10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 11.04

By , Published April 28, 2011

So you’ve downloaded or upgraded to the latest release of Ubuntu – the nominal Natty Narwhal – but what now?

As is now tradition around these parts, we present you with a list of 10 post-install tips/ideas to make your time with the Narwhal less of a splash in the deep end and more of a serene swim…

1. Read about the new features

Ubuntu 11.04 comes with so many new features and tricks that it’d be all-to-easy to miss some out. So we’ve put together an awesome primer guide on Ubuntu 11.04 for those new to Unity.

Check it out at omgubuntu.co.uk/natty

2. Run Update Manager

Even the Ubuntu team isn’t perfect – and chances are there may have been some last minute updates added to Ubuntu after the ISO you downloaded was built.

Run Update Manager by searching for it in the Dash and you’ll be sure to have the most up-to-date minty fresh version of 11.04

3.  Install restricted extras

Due to legal reasons, Ubuntu can’t ship things like patent-encumbered codecs for playing back things like MP3s, .WMV videos or encrypted DVDs.

Thankfully, the Ubuntu installer lets you check an option during install that adds at least some of these missing codecs to your system.

If you didn’t check the ‘Install 3rd party codecs/restricted drivers’ during the installation of Ubuntu 11.04 then these steps are important for enabling all of the “not-shipped-ware” that provides you with a comfortable, stress-free time in Ubuntu.

Graphics

Ubuntu should automatically detect and alert you that 3D drivers are available. If so, you will see a ‘circuit board’ icon appear on the top panel. Click this and follow the prompts.

If Ubuntu fails to alert you (be patient as this isn’t always instant) then you can manually run it by opening the Application Lens and searching/browsing for ‘Hardware Configuration Tool’.

Codecs & restricted formats

“If music be the food of love, then play on!” wrote Shakespeare, and whether you’re out to seduce, enamour or entrance with your digital discography of Justin Bieber or not you’ll first need to install relevant codecs to enable playback.

Thankfully MP3, M4a and a whole host more can be installed in Ubuntu 11.04 with one click: -

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4. Grab some useful indicator-applets

Ubuntu 11.04 Unity dispenses with the traditional GNOME desktop panel and notification/system-tray area. This means familiar/favourite applets – such as CPU guages, move eyes or panel-bound bloggers – can no longer be used.

But not to worry!

There are a tonne of much-more-useful and much-more-consistent Indicator Applets available. You can add everything from Weather applets, RSS readers and Clipboard managers to timers, screen-saver inhibiters and system monitors.

See ‘The OMG! Ubuntu! guide to awesome indicator-applets’ for screenshots, info and installation instructions for over 16 indicator applets.

5. Find more apps in the Ubuntu Software Center and swap out the defaults

‘One size doesn’t fit all’ is an over-used, albeit spot on, adage; If Banshee isn’t music to your ears; PiTiVi is too basic for your movie-making needs; or you’re intimidated by LibreOffice’s arsenal of apps then Ubuntu makes it easy to find and install alternatives.

Popular choices include:

  • OpenShot for an ‘iMovie’ style video editor
  • AbiWord for a simple, lightweight word processor
  • Thunderbird e-mail application
  • Chromium web browser in place of Firefox 4
  • Pidgin in place of Empathy

Don’t know how to install apps using the Software Center? Watch this video:

6. Swap the interface

Classic GNOME in Ubuntu 11.04

Not a fan of Unity? Don’t fret. You can use the “Classic Ubuntu” desktop by selecting it at login time.

  1. Log out to the login screen
  2. Click on your name
  3. Look for the session menu at the bottom of the screen
  4. Change it from “Ubuntu” to “Ubuntu Classic”
  5. Click log in.

natty classic-w1000

Unity 2D – a Qt built alternative to Unity

Unity 2D is available for users who fail to meet the graphics requirements. It’s light, responsive and boasts many of the same features as its elder sibling.

downloads

GNOME 3 / GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 11.04

Gnome 3/Shell is available via PPA, although use of it does break Unity – so add it only after due consideration!

7.  Set up Ubuntu One file sync

Ubuntu One provides all Ubuntu users with 2GB of free online storage space that allows you to back up and sync any files or folders you wish, along with your Firefox bookmarks, Tomboy notes, Evolution contacts and Ubuntu Music Store purchases between computers.

Click the Ubuntu One icon on the Unity Launcher to get started.

8. Follow the reactions to Ubuntu 11.04 in OMG! Ubuntu!’s new “Hub”

Come Ubuntu release day, there’s so much stuff happening it’s often hard to keep track. There are new articles popping up on OMG! Ubuntu! throughout the day, reactions on Twitter and Identica, friendly banter and speculation in the #ubuntu-release-party IRC channel and constant refreshes of www.ubuntu.com to see if the release is, in fact, released.

Head on over to omgubuntu.co.uk/hub/natty and you’ll be greeted with a customizable landing page full of aggregated information such as…

  • The latest OMG! Ubuntu! articles
  • Release reaction tweets and dents from the #ubuntu or #natty hashtags
  • The coolest Ubuntu wallpapers from Flickr
  • An embedded IRC webchat hooked up to #ubuntu-release-party and #omg!ubuntu! for you to get your groove on.

9. Nautilus-Elementary

It’s a hit with many, many users and it’s back for Natty. Whaddam I talking about? Nautilus-Elementary of course! The sexier, less confusing file manager that strips strip out some of the visual-bloat accompanying stock Nautilus in Ubuntu.

Add it via PPA following the instructions here.

10. Finally…

Finally, to end on a corny note, take some time out to just enjoy using it. Forget about finding and installing new apps or tickling Natty for an hour or so and just use Ubuntu like anyone else would: check Facebook (or Diaspora!) in Firefox, chat to your mates on Empathy, type up that letter in LibreOffice and listen to some music in Banshee.

Ubuntu 11.04 is a bold upgrade from 10.10, so be sure to take some time to get used to it as it comes before changing anything major. You might fear missing a certain application or feature, but most of the changes have happened for a reason: to make Ubuntu easier to use.

And, make sure you tell your friends about Ubuntu, of course!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/daniel.diel1 Daniel Diel

    OMG!

    • Parry

      Ubuntu ?

      • http://twitter.com/MrStoozer Mr Stoozer

        Nope – Ubuntu!

        • Parry

          Ar…..ch [lol]

          • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.badangayon Jordan M. Badangayon

            i don’t get it why these people who are trying to advertise arch read OMG Ubuntu… shouldn’t they just read OMG Arch, if there is such a thing.. :).. lols

  • http://twitter.com/jknvv13 Joaquin Vacas

    I (L) Unity.

    • http://profiles.google.com/davorin.sego Davorin Šego

      loathe?

      • Zwulf

        lumber!

        • Anonymous

          llama poop?

          • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

            left?

          • Anonymous

            Well, I sure didn’t step in it!!

          • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

            left?

      • Zwulf

        lumber!

  • http://twitter.com/cranil Anil C R

    “you’ll be sure to have the most up-to-date minty fresh version of 11.04″ But… I want a Ubuntu Ubuntu not a Minty Ubuntu :P

  • http://www.erickjohncuevas.com erickjohncuevas

    good one mates…

  • http://twitter.com/_dralliw dralliw

    don’t forget that gnome3 break your unity 2D and break too your system

    • http://profiles.google.com/fubeca6 Chad Lines

      IMO Unity = fail, Gnome3 = less fail

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YFITUCEHTSICZWD7LIXNPFP62I Pffffff

      Gracefully I don’t use ubuntu :)

      • http://profiles.google.com/gnz.pablo Pablo Gonzalez

        I am starting to be of the same mind now… Im going back to my MAC!

