On 9 April 2012 12:22, Barry Drake wrote:
>
> The thing is, I've trained myself to think like a non-geek who is familiar
> with Microsoft Windows, and is now using Ubuntu. Thinking in that way rules
> out words like 'panel', 'dash', 'launcher' and many many more as well as
> program names such as
On 09/04/12 12:22, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 08/04/12 20:41, Alan Pope wrote:
>> Interesting feedback Barry. I certainly didn't expect this, but then I
>> naïvely expected people on this list to have taken a look at 12.04
>> previously, and be familiar with the basics. Thanks for highlighting this.
On 08/04/12 20:41, Alan Pope wrote:
Interesting feedback Barry. I certainly didn't expect this, but then I
naïvely expected people on this list to have taken a look at 12.04
previously, and be familiar with the basics. Thanks for highlighting this.
Maybe a bit of over-reaction on my part. But
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>
> That's a shame. I'd be interested in knowing exactly which test it was
> and we can fix the text description pretty easily for future tests.
For example I am asked to run gedit. No problem, I go to Applications,
Accessories and select Text Editor. Problem, there is no heading
Applica
> We're collating this round of testing at 07:00 UTC on Monday but if
> you do find any bugs over the next few weeks, do please let us know.
>
> Cheers,
> - --
> Alan Pope
I run as many of the test I could. I installed a spare drive into a Dell
latitude D610 laptop and installed from DVD. I have r
On 08/04/12 20:03, Norman Silverstone wrote:
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>
>> I think we all ought to shout at the gimp folk. Gimp is an incredibly
>> capable program, and it is also the least intuitive and least workable
>> that I have ever seen! If the Gimp folk wanted to sell it for cash,
>> there would be
On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:03:54 +0100
Norman Silverstone wrote:
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>
> Once upon a time ordinary folk did have a voice which was welcomed. I
> know because I was one of them. I was one of the first non-technical
> users of Ubuntu and was used as a bit of a guinea-pig by one of my sons
> who
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Hi Barry,
On 08/04/12 18:10, Barry Drake wrote:
> Norman well said! Unity testing folk (and Popey) please note. I
> was appalled at the level of knowledge that the tests required.
> The Unity testing program ought at least to tell you how to start
>
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Hi Norman,
On 08/04/12 17:21, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Eventually I settled down to do some tests and very soon
> encountered difficulties because I did not really understand how to
> carry out the required test. I am not thick but when I am asked,
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> I think we all ought to shout at the gimp folk. Gimp is an incredibly
> capable program, and it is also the least intuitive and least workable
> that I have ever seen! If the Gimp folk wanted to sell it for cash,
> there would be no chance! It seems to me that FOSS developers neve
On 08/04/12 19:02, John wrote:
I am having problems getting used to Gimp which I finding a bit
confusing with the way the windows open, but if I dont have the main
window maximised, I am ok..
I think we all ought to shout at the gimp folk. Gimp is an incredibly
capable program, and it is
On 08/04/12 18:10, Barry Drake wrote:
On 08/04/12 17:21, Norman Silverstone wrote:
I am not thick but when I
am asked, for example, to start gedit or nautilus using a set up with
which I am not familiar I was lost and gave up. Maybe this testing is
only for the Ubuntu literate and not for a simp
On 08/04/12 17:21, Norman Silverstone wrote:
I am not thick but when I
am asked, for example, to start gedit or nautilus using a set up with
which I am not familiar I was lost and gave up. Maybe this testing is
only for the Ubuntu literate and not for a simple user like me.
Norman well said!
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I would like to make a couple of comments relating to my experience. The
most time consuming part of the process is the downloading and
installation of the system. I suppose, overall this took well over 2
hours. Perhaps, with super fast broadband and a super computer, neither
of which I h
On 8 April 2012 16:59, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Followed instructions and everything worked like a charm.
Thanks goodness for that, I am always a bit nervous giving out advice
like this in case it all goes wrong.
