Anyone has a guess of when there'll be an official image on aws?
Cloud images are always published directly as part of the release. You can find the list here for reference: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#42I really recommend trying out the Ubuntu Gnome flavor [1] - I really like it as being more usable than Unity. Plus https://extensions.gnome.org/ is incredible. P.S. - [2] this is my personal optimization script for a lean and developer friendly Gnome Ubuntu 14.04 install. YMMV. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME [2] https://gist.github.com/sandys/6030823#file-lean_install_ubu...
I've been a staunch Xubuntu user for the past couple of years and I'm completely pleased with my setup, but I'm interested in giving Gnome a try. The main thing that's holding me back is that my machines aren't massively powerful - do you know if Gnome is as resource-hungry as Unity?
Both have gotten much better in this department than they used to be. I would say they're about equivalent.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm having weird issues with Gnome-Do, sometimes it just won't show up. It will run, but it won't show up, and killing it and relaunching it doesn't do anything. I think the hotkey just bugs out sometimes, and I have to relog for it to work. Weird.
Alternatives: kupfer (in the repositories) or synapse (ppa:synapse-core/testing ppa has a trusty build). I moved from gnome-do to synapse a while ago just because it feels faster.
Sadly, synapse is orphaned, Kupfer hasn't had a commit in over a year and GNOME-Do is going nowhere since GNOME Shell does the same thing by itself. One thing that's kept me from more minimal environments than those with their own launcher is that's there's just no really good standalone launcher.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#44Just upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 . already liking the locally integrated menus.
The click vs drag detection is sublime. It sounds like something that would be fiddly and annoying but it doesn't get in the way at all.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#45Why is the download so slow? Why not add a torrent link?
Use a local mirror, there's plenty out there. Here in Australia, quota-free downloads from the ISP's mirrors is really convenient.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#46I really recommend trying out the Ubuntu KDE flavour (KUbuntu).
I really like it as being more usable and configurable than Unity and Gnome.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#47I really recommend trying out the Ubuntu Gnome flavor [1] - I really like it as being more usable than Unity. Plus https://extensions.gnome.org/ is incredible. P.S. - [2] this is my personal optimization script for a lean and developer friendly Gnome Ubuntu 14.04 install. YMMV. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME [2] https://gist.github.com/sandys/6030823#file-lean_install_ubu...
You should install http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/localepurge for a leaner install.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#48As someone who just installed the beta 2 on my laptop a few days ago, I have to say I'm impressed.
This thing cold boots on my non-UEFI laptop in 4-5 seconds. That's at the same level as Windows 8.1, which also impressed me greatly.
Now if they can only get systemd and the "online in 50ms" updates implemented, this thing will be super-sweet.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#49I really recommend trying out the Ubuntu Gnome flavor [1] - I really like it as being more usable than Unity. Plus https://extensions.gnome.org/ is incredible. P.S. - [2] this is my personal optimization script for a lean and developer friendly Gnome Ubuntu 14.04 install. YMMV. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME [2] https://gist.github.com/sandys/6030823#file-lean_install_ubu...
As a data point for a bystander: I much prefer Unity over Gnome 3. Here's the quick list of things that prevent me from taking Gnome 3 seriously:
Alt+Tab is completely broken: it gathers windows from all virtual desktops, ruining the very purpose of virtual desktops. There are plug-ins that help, but they keep breaking after version updates and they don't function as sleek as Unity's built-in default window switcher.
Gnome's "workspaces" are not as powerful as traditional virtual desktops. The biggest problem is that they're dynamic: for example Gnome won't let you have an empty workspace - it will kill it and re-arrange apps from adjacent workspaces to fill the space.
Last, but not least, Gnome's way of launching apps gives me nausea: it insists on animating every pixel on my 30" desktop every time I want to launch an application.
Finally, Unity is much more responsive and less buggy, at least on my (modest) hardware: 2 year old i5 with Intel graphics.
Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
#50I really recommend trying out the Ubuntu Gnome flavor [1] - I really like it as being more usable than Unity. Plus https://extensions.gnome.org/ is incredible. P.S. - [2] this is my personal optimization script for a lean and developer friendly Gnome Ubuntu 14.04 install. YMMV. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME [2] https://gist.github.com/sandys/6030823#file-lean_install_ubu...
I've been a staunch Xubuntu user for the past couple of years and I'm completely pleased with my setup, but I'm interested in giving Gnome a try. The main thing that's holding me back is that my machines aren't massively powerful - do you know if Gnome is as resource-hungry as Unity?
Nowadays, GNOME and Xfce consume about the same amount of resources by default.
The only difference is that GNOME makes more serious use of your graphics card.
KDE with lots of effects >> Unity ~= KDE with fewer effects > GNOME ~= Xfce >> LXDE