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

          Since you called it a “MAC”, can I assume you don’t actually have one?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YFITUCEHTSICZWD7LIXNPFP62I Pffffff

      Gracefully I don’t use ubuntu :)

  • http://twitter.com/petejrussell Peter Russell

    Awesome! Can’t wait to do a fresh install when I get home this evening. Under “Nautilus Elementary”, there is no link to follow for the guide – otherwise, great tips!

  • http://profiles.google.com/hazeim254 hazeim Mohammed

    Hi,
    Nice post but the link to install Nautilus-Elementary is not there!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/antonis.komis Antonis Komis

    What does “Gnome3/shell breaks the system” mean exactly?

    • http://www.manishsinha.net Manish Sinha

      The libraries used by Unity and gnome-shell conflict. Plus much more, I need to talk to the packagers to get the inner-scoop

    • http://hector-macias.blogspot.com Hector Macias Ayala

      Unity depends on compiz, g-shell depends on Mutter, those two conflict.

    • Anonymous

      I thought it had to do with the fact that Unity is built on top of all GNOME 2 applications, so installing all of the GNOME 3 applications (including the shell) will break Unity.

    • Anonymous

      I thought it had to do with the fact that Unity is built on top of all GNOME 2 applications, so installing all of the GNOME 3 applications (including the shell) will break Unity.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OFNZHNKS362SDZDGKVFYCMTR74 sam

    “Gnome 3/Shell is available via PPA, although use of it does break Unity – so add it only after due consideration!”

    :( But I got some comments in facebook that it can work side by side.

    • http://twitter.com/jasbutut ari

      Nowadays, you can not just believe what people says. The kids out there just so…

  • http://arguser.posterous.com J.P.L. Martín

    “Check Diaspora* in Firefox” WIN

  • http://www.facebook.com/cespinal17 Carlos Alberto Espinal

    That’s it! I’m moving to Windows!

    • Anonymous

      All the best and see you soon ;)

      • http://www.facebook.com/cespinal17 Carlos Alberto Espinal

        Trololololololled

      • http://lenindcruz.deviantart.com Lenin D

        This is the same thing a Windows user would say to me when I say ‘that’s it, I’m moving to Ubuntu / Linux’.

    • Anonymous

      masochist

    • Miggs

      Where’s the HATE button?

      • http://twitter.com/cowboycamilo GermanCamiloMartinez

        I was looking for the LOOSERS button…

        • https://launchpad.net/~mike-htwins Fuchsiania

          I was looking for the TIGHTERS button…

          • Anonymous

            Hahahahaha.

          • http://twitter.com/novusz Igor Blinovskiy

            lol)

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000761482476 Arthur Eilering

            i was looking for the “any” key

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000761482476 Arthur Eilering

            i was looking for the “any” key

        • https://launchpad.net/~mike-htwins Fuchsiania

          I was looking for the TIGHTERS button…

      • http://twitter.com/cowboycamilo GermanCamiloMartinez

        I was looking for the LOOSERS button…

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000152060516 Anthony Tony Mahon Larik

        windows….to shutdown click on start? and pay money for it!

    • Anonymous

      Don’t you mean Arch?

    • Anonymous

      Don’t you mean Arch?

    • Anonymous

      I am not yet convinced about even trying Unity. AKA 11.04.

      From what I have seen, there are improvements to 11.04, that they will deliberately not put into 10.10, and that leaves me wondering which finger to point in which direction…

      But, you did not get here, not having a reason to have LEFT windows. (or, you are a Windows weed, a plant no one wants)

      I have tried Gnome 3, and I know which finger I pointed and the direction (ergo, I am not using it).

      But, your silly outburst says less about 11.04 and more about you. (not necessarily close to a compliment)

      I have been seriously looking at alternatives to Ubuntu. I am not happy with most any of them, (although, PCLinuxOS had one of the VERY BEST Live CDs I have seen, anywhere, they need a little work on the install to make me even think about them… They are trying… I am not yet buying.)

      But, I am not happy with Canonical, at this time, either.

      I will probably load a partition with 11.04, run under the old desktop (Unity is not for me… all you cell phone phreaks enjoy)…

      But, I state my why’s and wherefore’s as oppose to hiding.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SRWG46STE7P4QOLITB3TDACRDE sven

      same ‘empathy’ for me, dude.
      Imma switch back to fedora/windows. there’s a bunch of applications that can turn your windows experience into a linux-like one.

      • http://profiles.google.com/homerj141 Ryan Sharp

        Installing bloated anti-virus software and defragmenting every so often – while keeps you safe and mildly fast, doesn’t compare to Ubuntu.

    • http://twitter.com/yeehaw2009 YeeHaw

      windows=slow,virus,anti virus,service packs,bloatware,blue screens,more $$$
      should i say more?

      • Anonymous

        I’m still not convinced, I need more evidence. Please go on.

      • Anjanu Sonkar

        Upgrade to Windows 7 in case you are still using Windows 95

        • daas88

          i’m using windows 7 and besides the virus thing (I don’t get viruses because I’m very careful on the internet), it’s still the same

    • Anonymous

      Why ?

    • http://twitter.com/iyumgeek Geeky Geek

      seriously? windows?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      @facebook-500558751:disqus o why? if u used ubuntu,u can use it like before just on login screen choose ubuntu classic or just ubuntu, cant see reason why? here ur full safe of virus ,etc scams, And for games,windows games to run u can do dual boot or even without windows installed just try crossover,or cedega(paid programs) one is enough, Or for free wine(same but require a knowledge), Then u can run in parallel windows and linux(or ubuntu) programs ,at same time!
      Give me good reason,maybe u dont think twice!
      But if u love so much MS Windows, use,its your choice!
      But money o run legal and free all what u want is much more smaller with legally owned crossover or cedega program,and YES it run all games for windows,and YES all or most programs for windows,and at SAME TIME in PARALLEL u can use all those linux applications…. yes for that u need to pay ,but its much more less then paying for windows legal copy…but in this case u get all support!!! and,even in free software wine(program) newbie can run plenty of programs orginally for windows,yes installing is same like in Windows! and some of games,windows games,easy,but others ,hmm not easy ,but for easy we have Crossover and Cedega! yes,pay and enjoy…or run dual boot for free if u have all-ready licence for some of windows flavor…
      so tell me ur reason?
      Here,all is newer,more safe,and upgradeable for free!so?
      But for money ,yes you can get even more to perfection in case that u need support in real time ,or in company.
      But last is sure not ur case,as PRO and almost all PRO routers running LINUX ,why ,because its stable!
      And they have money but choose linux ,bcs it simply run ,run and run… Check and think what is in ur router and why?why it run ,run,run..till have electricity…plug ,install and run ,forever!

      Or waste ur time in virus scanning,maleware scanning,hard disk optimization,defragmatation,then download updates for all virus,malware,spyware software,then run check again,then most of ur time u will spent on maintain computer run..
      Then maybe do back up…or once in future be ready to pay,with lost of all data,pictures etc…then cry,pay for partial back of data,and think again,is it worth? And for what u paid!

      • daas88

        OMG! Trolled hard

      • stuff8522

        YES! THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT! You can all set your “T’s” on Windows now. 

    • Name Here

      Why in the world would you do that? don’t make the software excuse, if you see something thats not native, use wine. Not used to the way it looks? Goto classic mode set the theme and there’s a panel applet ( forgot the name ) that does the windows squares too. Hardware is mostly compatible. Confused? Tons of explinations and tutorials. Community is great. Better on your CPU. Better on all memory. Cheaper.
      Less failures. Why would you go back to windows?

