My main office PC with an 8X AGP GeForce 5200 can no longer run Ubuntu as of 12.10. I actually started using 12.04 and used a combination of a Unity with Autohide turned on and minimum sensitivity + CairoDock GL - when I wanted the Unity menu I just pressed the "SUPER" key, otherwise I used the Cairo Dock icons on the bottom of the screen. I actually grew to like 12.04 but 12.10 seemed like a regression to me because it could not support my ancient video card. I could log on, the desktop would appear but no menus or panel...and no way to revert to "Classic" or "2D" in 12.10.
I switched to the XFCE version of MINT - the reason I stopped using LINUX several years ago is that every time a new release of my fav distro came out some sort of critical functionality that worked well in the previous release was all of the sudden broken. Iit's been 5 years without worrying about that feeling with Ubuntu, however 12.10 brought back the frustration. As far as I know there is no easy workaround other than buying a new video card and this machine just isn't that fancy.. Thanks for your hard work, Maybe some day I will try Ubuntu on a tablet or a TV (I am still a mythbuntu user) and it will make sense again. John On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Rickard <668...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > @Mark Shuttleworth > > I agree with having it on the left as default. We need a standard > somewhere :) > I do not agree that we cannot have it as a user selected option from the > Appearance menu (just like the icon re-sizer that you eventually succumbed > too but did not appear in the original unity) as an OOTB solution to dock > it at the bottom. > As this is a worthy enhancement to the platform (remember some tablets are > used in Landscape mode :P). > > As we have seen with the "unity-shellrotated" unofficial customization > tweak the demand is there. Especially as people are crying since it > failed to work from 11.10. There is massive demand for this, real user > community demand. And many others like myself do not want to use this or > that dock. We love Unity, we want better Unity. Hey I should copyleft > that "Better Unity" :P. > > But do not take our word for it, lets prove it to you. Why not let us > the community sponsor this OTTB enhancement to Ubuntu. Yes cost this > change for us and then its up to us to raise the money to accelerate the > delivery of this enhancement that could live in the appearance menu as > another nice option but not disrupt your overall strategy. > > I believe Ubuntu needs this for future proper tablet support (Nexus has > the Launcher on the bottom you know :P). > It will show the community has a say and power to even move the mighty > Ubuntu team to make much requested changes. > It will show open source pays after all and for changes users want, not > draconian Vista implementations that users hate. Apparently "humanity > towards others" is something we all aspire too here, lets show we are not > Google and have not abandoned our core principals. > > Willing to let us prove it to you? > What do you say? Game on? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 > > Title: > Movement of Unity launcher > > Status in Ayatana Design: > Won't Fix > Status in Unity: > Won't Fix > Status in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > > Bug description: > Please consider this a possible feature request or wishlist. > > Now when Unity will be default desktop for 11.04 could you please > consider to add option to configure Unity launcher placement. Add > simple option to lock/unlock through right-click menu and drag > launcher to desired location like left/right and bottom. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/668415/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 Title: Movement of Unity launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/668415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
