Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-07-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 July 2011 15:06, Norman Silverstone wrote: > >>         I presume you mean well but I do not really understand what or >>         why you >>         are asking and I am not really sure if I care. >> >> Calm down, everybody... it really is not worth it. >> > I agree, I am just a cantankerous o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-07-03 Thread Norman Silverstone
> I presume you mean well but I do not really understand what or > why you > are asking and I am not really sure if I care. > > Calm down, everybody... it really is not worth it. > I agree, I am just a cantankerous old man of 83 years who has been using Ubuntu since the f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-07-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 July 2011 12:32, Norman Silverstone wrote: > < snip > > >> But you have been specifically answered & told how to install >> Unity-2D! What do you want, someone to come and do it for you? > > Now, now, don't get your knickers in a twist. >> >> More generally: what spec of computer do you have?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-07-03 Thread Sean Miller
On 3 July 2011 12:32, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I presume you mean well but I do not really understand what or why you > are asking and I am not really sure if I care. > Calm down, everybody... it really is not worth it. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-07-03 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > But you have been specifically answered & told how to install > Unity-2D! What do you want, someone to come and do it for you? Now, now, don't get your knickers in a twist. > > More generally: what spec of computer do you have? What is the make, > model & memory capacity of its graphi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-07-02 Thread Liam Proven
On 28 June 2011 13:16, Norman Silverstone wrote: > My thanks to those who replied to my original questions. I shall just > assume that my hardware is not suitable and be satisfied with GNOME. But you have been specifically answered & told how to install Unity-2D! What do you want, someone to come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-28 Thread Norman Silverstone
My thanks to those who replied to my original questions. I shall just assume that my hardware is not suitable and be satisfied with GNOME. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-28 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 18:13 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 11.04 simply:- > sudo apt-get install unity-2d And you'll get it. Ah! Sorry, I thought you meant that 11.04 included it on the cd iso. Thanks. 11.10 does include it, and video cards that won't work with 3d work by default with 2d on boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Alan Pope
On 27 June 2011 18:06, Barry Drake wrote: > Hadn't realised that.  I'm running 11.04, and the login screen only > offers me Ubuntu or Ubuntu Classic.  11.10 offers me Unity, Unity 2d and > Gnome (though on the current testing download Gnome is not implemented. > On 11.04 simply:- sudo apt-get in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 17:05 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Unity 2D is available in 11.04 too. Hadn't realised that. I'm running 11.04, and the login screen only offers me Ubuntu or Ubuntu Classic. 11.10 offers me Unity, Unity 2d and Gnome (though on the current testing download Gnome is not implemen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread scoundrel50a
On 27/06/11 17:04, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 15:07 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: I have just completed the three stage upgrade process and now have Ubuntu 11.04 in all its glory except that it appears that my desktop will not run the latest layout and I am stuck with GNOME. Fur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Alan Pope
On 27 June 2011 17:04, Barry Drake wrote: > You might be interested to know that the testing version of Oneiric > (11.10) now implements the 2d version of the Unity desktop, and will run > on computers that cannot support Unity on 11.04.  It is not finished, > and may be a bit buggy, but it seems

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 15:07 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just completed the three stage upgrade process and now have > Ubuntu 11.04 in all its glory except that it appears that my desktop > will not run the latest layout and I am stuck with GNOME. Furthermore, > the icon for adjusting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread John Stevenson
On 27 June 2011 15:07, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just completed the three stage upgrade process and now have > Ubuntu 11.04 in all its glory except that it appears that my desktop > will not run the latest layout and I am stuck with GNOME. Furthermore, > the icon for adjusting the volume

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 27 June 2011 15:07, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have just completed the three stage upgrade process and now have > Ubuntu 11.04 in all its glory except that it appears that my desktop > will not run the latest layout and I am stuck with GNOME. Furthermore, > the icon for adjusting the volume

[ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have just completed the three stage upgrade process and now have Ubuntu 11.04 in all its glory except that it appears that my desktop will not run the latest layout and I am stuck with GNOME. Furthermore, the icon for adjusting the volume of the sound is no longer there on the top panel. I would