    • http://twitter.com/achu68 Achu

      really??????

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2M732OYZIVQTEG56O4XJX7TR7U Borja Zurinaga

    I have already the Beta 2 installed, do I have to upgrade to this version? I mean, do I have to reinstall the whole OS or is it enough with the updates I get during the last weeks in updating center?

    Thanks!

    • Bernhard Koenig

      Yes, just do the updates and you are running the final version.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2M732OYZIVQTEG56O4XJX7TR7U Borja Zurinaga

        Thank you!

  • http://www.redtube.com ActionParsnip

    Definately remember to uninstall Firefox and add the Chroium Daily build PPA. Great times :)

  • Anonymous

    since 8.04 the first thing on the “to do” list after a new install is to remove ALSA or pulse audio and install Open Sound System 4

    • http://profiles.google.com/joanayma Joan Aymà

      WTF. OSS is deprecated. ALSA was “good” some time ago. Maybe you don’t like pulse, there are some points to desagree, but it works great and have a lot of new features!

      • Anonymous

        oss3 is deprecated, oss4 is still alive and kicking. And for some sound cards, like my creative audigy, oss4 is the better option.

        • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

          If you are into music give JACK a go. I heard it’s THE thing for people dealing with audio that need responsivness.

  • Parry

    -_- So the direct download now has 8 minutes left. And checked [again] the Update Manager and NOW they’re asking if I want to upgrade. Nice timing xD

    • Parry

      My installation just stuck, and now, stuffs are failing. Ugh…but I have to leave for a performance now not reaching home till 7 :’( [its 11:39] Sigh, fresh reinstall after using live cd to copy stuff to external :’(

      • Anonymous

        Did someone splash water on them?

        “stuffs are failing, stuffs are failing. Oh, you wicked Ubuntu… You and the scarecrow you rode in on”

        • Parry

          Don’t know what you were talking about. But all in all, a problem popped up where they claimed I didn’t have required hardware after I was using it comfortably before after an update, and I’m too impatient for them to fix the issue since THEY caused it, and I’m back to 10.10…

  • http://twitter.com/LoxDev ⓁⓄⓧ

    Replace empathy with pidgin ? Why? To loose video/audio chat support?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

      Or to gain end-to-end encryption support on all protocols.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_43QWMHEO2T24W5ONPMHAADTMOY alex

    I did the “top 10 things”, now what? :)

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1807442308 Joseph Abbey

      I agree, those things weren’t the only things you need to do, I’ll be writing 5 more on my website in a little bit!
      yearoflinux.com

    • http://alaukik.myopenid.com/ Alaukik
    • http://www.facebook.com/tommy.delvarn Tommy Delvärn

      Just do what do you normally do?

    • http://alaukik.myopenid.com/ Alaukik

      after that go to http://www.lgdb.org/ and http://html5games.com/ and get some good games to eat up your time .

      • The Negative Shape

        nononono, buy the previous humble bundle :D

        • http://forteller.net/ Børge / forteller

          Too late. But Trine was the best game in the bundle, so ask Frozenbyte to start selling it ASAP and then buy it when they do.

        • http://forteller.net/ Børge / forteller

          Too late. But Trine was the best game in the bundle, so ask Frozenbyte to start selling it ASAP and then buy it when they do.

      • The Negative Shape

        nononono, buy the previous humble bundle :D

    • http://hector-macias.blogspot.com Hector Macias Ayala

      Now download and install Ubuntu-Tweak and enable transparent menus.

  • http://omichalek.name/ omichalek

    Can you help me, how do I associate Firefox with the apt:// protocol/command?

  • http://profiles.google.com/animaletdesequia Dàrent Animaulet

    Ok, i just fucked up my whole configuration. My /home/ is safe since it’s in one separated partition but for me it won’t be “10 things to do…” but like “123142 things to do” to repair the mess.

    I can only log in using the gnome classic no effects option. Unity doesn’t work, my default gnome2 doesn’t work, compiz (in gnome2) doesn’t work.

    There’s a DVD here at my side, labeled “debian 6 live” calling me…

    • Anonymous

      You fail at installing Ubuntu and want to install Debian instead? Oo

      • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

        So?!

      • Anonymous

        i dont think he said he failed at the installation…i read that things have failed after the installation and are broken. difference…i too am thinking of just going debian once lucid lynx is no longer supported….i am not upgrading lucid….i will stay with it till its no longer supported, then i will probably go to debian. i am a middle of the road linux user….i like to tinker a littel bit..but there just comes a time where i just want things to work.

    • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

      Effects probably isn’t available because of your graphics driver…Login to classic gnome desktop and try installing the proprietary graphics driver [check out point number 3 in this article] then do a reboot and see what happens!

      • http://profiles.google.com/animaletdesequia Dàrent Animaulet

        Solved now, it was a dkms thing with the radeon than has to be modified in grub. Can’t install propietary fglrx since jaunty… But Gnome2 is working now with all compiz effects.

        Unity is even more horrible than i thought xDDD

        • Xavier Ejarque

          I have the same problem, please can you help me?

          Can you explain how to fix?

      • http://profiles.google.com/animaletdesequia Dàrent Animaulet

        Solved now, it was a dkms thing with the radeon than has to be modified in grub. Can’t install propietary fglrx since jaunty… But Gnome2 is working now with all compiz effects.

        Unity is even more horrible than i thought xDDD

    • Bilal Akhtar

      Install Unity 2D from software-center.

    • Bilal Akhtar

      Install Unity 2D from software-center.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leandro-Rodrigues-Gamito/100000346834255 Leandro Rodrigues Gamito

    Shiny…

  • http://twitter.com/jetencate Justin TenCate

    Absolutely. Great release made even better with Gnome Shell. I wish unity could integrate its great idea with the G3shell project- choosing one over the other is tough!

  • http://profiles.google.com/ghostlychaos117 Andrew Ryan

    I bought a whole HDD just for 11.04, I’m keeping 10.10 and Windows XP in there own drives and since 11.04 is getting a whole new drive I’m going to torch it with Gnome 3 hopefuly it doesn’t burn.

  • http://twitter.com/friTTe81 Fredrik Andersson

    Doing an install with Wubi to see that everythings ok before dualbooting.

  • Anonymous

    have a cup of coffee and a bickie to celebrate

  • Anonymous

    Hello, i am think stay with 10.10 for while, Unity on Desktop?? c’mon Dev’s is the worse idea ! only i like is Global-Menu-gnome working for all apps (Firefox,Chrome, Etc..)

    • Bilal Akhtar

      It works for firefox out of the box, it works for libreoffice as well (you just need to install the lo-menubar package)

    • Bilal Akhtar

      It works for firefox out of the box, it works for libreoffice as well (you just need to install the lo-menubar package)

  • Anonymous

    Quick question… does Unity allow you to change the volume by scrolling over the icon in the top panel?

    • http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.ramosr Jonathan Ramos

      it does…

  • Anonymous

    for those have gnome3 issue on 11.04 please go /home/{user Folder}/ and delete .gnome2 .config .local or *move* , then restart linux..

    • Anonymous

      for those that have Gnome 3 issues, you should have tried to use the older Gnome…(the ‘.gnome2.config.local the suggestion is saying ‘delete’ (stupid) or move…

      I am running gnome 2 and able to get this turkey at least de-feathered.

  • Anonymous

    I’m in the minority; I thought I’d like Unity, but I really don’t. The FF global menu doesn’t work; the sensitivity of the launcher is terribly low and the sensitivity of the Dash is terribly high. Intuitive shortcuts like Super-D don’t work and the title bar blinks whether or not the application has a menu. I can’t even remove the Workspace Switcher from the launcher.

