Gimp 2.7.3 has been great to me. It has some AWESOME new features, especially for tablet users. Biggest on my list is a really amazing mapping matrix. You can check mappings and draw out graphs outlining the interaction between the effects. A lot of people are apparently pretty excited about the single window mode (I could care less, but whatever). I was reluctant to jump in on it, but I have had zero problems with it so far (and have been using, at least here and there, for a couple months).
There is definitely quite a soup of technologies going around here. I'll try to help clarify to the best of my understanding (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Gnome is a desktop environment. Up till now, most distros have been using Gnome 2. However, Gnome 3 is now in action, and there are some great new features that come along with it. It has been designed to be more flexible and modular, as well as modern (from a technical perspective). Gnome Shell is a desktop environment built on top of Gnome 3 (it can be thought of as a "shell" around it), and does so in order to bring a more modern flavor/experience (think moving in the same general direction as Unity, but along a different route). Unity too is now built on Gnome 3 (as of Ocelot -- if I'm not mistaken). Ubuntu Classic was what came up when trying to switch desktop versions to the non-unity Gnome when logging into Ubuntu on 11.4. This interface is also called Gnome Panel, and is now basically the fallback for Gnome when Gnome Shell cannot be loaded. Both Metacity and Compiz are window managers. One of the most fundamental distinctions is that Compiz is a compositing window manager, which basically means that it can take advantage of graphics cards and such in order to produce all kinds of effects quickly. Unity is effectively based on compiz. Gnome did use Metacity by default, but now uses Mutter (built on Clutter) for the Gnome Shell. I'm not sure if in Fallback/Panel mode it still uses Metacity or not. Bottom line - to install gnome shell and the classic gnome do the following sudo apt-get install gnome-shell sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback You should then have the Gnome Shell and Gnome Panel options when you click the little gear on logging into Ubuntu. Best Chris On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Andrew Kay <786...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > I'll have to get back to you on these. I'm still using gimp 2.6, mainly > out of cowardice. > > meanwhile, I don't know the difference between "gnome" "gnome shell" > "ubuntu classic" "unity" "compiz" "metacity" > -- some of them are window managers, some are something else. It's > confusing and I haven't seen anything that clearly explains what is what or > the official way to choose between them in ubuntu. I followed some > instructions, but I don't know now whether I have gnome or gnome shell... > > regards > Andrew > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786317 > > Title: > wacom intuous3 often fails to draw stroke (release click not > recognised?) > > Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gimp > > It appears that sometimes when the pen is lifted a "button up" command is > somehow not sent to gimp. > This is new in Natty (it all worked beautifully in Maverick) > > gimp 2.6.11, > ubuntu natty > Wacom intuous3 6x8 > > To reproduce: > make sure you have selected wacom as extended input device. Press "P" to > paint. > Make a stroke. Very often (but not always) at the end of the stroke when > the pen is lifted the paint cursor remains at the end of the stroke and does > not follow the pointer. It's necessary to click again (anywhere, or with > any button) to get the cursor following the pointer again before you can > draw another stroke. This makes gimp unusable. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sat May 21 21:32:15 2011 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: gimp > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (11 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/786317/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786317 Title: wacom intuous3 often fails to draw stroke (release click not recognised?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/786317/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