Colin
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Followed instructions and everything worked like a charm.
Norman
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> No comma, use the drop down list to select / from the options there.
>
Thank you.
Norman
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On 8 April 2012 12:55, Norman Silverstone wrote:
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>> >
>> >> > snip >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems
>> >> >> not to be there.
>> >> >> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
>> >> >
>> >> > I would be quite happy to do a manu
> >
> >> > snip >
> >> >>
> >> >> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems
> >> >> not to be there.
> >> >> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
> >> >
> >> > I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be sure not to
> >> > ruin everything
On 8 April 2012 11:43, Norman Silverstone wrote:
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>> > snip >
>> >>
>> >> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems
>> >> not to be there.
>> >> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
>> >
>> > I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be su
> > snip >
> >>
> >> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems
> >> not to be there.
> >> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
> >
> > I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be sure not to
> > ruin everything else on the HD.
>
> Open a
On 8 April 2012 11:22, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> snip >
>>
>> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems
>> not to be there.
>> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
>
> I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be sure not to
> ruin everyt
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>
> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems
> not to be there.
> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be sure not to
ruin everything else on the HD.
Norman
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On 8 April 2012 10:45, Norman Silverstone wrote:
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>>
>> Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of
>> the options is to install side-by-side with your existing
>> installation. Choose that, job done.
>>
>> Other options will allow you to "upgrade" or "overwrite"
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>
> Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of
> the options is to install side-by-side with your existing
> installation. Choose that, job done.
>
> Other options will allow you to "upgrade" or "overwrite". Don't choose
> those if you absolutely want dual boot.
On 7 April 2012 23:34, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
>> On 7 April 2012 17:10, Alan Pope wrote:
>> > Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of
>> > the options is to install side-by-side with your existing
>> > installation. Choose that, job done.
>>
>> If you
Colin Law wrote:
> On 7 April 2012 17:10, Alan Pope wrote:
> > Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of
> > the options is to install side-by-side with your existing
> > installation. Choose that, job done.
>
> If you choose that route does it give a choice on how much
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> >
>
> There is. Download the ISO, use USB startup disk creator to put it on
> a USB stick, or burn the ISO to a CD/DVD.
>
> Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of
> the options is to install side-by-side with your existing
> installation. Choose that, job
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On 07/04/12 17:30, Byte Soup wrote:
> Just giving this a spin.. I downloaded a 32bit desktop ISO of beta
> 2, booting from USB connected HDD and running like a live CD. I can
> see my home network in the network manager wireless networking list
> but c
Just giving this a spin.. I downloaded a 32bit desktop ISO of beta 2,
booting from USB connected HDD and running like a live CD. I can see my
home network in the network manager wireless networking list but can't
select it to connect.
I bet I'm missing something obvious here, but it seems it only
On 7 April 2012 17:10, Alan Pope wrote:
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> On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> I would like to have a go but need a little helpful advice, please.
>> I have Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop computer and wondered if there is
>> a simple way t
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On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I would like to have a go but need a little helpful advice, please.
> I have Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop computer and wondered if there is
> a simple way to install the version of Ubuntu to be tested along
On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote:
I would like to have a go but need a little helpful advice, please. I
have Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop computer and wondered if there is a
simple way to install the version of Ubuntu to be tested along side
the version I use. Thanks Norman
I put a
On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> If any of you are at a loose end this weekend and would like to make
>> Unity better, we'd really appreciate some testing ahead of the next
>> release.
>>
>> I made a little summary video to show how easy it is to get involved.
>>
>> http://www.youtub
> If any of you are at a loose end this weekend and would like to make
> Unity better, we'd really appreciate some testing ahead of the next
> release.
>
> I made a little summary video to show how easy it is to get involved.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgL957zo5QM
>
> It's all detailed
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Hi all,
If any of you are at a loose end this weekend and would like to make
Unity better, we'd really appreciate some testing ahead of the next
release.
I made a little summary video to show how easy it is to get involved.
http://www.youtube.com/wa
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