    Maybe this is all a bad dream :(

    EDIT: Nope, not a dream. Scrolling with my track pad is broken, and other things not right are legion, which I’ll continue to post here.
    - Super-D does, in fact, work, but the sensitivity of the Super key is so high that it calls up the dash faster than you can hit D.
    - Window shadows are INTENSE. Like, crazy.
    - Can’t use any Super shortcuts without bringing up the Dash.
    - Keeping down pressed doesn’t allow for continuous scrolling.

    I’m going to give this beast ONE more chance. I’m doing a fresh installation, and if that doesn’t work…

    • http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.ramosr Jonathan Ramos

      You just need to drag out the workspace icon from unity bar

      • Anonymous

        Nope. Doesn’t work. Lots of things don’t work, so I’m going to do a fresh installation and see how things go.

        • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

          Your trackpad and keyboard quirks sound like driver issues to me…scrolling, keyboard shortcuts, and using the down key to scroll all work fine for me…

          Yes you cannot remove the workspace switcher, probably down to the fact that there is no easy way to get it back if you do remove it and they don’t want users removing it accidentally…I would think this would be addressed at some point in the future, they’ll probably add a unity customization tool to the system settings menu in the next one or two releases

          I think the title bar blinks to illustrate that there is in fact no menu for that application.. If it didn’t blink, people may “why is there no menu, is it broken?”…

          Oh and the FF global menu works fine for me too..

          I’ve been using unity since beta one and its come along an awful lot! I havent booted my Win7 in weeks and pre natty, I never booted ubuntu

          • http://twitter.com/Magnesus Magnesus

            So… you liked Win7 more than classic Ubuntu? And now you like Unity? That makes me think I won’t like Unity much because I hate Win7 interface (I prefer old good Windows 98).

          • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

            To be honest. I’m not a Microsoft hater. I had Win7 first and I installed ubuntu last year out of curiosity more than anything else…

            I never really committed to Ubuntu until now, unity swung it for me.. I didn’t like the out of the box feeling of ubuntu classic [especially the bottom gnome panel], it felt very xp-ish and out dated to me, I loved the customizability but hated the fact that I had to customize…

            Now that unity is here, I’ve started training myself to use LibreOffice – up to now I’ve been booting Windows every time I wanted to use MS Office – and I’ve set up all my projects in my ubuntu eclipse install (i had previously just left all my projects on my windows eclipse)

          • http://twitter.com/Magnesus Magnesus

            So… you liked Win7 more than classic Ubuntu? And now you like Unity? That makes me think I won’t like Unity much because I hate Win7 interface (I prefer old good Windows 98).

        • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

          Your trackpad and keyboard quirks sound like driver issues to me…scrolling, keyboard shortcuts, and using the down key to scroll all work fine for me…

          Yes you cannot remove the workspace switcher, probably down to the fact that there is no easy way to get it back if you do remove it and they don’t want users removing it accidentally…I would think this would be addressed at some point in the future, they’ll probably add a unity customization tool to the system settings menu in the next one or two releases

          I think the title bar blinks to illustrate that there is in fact no menu for that application.. If it didn’t blink, people may “why is there no menu, is it broken?”…

          Oh and the FF global menu works fine for me too..

          I’ve been using unity since beta one and its come along an awful lot! I havent booted my Win7 in weeks and pre natty, I never booted ubuntu

    • Anonymous

      To prevent the dash from opening hold down the super key then press D or W or any other key.

      • Anonymous

        Seems that is his complaint, that he can not…

      • Anonymous

        Seems that is his complaint, that he can not…

    • Anonymous

      click super buton and hold it, then click D or release, there’s no need to be a fastman

    • AJ

      hope it goes well for you, I was apprehensive and it is working like a dream for me, best of luck =]

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

      I spent the better part of the afternoon trying out GS on Fedora 15 and Unity on 11.04.

      I dislike criticizing the teams behind these products, since it’s clear they put a lot of work into them, but that’s about all I can say nice about either of those DE’s: someone clearly put a lot of work into them, but after a few hours they both made me feel pretty depressed about the future of the Linux desktop.
      This feeling wasn’t helped by the difficulty involved in getting the “classic desktop” into usable condition in 11.04, since I expect it will become harder and harder to have a sane desktop as these new shells gain traction.

      • Anonymous

        Both require more than a few hours trial. Sorry if this sounds condescending.

        In other news, the G3 fallback (i.e. panel) saw a heap of improvements this cycle and if people help maintaining it then I see a positive outook for its future.

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

          I’d agree that both of them are different enough to require at least a couple days to become comfortable with.

          That being said, I think where I’m at is I don’t see the benefits of the final workflow. The changes feel somewhat arbitrary. The only design goal I was able to definitively ascertain is the reduction of menus (which I’m okay with). Obviously doing this requires a complete rethinking of the UI, which I’m also okay with. Where it falls down for me is why the particular solutions were settled on when it’s not clear that they are an actual improvement over menus. In the classic UI, the menus are suboptimal, but they are also non-intrusive when combined with things like a launcher (I use AWN) and various Compiz plugins for managing workspaces. The new UI feels a bit… overbearing. Like my attention is being nannied around the interface (“move to top-left, now over to the right, now to the center, okay now you can do what you want”).

          I will say that GS got a better shake from me than Unity did, mostly because I was more prepared to like it (I think it’s visually attractive) and because I tried it first (my attitude took something of a dive after that).

          Anyway, I think if I had a rational explanation (a design document) for why particular design choices were made, I might be able to embrace them. Currently, the UI itself isn’t self-evident. For instance, global menus, love them or hate them, have a couple definitive benefits (Fitt’s law, reduced screen clutter). Moving window controls to the left or right? Not clear there’s a benefit either way, which makes changing them feel arbitrary. That’s the sense I have with the new shells: a particular goal may have been met (reducing menus), but it’s not clear how this benefits the user in actual use (in fact, the opposite appears true).

    • http://jackyalcine.co.cc Jacky Alcine

      I think the Dash comes up WHEN you push Super.

      • http://twitter.com/MrStoozer Mr Stoozer

        As opposed to before? :p

    • Anonymous

      I did a reinstallation; it all works now. You can stop commenting now. Thank you.

  • Anonymous

    makes me excited for Onieric…

  • http://profiles.google.com/yo9gjx Bratu Florian Gabriel

    Don’t forget to put GetDeb repository http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/11.04/

    Realy i don’t like this Unity, is less flexible, limited in options and look like an ATM machine or like a Tourist Kiosk on the street.
    Back to Debian

    • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

      Give it time, I’m sure customization options will come! I’d imagine they’ll add a tool to the systems settings but for now there are a few options in the ccsm.. I made the icons just a little bit smaller and it looks great!

      • Anonymous

        Its just so hacked together. A handful of the programs need special extra packages just to make the global menu work. The notifications system is horrible. After it notifies you of anything, it forces you to search around your desktop to find what it was. No easy way to open multiple instanes of the same program, and that god awful global menu. It just makes using a computer so much more cumbersome.

        • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

          +1 on the notifications issue, I’m not a fan – hopefully it’ll get sorted

          Middle-click the launcher icon to open another window, Ubuntu couldn’t add the option to all apps since not all apps support multiple application instances. Therefore, its up to each app to add their own “Open new window” option to their quicklist menu…Firefox has already done this and once nautilus does it, i can’t think of any other apps on my system that have multiple windows…

          • Anonymous

            Thats a good tip to know. Terminal is another big one for me. I guess its not perfect, but I can see that over the next couple years it could begin to sort itself out.

