those keybindings look awesome and make me want to upgrade. Guess I will try it out in a VM first though.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by scrrr » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:12 PM UTC

This is exactly the right direction for Ubuntu. I'm installing this remotely on my dad's computer as I type this.

The shortcut keys (using the Windows-button) are very useful and the dock-like launcher is a good replacement for the old task-bar.

It might take a couple more years but somehow I have the feeling that Ubuntu might be heading for the mainstream. Rightfully so.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by dave1010uk » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:12 PM UTC

wbond wrote: post #23

drivingmenuts wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't get a choice if you run it in a VM, btw. It's classic or aught.

What virtualization program are you running? If you are using VirtualBox you can run apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils. You'll also need to enable 3D support under Settings > Display.

Just did this: it works.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by scrrr » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:15 PM UTC

curtin wrote: post #31

fingerprinter wrote: post #16

I've had it installed on my main machine since late December. There were some rough patches as things were landing during the beta period, but right now this is easily the best desktop I've ever used. My workflow adapted to some of the additions in Unity so quickly that it was absurd. At this point I could never go back to something without Super+#, Super+w, Super+s and the other keybindings found here: http://askubu…

Those keybindings look awesome and make me want to upgrade. Guess I will try it out in a VM first though.

You can burn the installation CD and run Ubuntu without installing as well.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by jhawk28 » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:16 PM UTC

Updated our server. Only issue was that I needed to reinstall Mercurial.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by vijaydev » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:19 PM UTC

mattdeboard wrote: post #22

enterneo wrote: post #20

aargh! I just installed it in Vmware Fusion on Snow Leopard only to realize it does not support OpenGL for Linux OS. Ubuntu went into a fallback mode and disabled Unity. Seems like I need to switch to a different Virtual Machine Software, any suggestions?

I really love Oracle's VirtualBox and use it daily for my dev environment.

Oracle's VirtualBox. Sad remembering the day Sun set.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by joshfinnie » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:20 PM UTC

jhawk28 wrote: post #35

Updated our server. Only issue was that I needed to reinstall Mercurial.

What benefits over the 10.04 LTS does this release have for the server? All I am hearing about it Unity, have you seen an improvement?

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by Garbage » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:22 PM UTC

scrrr wrote: post #34

curtin wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those keybindings look awesome and make me want to upgrade. Guess I will try it out in a VM first though.

You can burn the installation CD and run Ubuntu without installing as well.

You can burn the image on USB drive and boot from it. Unetbootin can help for that. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by nuclear_eclipse » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:23 PM UTC

drivingmenuts wrote: post #19

unwind wrote: post #5

Of course, this is the release that changes the desktop interface around quite a lot. I'm a bit hesitant, although this answer in the FAQ was soothing: No problem at all. You can choose to launch the classic desktop experience when you log in to your computer. Not sure if this really means that the choice has to be re-made on every login, or if is remembered. Anyone?

You don't get a choice if you run it in a VM, btw. It's classic or aught.

VirtualBox 4.0.6 added support for Xorg 10.1 which is the part that was required to get Unity working.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by dspillett » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 12:29 PM UTC

lwhi wrote: post #6

As I use my Ubuntu desktop to actually get work done, I'm quite terrified about installing this release. I'm not sure I'll upgrade for a while yet, I want to find out what the general consensus is first.

It is never a good idea to install a brand new release on a production system unless you have to (i.e. if it is the only easy way to fix a show-stopping usability/security/compatibility issue) - this goes for any software. Play safe and let the pioneers get scalped, and/or try it out on a less critical machine first.

I recently bought a new netbook and rather than waiting a couple of days or installing the beta to upgrade later I put an older release on. 10.04 in fact, rather than 10.10, as that is an LTS release and I was in a cautious mood.