I downloaded the beta2 version a couple of days back to try on
VirtualBox, but wasn't able to install Unity because of "hardware"
deficiencies. (This appears to be a well known issue and someone's
published a workaround on the Ubuntu forum.)
I ran it as a live disc on the main desktop, but ob
On 29/04/11 22:43, Nigel Verity wrote:
[...]
Maybe 24 hours is not giving it a fair chance, but I can't stand
the new user interface. It strikes me as unintuitive and a
retrograde step in productivity. I've installed XFCE instead which
is great. It would be interesting to get the views of other u
So guess who broke his Mac trying to install the latest Ubuntu?
Every now & then, I think I'm more of a geek than I really am, and try to do
something to make myself feel hardcore, but that ends up just being plain
humbling!
There follows a cut & paste from a post I left on the Ubuntu forums, but
b
On 29/04/11 16:13, Daniel Case wrote:
Hi Guys,
Going to be having a release party next weekend (couldn't do anything
this weekend as I have been busy) in Leeds, there will be fun,
laughter, drinks and Natty!
If anyone can suggest a good venue in or around Leeds then please feel
free, also let m
Hi
I bought an Acer Aspire One 521 a few months ago to use as a media player.
Unfortunately, with each of the last 4 versions of Ubuntu installed, the
headphone jack was completely dead. The same situation applied with numerous
other Linux distros. The only one to show any improvement was PCLi
On 28.04.11 12:09, J Fernyhough wrote:
> Download the three debs appropriate to your architecture (i386 for
> 32-bit, amd64 for 64-bit. To find out write uname -a in a terminal),
> e.g. for 32-bit:
>
> linux-headers-2.6.38-02063804-generic_2.6.38-02063804.201104221009_i386.deb
> linux-headers-2.6.3
Hi Guys,
Going to be having a release party next weekend (couldn't do anything
this weekend as I have been busy) in Leeds, there will be fun,
laughter, drinks and Natty!
If anyone can suggest a good venue in or around Leeds then please feel
free, also let me know if you can
come so I know approx
What Laura says is very true.
If there isn't an event, or party near you, organise one yourself.
It can be as big or as small as you like, just enjoy yourselves.
We built the UCubed and Okay_Computer events from nothing in Manchester, and
now they are extremely popular in the local community.
To
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Ok folks time for me to hit repeat on the broken record, anyone can
organise a release party anywhere in the UK. The reason it keeps
happening in London on the day of the release is Canonical and the staff
are here so they go out after a long week and
