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Can you easily set it to quickly search for apps using Super and change apps using Super + number hotkeys? Or something similar? I'm not really a fan of unity, but I cannot live without those 2 features anymore :S
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/qh0q7/xubuntu_1204_th... You don't need Kupfer, since a application quick launcher is in Xubuntu. Kupfer does launch locations as well as applications, though. You can edit the shortcuts in Xubuntu. Their default "appfinder" shortcut is Win+R; I bound it to Win+Space.
Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin
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Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin
#242If you despise Unity, switch to Xubuntu. A minimal amount of customization allows it to feel just like Gnome 2.
Gnome3 ships with a mode that looks and acts basically identically to gnome2/gnome-panel. I don't understand at all the desire to use gnome-panel, but it's all right there out of box. I groan every time I hear people mention Cinnamon, Mint and Xubuntu because they don't like Gnome-Shell.
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Lenovo X220. Standard Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity. Laptop display configured for left, 22" configured for right. Because I have launcher configured for auto-hide, every time that I scroll across to the left to reach the laptop display, the launcher gets in the way, hence I want it on the right. I've read some of the other comments below and I've decided to try gnome-classic instead. It's a pity, because I really wanted t…
I'm curious: how long have you been running Ubuntu on your X220? And how stable has it been? I was using Ubuntu on an X220 as my development machine for a while, with Ubuntu 11.04. It was extremely unstable -- the machine would freeze frequently when unplugging the DisplayPort cable, or even right in the middle of working. That along with a host of small bugs and annoyances (invisible desktop space on the smaller dis…
Until a few days ago I was running Fedora 16 (KDE) on the X220 and it ran perfectly. Ubuntu 11.04 was why I moved to Fedora in the first place.
On the X220, 12.04 has run perfectly. On the X120e however, which also ran Fedora 16 (KDE) previously, I have to admit that 12.04 was sluggish. I haven't narrowed down the problem - but I feel it might have something to do with graphics performance -- which feels strange, since I always historically associated KDE with sluggish performance due to graphics, not Gnome.
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I'm curious: how long have you been running Ubuntu on your X220? And how stable has it been? I was using Ubuntu on an X220 as my development machine for a while, with Ubuntu 11.04. It was extremely unstable -- the machine would freeze frequently when unplugging the DisplayPort cable, or even right in the middle of working. That along with a host of small bugs and annoyances (invisible desktop space on the smaller dis…
X220 here. I had some problems with the trackpad in 11.10 (I use the nub, mostly). 12.04 has been nothing but rock solid the entire way. Everything including the above that you said is a problem. Sorry that I can't commiserate, but basically, the X220 + 12.04 are the near perfect setup I've wished for quite some time* *only thing I would like is a higher resolution screen on the X220.
I agree on the higher res desire. It looks so great out of the box you just wish you had a little more screen real estate to work with...
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This is why I went to Mint then back to Debian. Still, having to deal with terribly buggy ATI/AMD proprietary drivers, because I need openCL. If you can avoid ATI you shall be fine in Debian land.
I used to feel the same way, since finding in c. 2006 that using an ATI card with Linux was pretty much impossible. However, this all changed when I built a new machine last year, and wanted 3 monitors. Two monitors worked great with Nvidia; 3 was impossible. I've found that, although still a little buggy, 3 monitors w/ Ubuntu, ATI/AMD graphics card and "EyeFinity" works great (on KDE at least): http://wiki.cchtml.co…
I run 2 high-end ATI/AMD cards (scientific compuptations in openCL).
It continues to be hell.
Surely, their drivers work fine in some configurations, but sometimes you cannot afford to change your setup to accomodate their buggy drivers.
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#246If you have any issues (in addition to the ones already mentioned by others here), please let me know. If you're interested in buying Thinkpads with Linux pre-installed and fully tested, please sign up here - http://giniji.com/ubuntu_laptops.html
Just signed up. Would love to hear more about your business. It's really a pain to find a laptop that would not suck under Linux for any of the important dimensions (wifi, battery life, external monitor support, working fn keys and etc). I know of System76 and etc, but their hardware doesn't inspire me much (spoiled by Apple).
> It's really a pain to find a laptop that would not suck under Linux for any of the important dimensions (wifi, battery life, external monitor support, working fn keys and etc).
I have nothing but good things to say about Dell computers. Of course, I am a bit careful not to choose ATI or Nvidia graphics or anything that seems designed to run only Windows. The v131 I'm using now works perfectly (and came with Ubuntu preinstalled). Having a version that comes preinstalled with Linux is a good indicator the machine will work properly with it.
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Do you know why the launcher still can't be moved to the other side of the screen? Does it have to do with the idea that Ubuntu will also run on mobile devices?
Apparently, it's against Ubuntu's broader design goals, which require the launcher always close to the Ubuntu button: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415/comments/2 There are some unofficial plugins which allow you to do it, but that will break future bug updates.
This comment is no longer valid because the Ubuntu button is on the launcher itself.
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#248Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lenovo X220. Standard Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity. Laptop display configured for left, 22" configured for right. Because I have launcher configured for auto-hide, every time that I scroll across to the left to reach the laptop display, the launcher gets in the way, hence I want it on the right. I've read some of the other comments below and I've decided to try gnome-classic instead. It's a pity, because I really wanted t…
I'm curious: how long have you been running Ubuntu on your X220? And how stable has it been? I was using Ubuntu on an X220 as my development machine for a while, with Ubuntu 11.04. It was extremely unstable -- the machine would freeze frequently when unplugging the DisplayPort cable, or even right in the middle of working. That along with a host of small bugs and annoyances (invisible desktop space on the smaller dis…
Hooray X220 owners! I ditched 11.04 for Arch, running Gnome 3 in fallback mode with Xmonad.
Gnome 3 fallback is essentially Gnome 2.x all over again, so I'm pretty happy with the results.
Otherwise I haven't run into any problems so far...
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Yes, poor Unity developpers. They wanted to make this configurable, but Gnome prevented them from doing it. Edit:
Gnome did no such thing. Unity is developed entirely by Canonical, they own full copyright on it and they employ all the developers for it. They can add any options they want, and they can omit any options they want. Gnome doesn't even factor into this.
Unity is based on gnome. It has lots of gnome dependencies.
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#250Is it safe to use this on servers yet?
I've been playing with it on EC2 and it just works.