      • Anonymous

        Its just so hacked together. A handful of the programs need special extra packages just to make the global menu work. The notifications system is horrible. After it notifies you of anything, it forces you to search around your desktop to find what it was. No easy way to open multiple instanes of the same program, and that god awful global menu. It just makes using a computer so much more cumbersome.

      • Anonymous

        Curiously, why should ‘we’ give it time, when ‘they’ didn’t???

        They were not even close to ‘giving it time’….

        • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

          But they are giving it time, they’ve released it 12 months before the next LTS. The people who upgrade to the non LTS releases accept that they are on the bleeding edge, and the software is going to be rough around the edges. They are well aware that Unity isn’t fully baked, thats why Ubuntu Classic is there as an option [it will be excluded in future releases or so I hear].. Releasing Unity with Natty means they’ll have Oneiric to address the major issues and leave the LTS for minor tweaking/perfecting of the workflow. If they waited till Oneiric to release Unity, then there would be a real danger of there not being enough time to perfect it in advance of the LTS. Think of the 6 month non LTS releases as massive scale user acceptance testing, they’re getting user and media feedback advance of the big releases…

          • Anonymous

            If they had given it enough time, this part of your quote would not be true:

            “They are well aware that Unity isn’t fully baked, thats why Ubuntu Classic is there as an option [it will be excluded in future releases or so I hear].”

            sadly it is…

            This release was ‘supposed to be for casual ‘windoze’ users…

            It isn’t even ready for dye in the wool geeks!!!

          • Anonymous

            If they had given it enough time, this part of your quote would not be true:

            “They are well aware that Unity isn’t fully baked, thats why Ubuntu Classic is there as an option [it will be excluded in future releases or so I hear].”

            sadly it is…

            This release was ‘supposed to be for casual ‘windoze’ users…

            It isn’t even ready for dye in the wool geeks!!!

      • Anonymous

        Curiously, why should ‘we’ give it time, when ‘they’ didn’t???

        They were not even close to ‘giving it time’….

      • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

        Not until 11.10.

      • Anonymous

        Please don’t get me wrong, and I understand how ‘involved’ you are in this (I think).

        All the little ‘tricks’ and such are great…

        NONE of them are normal or instinctive…

        You have one, down the pike, about middle clicking…

        For that to work, the way you describe, the ‘middle click’ button needs 2 things done.

        1) Be there.
        2) Be set up to do what you didn’t say…

        Most of the people you see with difficulties are having troubles with drivers not installing, Systems not coming up, Blank screens, software not installed…

        But, you say ‘middle click’ as if all had the button, and then had it set up to do what you didn’t described. My middle button is a double click… What does yours do? is that normal? Mine is preset that way… If you meant double click… why didn’t you say ‘double click’? For all I know, you set up your middle button to do the first 20 bars of Brahm’s lullaby. (I know, extreme humor, but, that is lightening up the rest of the dull and hurtful)

        (PS: My middle button is also a scroll wheel… so I have to ask how far do I scroll before they pull me over??)

        I have been vague about some of the things I did. (they go against some of the processes, and really are things ‘casual windoze users’ are not allowed to know (have to kill them if they get educated, you know… (Didn’t know the bad joke chamber had another round left, sorry)

        Bottom line… I really don’t have a mouse… Well, I have a crap load of them.. NEVER use them. I use a logitech thumb-ball. Most of the mice I have are 2 button mice(4 of 6). That says, the phrase ‘middle click’ means nothing to many casual windoze users.

    • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

      Give it time, I’m sure customization options will come! I’d imagine they’ll add a tool to the systems settings but for now there are a few options in the ccsm.. I made the icons just a little bit smaller and it looks great!

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      same opinion!
      exactly same opinion!
      but reboot and then on login screen i choose ubuntu(classic),and all apear like in ubuntu 10.10!!

      imoprtant that we have choice!
      once chosen it will be choice till user dont change it.
      well done!
      6months more..

  • http://www.facebook.com/hobbramble Patrick J. B. Simmons

    Honest question for those who have upgraded: can the “global menu” be deactivated? (I personally really hate the “global menu” system.)

    • Anonymous
      • http://www.facebook.com/hobbramble Patrick J. B. Simmons

        Ah! Thanks much!

        • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

          I hated it too because I hate MACs, but I got used to it very quickly and now I like it!

          • https://launchpad.net/~mike-htwins Fuchsiania

            Protip: “Mac” is not an acronym.

          • https://launchpad.net/~mike-htwins Fuchsiania

            Protip: “Mac” is not an acronym.

        • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

          I hated it too because I hate MACs, but I got used to it very quickly and now I like it!

  • Anonymous

    Unity Dash activation right above my Firefox back button; it’s actually too responsive. I’m hoping for a dash delay feature with the distro.

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      Just 6 more months. :)

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      Just 6 more months. :)

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      Just 6 more months. :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HHS3YNBYUFBBEPUESRLV747QOM Dylan

    First thing I did after installing was get frustrated that my graphics card still doesnt work!!

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      if drivers for all graphics card will be inside then installation will be too heavy.
      Simply 3 choices u have, system -administration-additional drivers(to install proprietary(windowz) drivers)
      or search on google, but try type X-drivers…ATI&NVidia, for newest and even for oldest cards! even for those with no more officially support! then choose stable or experimental…
      for more of all compiz effects turn on( with note that can interfear with google earth!program) but sure all work,try!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AVOOEY6RYIWI3FXAP2DP7FZNWQ N.K.Ramnanthan

    How come this post did not include the fact that you can install new lens like the askubuntu lens, or the books lens?

  • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

    Natty boots in 7 seconds on my SSD! No joke 7 seconds with auto login enabled!!

    • http://profiles.google.com/martinolsendk Martin Olsen

      mine too :) nifty neat

    • http://profiles.google.com/martinolsendk Martin Olsen

      mine too :) nifty neat

    • http://twitter.com/Landgenoot Daan

      From pressing the on-button or the end of the post screen?

      • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

        From selecting my OS in the Grub 2 menu…. My nasty Dell BIOS adds another 4-6 seconds FML!

        • http://twitter.com/icecolddemon Phil Oakley

          Wow. That is seriously fast. So what’s the total time it takes, from pressing the power button to when it’s usable?

          • http://twitter.com/noneofthem Amir

            Uhm… 4-6 seconds + 7 seconds is …? ;-)

    • http://twitter.com/Landgenoot Daan

      From pressing the on-button or the end of the post screen?

  • http://profiles.google.com/patrickscott52 Patrick Scott

    Natty boots in 7 seconds on my SSD! No joke 7 seconds with auto login enabled!!

  • http://twitter.com/Jeddycakes Jed Lampitt

    There is a road back to unity if you don’t like G3….Can anyone verify this??

    How to install Gnome3 on ubuntu 11.04, and remove it (Natty)/Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) | Ubuntu Geek http://bit.ly/jVZJnL

    Seems legit…

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      Gnome3 is not the latest in Natty. Ubuntu does Debian freeze at some point. Best Gnome3 experience is either OpenSuse or Fedora.

  • http://twitter.com/Jeddycakes Jed Lampitt

    There is a road back to unity if you don’t like G3….Can anyone verify this??

    How to install Gnome3 on ubuntu 11.04, and remove it (Natty)/Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) | Ubuntu Geek http://bit.ly/jVZJnL

    Seems legit…

  • http://www.facebook.com/archibalduk Colin Archibalduk

    Brilliant! Ubuntu comes with GNOME 2 as well as Unity! I was going to stick with Ubuntu 10.10 / Elementary OS rather than upgrade to 11.04 as I’m not a fan of Unity in its current form. However since I can use the standard GNOME 2 desktop then there’s no reason for me not to upgrade. Woohoo!

