I'm not going back to linux on the desktop until it can sleep my laptop reliably. OSX is so nice for that. Just close the lid and go... I can't imagine working any other way now.
That's how it works on my laptop... (running Narwal).
Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
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Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
No. Memory > 4GB is not a reason to use 64bit. If you want to address > 4GB of RAM on 32bit, install the PAE kernel. I think the meta package is called linux-generic-pae. Use 64bit if you want to run applications that will benefit from it. EDIT: If in doubt, use the 32 bit one as it will give you less friction for general purpose desktop use.
He said processes accessing more than 4 gb, not total memory - aren't individual processes are still limited to 4 gb of memory with PAE?
Less depending on where the kernel split is. 3 GB under Linux usually.
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#73Ubuntu's website shows of its Dash "Spotlight", Launcher "Dock", Status Icons "Menu bar with status", Workspace "Spaces", Ubuntu Store "Mac App Store". It's almost like they're trying to directly compete with Mac OS X, with "killer features" that match exactly with what apple regularly shows off with Mac OS X.
I think most of these things were actually on Unix/Linux first, just maybe not as pretty as on OS X.
Funny. Apple takes features from other OSes like Linux. Linux in turn takes features prominent in Apple's marketing strategy for OS X and replicate it in their own.
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#74This 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.
It might take a couple more years but somehow I have the feeling that Ubuntu might be heading for the mainstream. Rightfully so. I'd like to think so, and they're doing a great job, but I can't help but feel they're a few years too late. I suspect general email & browsing is going to happen more and more on tablets and phones and people will only want full-blown computers to run specialized native apps, most of which…
For consumers that can afford it, tablets may replace a lot of what a desktop computer does for those people, but there are many people who are lower income who will still depend on very inexpensive desktop computers, either ones the own individually or (more likely) ones that they can access at their local library. I think Ubuntu is heading in a direction where it will replace Windows for users that only need an office suite and a web browser but need to use a cheaper desktop machine.
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those keybindings look awesome and make me want to upgrade. Guess I will try it out in a VM first though.
Unity is built using Compiz and requires 3D acceleration; a lot of people have issues running it in a VM. There's a Unity2D project built using Qt, but I don't know if it was mature enough at the time of release to make it in as a fallback.
If you can enable 3D acceleration in virtual box, installing virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 enables Unity [1].
[1]: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2011/04/21/ubuntu-natty-in-v...
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#76I'd like to point out that this is a good time to really test your connection. I've never downloaded anything faster than a torrent of a fresh ubuntu release.
BitTorrent download speed has a lot less to do with bandwidth than with how many peers you can connect to, and downloading these things fresh there is often a lack of them.
I BitTorrented the 64-bit Desktop edition it as soon as OMGUbuntu broke the news on Twitter and it took me around half an hour (for 700 MiB).
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#77I'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…
Isn't having all of these different key bindings pointless when GnomeDO can bring them all up?
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#78As 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's no big deal if you don't mind having a few partitions on your system. Personally I have a large partition for my /home directory, and smaller partitions for testing out new releases, distributions and such. If one of the releases is/becomes unstable, you can just select your old reliable release in the boot loader and get work done on that. It has worked out really nicely for me.
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#79I'm not going back to linux on the desktop until it can sleep my laptop reliably. OSX is so nice for that. Just close the lid and go... I can't imagine working any other way now.
It's a wildly varying experience that depends on your hardware and the distro. What I've noticed with Ubuntu, though is that hardware support keeps getting better with each new version. Before I buy any new piece of hardware, I check for Ubuntu support.
I haven't had any problems with suspend/resume on Apple hardware with Ubuntu in the last three years or so
Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
#80I'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…
Isn't having all of these different key bindings pointless when GnomeDO can bring them all up?
Sure, it might be if GnomeDo was installed by default and tweaked to do the same thing. But since it isn't, I would hardly call it "pointless", but rather, awesome.