I almost orgasmed when I saw open office load.
look again. that's not openoffice, it's just an image of an openoffice (er.. libreoffice) window. if you click on it you get a message that this is just a demo.
that's why I didn't had an orgasm...
Ubuntu 11.10 Released (Online Tour)
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#72This demo is also another indicator that HTML5 has come of age. It is by far the best desktop-like interface I've seen on the browser.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Figures there would be a gripe about an OPERATING SYSTEM demo in a WEB BROWSER. Shame on them. Install Ubuntu. Let that be your first impression. I'm sure it will fit your screen.
His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook.
>His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook.
Why? What's the purpose of sending "Granny Smith" to that demo? She going to be really excited about the new OS and install it herself? Even if you do, she emails you and says it didn't work, so you...do what you did before. Live cd? Have a discussion with her? Let her try yours?
The online demo is not the only method of trying the OS. It's really not even a true method. It's a marketing tool. Not something you would send Granny Smith.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 Released (Online Tour)
#74This seems like a lot of effort for something that will be unnecessary and unused in a month. I mean, it's cool, but they already have infrastructure for "demoing" remote apps, they could have demo remote instances with websocketed/vnc (noVNC, very cool).
For any other OS I'd agree with you. But for Linux desktop, which has come so far in the past 5-10 years, this is exactly what they need to show people "Hey, our desktop doesn't suck anymore! You should try us out again."
Funny how I on the other hand think that it just started sucking lately. I kinda liked Gnome 2, Unity just felt weird and awkward.
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#75The unity and its ilk might work great....on a netbook or convertible tablet. How will it work with many terminal/firefox/vms open? With the dock and bottom bar it looks like the worst of gnome 2 and os x. XFCE/iceWM/LXDE/gnome 2.x imo are much better for getting work done. How is this different then the ipadesque desktop of os x with all applications lined up in rows?
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#76An OEM laptop with 8 hours of battery life please
thinkpad x220 with the 19+ slice battery extension gets me 10 hours (real, reported 11/12). That's under arch with some power tweaking.
Too bad the display is terrible.
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That surprises me a little; I would think that plain Debian would be better for server use.
I would never use plain debian. security updates, support, broader user base, just to start. And Juju. Juju is going to be huge. https://juju.ubuntu.com/
What do you find lacking in Debian security updates and support? This is quite baffling.
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#78IMO Ubuntu is poised to make a serious dent in the desktop market share. Maybe next year is finally going to be the year of the Linux desktop :).
Sorry, not going to happen until someone release something like the Android of desktop Linux, or an actual Android for Desktop(TM).
Preinstalled, with lots of applications, and easy to use.
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#79Wow this is one of the cleanest demos of any product i've seen, hats off to the web guys on this they did an amazing job. I only use ubuntu on my servers but this definitely is enticing.
That surprises me a little; I would think that plain Debian would be better for server use.
I can speak for myself - I use Ubuntu on my laptop and I'm doing most of my software development on it.
As such, it makes sense to use the same environment in production. You have less surprises that way and you also learn to configure the server just from day to day maintenance of your own laptop. And some things are the same in Debian and Ubuntu, but some things are different.
Regardless, Debian is awesome, and its heritage is one reason why I love Ubuntu.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Figures there would be a gripe about an OPERATING SYSTEM demo in a WEB BROWSER. Shame on them. Install Ubuntu. Let that be your first impression. I'm sure it will fit your screen.
His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook.
Granny Smith would be pretty used to things looking wrong on her 1024x768 laptop - besides, a resolution that low indicates that the laptop is positively ancient. Would she be really looking to replace the OS on it? Even if she were, is this demographic even remotely large?