  • http://www.facebook.com/archibalduk Colin Archibalduk

    Brilliant! Ubuntu comes with GNOME 2 as well as Unity! I was going to stick with Ubuntu 10.10 / Elementary OS rather than upgrade to 11.04 as I’m not a fan of Unity in its current form. However since I can use the standard GNOME 2 desktop then there’s no reason for me not to upgrade. Woohoo!

  • http://profiles.google.com/saulo.boavista Saulo Boavista

    Is it possible to put Home subfolders (Music, Downloads, Videos…) directly on the Launcher?

    Thanks…

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AVOOEY6RYIWI3FXAP2DP7FZNWQ N.K.Ramnanthan

      No you cannot add any folders onto the launcher. I hope that this is temporary and that they would release an feature update for this.

      • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

        Temporary being untill 11.10 comes out. Ubuntu doesn’t update software with features only with critical bug fixes. Which means any additional functionality will not be seen before 11.10.

        On a IRC tech talk about Unity I asked if there will be PPA for Unity for those of us who like having bleading edge software, they said: “I don’t think so”.

        So, good luck with that!

        • Anonymous

          Sorry, but it has been a long 24 hours…

          “Ubuntu doesn’t update software with features only with critical bug fixes. ”

          Having used windoze for many years, I thought features were critical bugs?

        • Anonymous

          Sorry, but it has been a long 24 hours…

          “Ubuntu doesn’t update software with features only with critical bug fixes. ”

          Having used windoze for many years, I thought features were critical bugs?

  • http://profiles.google.com/saulo.boavista Saulo Boavista

    Is it possible to put Home subfolders (Music, Downloads, Videos…) directly on the Launcher?

    Thanks…

  • http://yourethemannowdog.com Shasta McShasta

    #11: Remember to breathe.

  • http://yourethemannowdog.com Shasta McShasta

    #11: Remember to breathe.

  • http://www.grakaj.com/ Artur Grakaj

    Joey, you ignorant! Shakespeare said: “If music be the food of LOVE, play on!” Remember in the future ;)

  • http://www.grakaj.com/ Artur Grakaj

    Joey, you ignorant! Shakespeare said: “If music be the food of LOVE, play on!” Remember in the future ;)

  • http://mark-y-a.myopenid.com/ Mark

    Okay this is off-topic, but what Dell laptop is that on Ubuntu’s front page? I don’t suppose that is a Vostro. Model/version anyone please? Thanks! =D

  • http://mark-y-a.myopenid.com/ Mark

    Okay this is off-topic, but what Dell laptop is that on Ubuntu’s front page? I don’t suppose that is a Vostro. Model/version anyone please? Thanks! =D

  • http://twitter.com/mbarvian Maxwell Barvian

    I must say I’m truly loving Natty. Everything out of the box works great on my macbook pro, and installation was as streamlined as ever.

    Props to the Ubuntu team ;)

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

      I had exactly the opposite experience. Thought I’d try the live CD to see how things worked.

      I downloaded the ISO last night, put it on a USB stick with UNetbootin, and it boots to a lovely picture of Unity. I say “picture” because nothing happens. You can’t click on anything, there’s no indicators; it appears completely locked. Interestingly I can switch to a console on Alt+F1, where I can access a shell and switch back to Unity, but still nothing. I’ve got a pretty basic laptop (Intel U5400 with Intel HD graphics) that has worked fine in 10.04 and 10.10.

      Anyway, I think I dodged a bullet by not doing the update (nothing like doing a reinstall on a Monday morning). I hate to be one of the “I’m running to Fedora” people, but I don’t see where I’m going to have much of an option. I’m going to get out an extra HDD when I get home and try doing an actual install to that, but I have to say the live CD leaves me extremely hesitant to consider 11.04.

  • http://twitter.com/mbarvian Maxwell Barvian

    I must say I’m truly loving Natty. Everything out of the box works great on my macbook pro, and installation was as streamlined as ever.

    Props to the Ubuntu team ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/Igorel Igor Elez

    Nice little guide for starters! :)
    I know that I could not live without indicator-applets :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/Igorel Igor Elez

    Nice little guide for starters! :)
    I know that I could not live without indicator-applets :D

  • http://www.copperfish.net/ copperfish

    An upgrade left me with no Nvidia drivers even though it said they were activated and a general mess. Trying a full install, but I’m really waiting for Ubuntu Gnome Remix.

    • http://twitter.com/Magnesus Magnesus

      I think I’m really waiting for Ubuntu 11.10. ;)

    • http://twitter.com/Magnesus Magnesus

      I think I’m really waiting for Ubuntu 11.10. ;)

    • Anonymous

      I had similar problems (which occurred in an upgrade, and with no notice from programs, it aborted, but just sat there)

      Not happy with the noobs setting this up at Canonocal, and Unity is not ready for all (some – meh..)

      Go to the Repositories. Enable all you can, MANUALLY try to install proper drivers (If you can – It may not work.)

      The problem may be the ‘nice people at Canonical’ thought some nVidia drivers would not be put into the download iso, so it wasn’t… isn’t that precious??

      Install Ubuntu Tweak. don’t use it, just install it. Try Synaptic again and 2 or three more times, It will (possibly) actually update the stupid thing. Best suggestion log in with Ubuntu Classic while doing so… Unity will not help anything.

      Those of you that like Unity, More power to you. I don’t!!

      I don’t condemn you, but, there are too many people with problems to come even close to saying the piece of crap is ready for prime time…

      An aside….

      Auto Eth(0) was NOT set by the system….

      If you are on the net running slower than Canonical getting this right, go to the “Wired Networks and make sure Auto Eth is checked… (stupid mumble mumble..;.)

      I have spent six hours getting this up and half-way running because they could not put in proper drivers, or set the connection ON!!

      You really don’t want to know some of the words I used.

    • Anonymous

      I had similar problems (which occurred in an upgrade, and with no notice from programs, it aborted, but just sat there)

      Not happy with the noobs setting this up at Canonocal, and Unity is not ready for all (some – meh..)

      Go to the Repositories. Enable all you can, MANUALLY try to install proper drivers (If you can – It may not work.)

      The problem may be the ‘nice people at Canonical’ thought some nVidia drivers would not be put into the download iso, so it wasn’t… isn’t that precious??

      Install Ubuntu Tweak. don’t use it, just install it. Try Synaptic again and 2 or three more times, It will (possibly) actually update the stupid thing. Best suggestion log in with Ubuntu Classic while doing so… Unity will not help anything.

      Those of you that like Unity, More power to you. I don’t!!

      I don’t condemn you, but, there are too many people with problems to come even close to saying the piece of crap is ready for prime time…

      An aside….

      Auto Eth(0) was NOT set by the system….

      If you are on the net running slower than Canonical getting this right, go to the “Wired Networks and make sure Auto Eth is checked… (stupid mumble mumble..;.)

      I have spent six hours getting this up and half-way running because they could not put in proper drivers, or set the connection ON!!

      You really don’t want to know some of the words I used.

  • http://www.copperfish.net/ copperfish

    An upgrade left me with no Nvidia drivers even though it said they were activated and a general mess. Trying a full install, but I’m really waiting for Ubuntu Gnome Remix.

