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Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by baq »

cageface wrote: post #56
scrrr wrote: post #32

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.

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…

Unity looks like it was designed for touch-based interfaces in mind. wait a couple of months for Intel's x86 tablets.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by kleiba »

rfugger wrote: post #129
huherto wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That makes a lot of sense. Are there any major PC manufacturers that ship with Ubuntu? I imagine the day you go to Sams and buy an Ubuntu system will be a big milestone for Linux.

Dell did ship Ubuntu awhile back. Not sure if they still do.

Not for laptops anymore, as far as I know. They still sell their Inspiron netbooks with ubuntu, though (8.04).

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by kleiba »

pivo wrote: post #83
2mur wrote: post #59

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.

This, along with automatically using an external monitor when one is plugged in, is the reason that I switched to the Mac for laptops. As others are saying, it sounds like the suspend/resume feature works well now. I can add that at least on my multi-monitor desktop Ubuntu 10.10 will reliably automatically adjust when I plug in or unplug one of my monitors. I found this out accidentally and it was really a pleasant s…

Of course, as always with Linux, both these features probably depend on how well your hardware is supported.

...make that "as always with any operating system".

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by speleding »

joshfinnie wrote: post #37
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?

From what I read:

- better AppArmor - "PowerNap" (reduces power consumption by 14% by selectively disabling cores on certain Intel hardware. - "private clouds" (don't know what that means) - Latest Linux kernel (2.6.38 vs 2.6.35)

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by lhnn »

I've had it for a little bit, but I went back to Ubuntu Classic when I saw I couldn't add a "Show Desktop" to the panel... Between gnome-do and the window snapping feature a-la Windows 7, "Ubuntu Classic" works well for me.

Besides, I'm experimenting with moving all my servers to Debian Stable. It's interesting how much Ubuntu does for you automatically...

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by ominous_prime »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #119
ominous_prime wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's almost entirely due to flash. Most users won't notice the difference between 32 and 64 bit machines, and it's still much simpler to use flash in a 32 bit browser. 32 bit chrome has flash bundled, and 64 bit chrome does not, which will cause confusion as well. At work, I use a 64bit OS with the pre-release of flash "square", but at home it's just easier to use 32 bit on my laptop.

I run Ubuntu 64 bit on all of my systems and I've never had to do anything to get Flash to run, not with Firefox 3.6, Firefox 4 or Chrome Dev channel. Flash hasn't been an issue for quite some releases in Ubuntu.

> Flash hasn't been an issue for quite some releases in Ubuntu

Your personal experience doesn't make it true for everyone.

The official flash release has to be run through nspluginwrapper on 64-bit systems, which can be a pain when it doesn't work. Suggesting that the average user stick with the 32-bit release removes any support issues related to 32 vs 64-bit plugins (java included too) and nspluginwrapper, with no noticeable drawback for most users.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by niels_olson »

krat0sprakhar wrote: post #125
minhajuddin wrote: post #124

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This is not the right place for your question. Anyway, you shouldn't buy a Mac. Ubuntu with gvim can be the most enjoyable environment for rails/node development.

Sorry for posting this. I'll keep that in mind next time. Thanks a lot for your suggestion.

Your question is fine. If a thread raises a question in your mind, then that can be the entirely appropriate place to ask your question. Keep asking questions.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

ominous_prime wrote: post #146
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I run Ubuntu 64 bit on all of my systems and I've never had to do anything to get Flash to run, not with Firefox 3.6, Firefox 4 or Chrome Dev channel. Flash hasn't been an issue for quite some releases in Ubuntu.

> Flash hasn't been an issue for quite some releases in Ubuntu Your personal experience doesn't make it true for everyone. The official flash release has to be run through nspluginwrapper on 64-bit systems, which can be a pain when it doesn't work. Suggesting that the average user stick with the 32-bit release removes any support issues related to 32 vs 64-bit plugins (java included too) and nspluginwrapper, with no…

That's simply not true any longer. It just isn't. It's not "my personal experience". If you install ubuntu-restricted-extras, all of this is done transparently without ANY work on the users' part.

I would know, because I've never installed Flash manually on this system.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by ZoFreX »

javanix wrote: post #135
JonnieCache wrote: post #25

I'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.

Though unfortunately upddate files are still distributed through centralized repositories. I wonder whether there'd be major security concerns if a torrent layer was stuck over the main centralized backbone? It could probably reduce bandwidth costs for hosting and provide better speeds to people, though keeping the "swarm" updated might be kind of tricky.

Security concerns can be dealt with via the pre-existing public/private key crypto that's going on in apt already.

The problem with torrents is they don't work well for lots and lots of (relatively) small "file groups" where each user has a lot of the files, but each user has completely different files. Something based on tiger tree hashing or some other mechanism like that might be more suitable, perhaps?

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Post by derleth »

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…

What is the default mapping for Super?
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