  • http://twitter.com/florian_monfort Monfort Florian

    10 Things to do after installing Ubuntu 11.04… What about installing Gnome-shell ? Seriously you think that Unity is made for tablets ? Take a look at Gnome-shell, they are going much further and they are the future of Linux. Unity is not, and will be abandonned soon enough. Ubuntu Gnome Remix proovs that.

  • http://twitter.com/florian_monfort Monfort Florian

    10 Things to do after installing Ubuntu 11.04… What about installing Gnome-shell ? Seriously you think that Unity is made for tablets ? Take a look at Gnome-shell, they are going much further and they are the future of Linux. Unity is not, and will be abandonned soon enough. Ubuntu Gnome Remix proovs that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/THE.SE7EN.SINS Andrew GiggleBytes Ryan

    I think they should make a Gubuntu (Gnome Ubuntu) cause many people love Gnome 3 and a shell isn’t enough, if they go ahead a make Kubuntu for KDE why not one for Gnome 3?

    • Anonymous

      because Gnome 3 is not ready for Ubuntu, and not much different in intent than Unity (the two reasons they are trying Unity…)

      You may like Gnome 3… I like it as much as having sand blowing in my eyes.

      A value difference of opinion. Even Gnome 3 says it blows things up and breaks them… Why, btw, Gnome 3 has no Ubuntu release (officially) the last time I checked

  • http://www.facebook.com/THE.SE7EN.SINS Andrew GiggleBytes Ryan

    I think they should make a Gubuntu (Gnome Ubuntu) cause many people love Gnome 3 and a shell isn’t enough, if they go ahead a make Kubuntu for KDE why not one for Gnome 3?

  • Anonymous

    Just wondering why you find it necessary to install the proprietary graphics drivers. I always see that in your post-installation instructions. I don’t have any experience with the open source Nvidia drivers, but I’ve been using the AMD/ATI open source drivers for the past year or two now, and they suit all my needs. ‘My needs’ being Compiz – I’m not a gamer. If you game a lotm then I see the point of installing the closed drivers, but they’re more than sufficient for Compiz if you ask me. Plus, you get Kernel Mode Setting and all sorts of fun stuff (-> cooler boot animation).

    • Anonymous

      They may suit ‘your’ needs, but, no matter what else is said, if you have the current nVidia drivers installed, they run faster than the ones under open source development, and do more. I have tried both, and sometimes have had both in. There is a vdaoau trick for speeding up mplayer and the derivatives (VLC too).

      Running the latest nVidia does all else you need, and keeps updating (finally) with Linux/Ubuntu in mind.

      The encouragement for that comes from AMD systems breathing down their necks.

      • Anonymous

        VDPAU is definitely nice, I’m still waiting for that to be available for AMD GPUs. But, quite probably, when it arrives – it’s being worked on now – it won’t be as fast as the proprietary implementations.
        I’ve never tried an Nvidia system with Ubuntu, but I hear the same from others who have, that the proprietary driver ‘just works’ and suits all their needs. The AMD (proprietary) counterpart fglrx, doesn’t work as well, and that may be the reason I prefer the open source driver – because I have an AMD GPU.

        • Anonymous
          • Anonymous

            Thanks for the link. I think I’ll stick with the FOSS driver though. I really have no reason to use the proprietary driver as I’m not a gamer. And I have the power management profile set to “low” all the time anyway, so as far as I can tell, my card can’t use any less power than it does now.

            Plus, I kind of like the idea of an open source driver, and all the things made possible with the Gallium3D driver interface and KMS etc. To tell you the truth, I’ll probably stick with the FOSS driver no matter how well the proprietary one improves. :)

    • Anonymous

      BTW: don’t mis-understand the problem. The drivers were not there, Open-source or restricted. I had the problem too. The display was ‘passable’ but nothing to write home about…

      and that which you might want to do, was further restricted since there really were no drivers. Not until around 6 PM HST.

  • Anonymous

    Just wondering why you find it necessary to install the proprietary graphics drivers. I always see that in your post-installation instructions. I don’t have any experience with the open source Nvidia drivers, but I’ve been using the AMD/ATI open source drivers for the past year or two now, and they suit all my needs. ‘My needs’ being Compiz – I’m not a gamer. If you game a lotm then I see the point of installing the closed drivers, but they’re more than sufficient for Compiz if you ask me. Plus, you get Kernel Mode Setting and all sorts of fun stuff (-> cooler boot animation).

  • Anonymous

    after all the waiting… i can’t use it. damnnnnnnnnn
    tried everything with the nvidia drivers..no luck.
    even in classic mode no wobbly windows…..ahhhhhh i’m going crazy about it.

    • http://wakoopa.com/yo2boy yo2boy

      Which drivers are you using?

    • http://wakoopa.com/yo2boy yo2boy

      Which drivers are you using?

      • Anonymous

        i tried the nvidia current… and the experimental for nvidia
        i have a geforce go 7300…
        no luck

  • Anonymous

    after all the waiting… i can’t use it. damnnnnnnnnn
    tried everything with the nvidia drivers..no luck.
    even in classic mode no wobbly windows…..ahhhhhh i’m going crazy about it.

  • Anonymous

    I’m not using Unity, but I like it, I think it’s good, and I recommend it to others. I’m just surprised that people have become so averse to change even though many of them are switching from Windows to Linux in the first place.

    If you really hate Gnome 3 / KDE 4 / Unity so much, just use Xfce4. It can even use Gnome 2 applets! :D It’s close enough, and oh, you can always use ‘Ubuntu Classic’ (for now).

    I’m just interested to see what happens as GTK 3 adoption grows (like with Banshee). Since Unity’s panel isn’t really Gnome-panel from Gnome 2 (or not in the traditional sense, and has lost the old systray and panel applet system), doesn’t this mean that it could easily be ported to GTK 3?

    In other words- Ubuntu is awesome, Unity is awesome, etc. It’s a great choice for users, and very well done despite the current challenges. I just wonder what the plans are for adopting GTK 3, as Nautilus, Gedit, and other GTK 2 staples won’t be updated any longer. I mean, they did talk about mingling Qt and GTK applications a little bit, and Unity2D uses Qt. So there are options, but I sure hope the Gnome 3 split doesn’t also become the GTK 3 split. I just hope we can port Ambiance to GTK 3 and use updated utilities to work with the new version of the toolkit. The transition doesn’t look quite as easy or fun with all that’s going on. :

    • Anonymous

      I really like how Unity is attempting to make both Qt and GTK apps look native. I used Fedora for a year (replaced with Ubuntu right before the 11.04 release), and in Fedora, I never could find the config options for making apps look native! Konsole looked VERY different from gnome-terminal, to be exact.

    • https://launchpad.net/~inrideo Mike Wagner

      I didn’t like Unity but Gnome 3 has been a decent experience for the last couple of weeks. (Except for Java apps and some others causing Gnome-shell to slowly eat up all the CPU time) As the bugs are ironed out I’ll stick with it :)

  • Anonymous

    I’m not using Unity, but I like it, I think it’s good, and I recommend it to others. I’m just surprised that people have become so averse to change even though many of them are switching from Windows to Linux in the first place.

    If you really hate Gnome 3 / KDE 4 / Unity so much, just use Xfce4. It can even use Gnome 2 applets! :D It’s close enough, and oh, you can always use ‘Ubuntu Classic’ (for now).

    I’m just interested to see what happens as GTK 3 adoption grows (like with Banshee). Since Unity’s panel isn’t really Gnome-panel from Gnome 2 (or not in the traditional sense, and has lost the old systray and panel applet system), doesn’t this mean that it could easily be ported to GTK 3?

    In other words- Ubuntu is awesome, Unity is awesome, etc. It’s a great choice for users, and very well done despite the current challenges. I just wonder what the plans are for adopting GTK 3, as Nautilus, Gedit, and other GTK 2 staples won’t be updated any longer. I mean, they did talk about mingling Qt and GTK applications a little bit, and Unity2D uses Qt. So there are options, but I sure hope the Gnome 3 split doesn’t also become the GTK 3 split. I just hope we can port Ambiance to GTK 3 and use updated utilities to work with the new version of the toolkit. The transition doesn’t look quite as easy or fun with all that’s going on. :

  • http://www.facebook.com/cyril.lecoq Cyril Lecoq

    Plenty of good ideas :)

    I just regret i saw that article about indicators.
    Now my brand new Natty will get so many Indicators it will get slow :p

    At least i will have that Indicator-SysMonitor to know how much CPU i’m wasting for cool looking indicators/gadgets :)

  • http://yellowmed.com G. Böhme

    damn, nvidia doesnt work with my dell xps l701x … aaaaaaaaaaaaargh. i need the 2nd monitor. so i need to switch back to win7. hope for a working graphic driver

  • Anonymous

    Ahhh! Just installed her. Still has that new distribution smell.

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      Her?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DMPAXD4UJ34MDIDZGS5X5XTH7A dead

    A typical OMGubuntu reader & commenter will definitely “move to Arch!” ten times. ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Osaso-Tassossoro/1203275952 ‘Osaso Tassossoro

    jiaahh.. ngomong apa seeh.. kaga ngerti neeh…

  • daas88

    When I enable a desktop switcher in compiz, and try the keyboard bindings, unity goes mad, REALLY MAD. I had to kill it with REISUB just a while ago…

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      It’s a feature!

  • http://bededog.myopenid.com/ bededog

    If you install the AMD Catalyst 11.4 driver. Make sure you install ccsm and disable V-Sync under the OpenGL options. With it on the whole desktop was quite slow.

    Unrelated, but I like the new comment style.

    • http://dottingred.com Daniel Rodrigues

      True that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

    I just canceled my update. And downloading LMDE. :) Way to go Ubuntu!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-McCormick/100000708617178 Robert McCormick

    You know, I thought I would hate the unity interface. But after playing with it for awhile, I kind of like it. I like the gnome shell also. It’s different, which means new learning, which I love. It’s not really that bad. Just give it a try.

  • Anonymous

    1 question. If i choose upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 from live cd, will the software in 10.10 stays intact or only my files?

    • Anonymous

      Yes and no… some will, some wont, and…hehehe

      the bad part is the install may not finish and will not tell you (my experience)

      Kiss many of your settings good-by, although I was able to recoup Firefox and Thunderbird.

      I installed Ubuntu Tweak, and dumped things I don’t like (Unity was long gone by then)… Gwibber, Evolution, empathy… gone (I don’t use any form of ‘instant messaging’ aside from email)

      They will dump all security features you may have had (Clam,
      Firestarter (which will be in Administration now)

      Insecurity features will not have made it (Adobe Flash, Air and a few others)

      Bottom line…

      Your guess is not as good as mine, since I did it.. but.. mine is not much better, since it is horribly inconsistent.

      • Anonymous

        i just got the experience..just finished upgrading from 10.10..i was a disaster..thank god i made back up…now i’m back to 10.10..and from my little experience with unity..i just don’t like it..not hate it

        • Anonymous

          From my experience with the install… I hated the world, was not happy with Canonical, and told Satan I would be out last night, don’t leave a light in the window….

          I have been reading up on Unity more, both the pro-propaganda about how flawlessly it works, and the reality in the forums that I have read.

          FYI…. they FINALLY loaded 64/bit Flash in the repositories (about an hour ago, was first time I could download them, and I have been checking.)

          I don’t really hate any computer thing, besides Cobol and the ‘other Satan’…

          I noted you did not list a blow by blow of the problems, but hope that you learned more than got frustrated.

          • Anonymous

            i just finished fresh installing 11.04..and no error so far.

          • Anonymous

            there have been updates to the repositories. Seems that some missing files have been inserted, into them, that were not there on day one. Silly little files like, nVidia drivers, Flash 64 plug-ins (last night), and a few others. Nice to have thought of them…. two days too late…

            Wonder what brought them to their attention??

          • Anonymous

            i reinstalled ubuntu 11.04..it works fine. triple boot it win 7 and fedora 15..can’t miss out gnome 3..not really willing to lose unity either..so, there’s the solution..haha

          • Anonymous

            there have been updates to the repositories. Seems that some missing files have been inserted, into them, that were not there on day one. Silly little files like, nVidia drivers, Flash 64 plug-ins (last night), and a few others. Nice to have thought of them…. two days too late…

            Wonder what brought them to their attention??

      • Anonymous

        i just got the experience..just finished upgrading from 10.10..i was a disaster..thank god i made back up…now i’m back to 10.10..and from my little experience with unity..i just don’t like it..not hate it

  • Anonymous

    >>mfw GIMP doesn installs on Natty.

  • http://profiles.google.com/thewizardh Pascal HOAREAU

    One important thing to do that you forgot to precise is installing Compiz-Config-Setting-Manager which is necessary if you want to customize Unity :)

  • http://profiles.google.com/thewizardh Pascal HOAREAU

    One important thing to do that you forgot to precise is installing Compiz-Config-Setting-Manager which is necessary if you want to customize Unity :)

  • http://mark-y-a.myopenid.com/ Mark

    Yikes! On VBox, Unity runs but the same thing I’m getting back beta 1 version and on Unity 2D – the GUI theme looks weird. I don’t mean the new look, but the appearance is half ambiance, half Gnome look way back 7 years ago. If I try to change it, it won’t actually change everything. The window borders change but everything else looks, again, like an old Gnome look from way back then. I was thinking this will all go away once it is off beta but no, it’s the same thing.

    Hovering mouse pointer on the Ubuntu Icon (top-left) brings the launcher half-way out.

    Top panel shadow is on top of the maximized apps. (I remember reading something like this is a fake shadow causing it to overlap.)

    What in the Ubuntu world is going on?! It’s nowhere near what I’m seeing here. Okay is this just for a VBox install where everything looks half-baked? I’m running 4.0.6 with latest guest additions. No Im not running it on Unity 2D now.

    :( *sighs*

    • Anonymous

      Your statement:

      “What in the Ubuntu world is going on?! It’s nowhere near what I’m seeing here. Okay is this just for a VBox install where everything looks half-baked?”

      Misses the point.

      For too many, this is not ‘half-baked’…

      This is raw dough missing 1/2 the ingredients.

      • http://mark-y-a.myopenid.com/ Mark

        Too bad, i really wanted to give this a try on Vbox first but it’s unusable – too slow and theme looks bad, appearance half works, even the icons won’t change. Maybe it’s just my instal – it is on virtual after all – but it’s a clean 11.04 install not an upgrade from Beta.

        That’s it, I’m waiting another 6 months for the next release! It should get better then. For now, I guess it’s just me and my Meerkat. :D

  • http://profiles.google.com/victor.zamanian Victor Zamanian

    “If Ubuntu fails to alert you (be patient as this isn’t always instant) then you can manually run it by opening the Application Lens and searching/browsing for ‘Hardware Configuration Tool’.”

    No, not really. “Hardware Configuration Tool” shows no available applications.

    • Anonymous

      I seriously considered opening the scope lens and pulling off a few at it….

      Good thing I don’t have ‘iron’

  • https://launchpad.net/~obake Obake

    The first thing I’ll do is to install restricted codecs (and possibly buy them from fluendo as well), get some games from http://www.puppygames.net/ (specially Revenge of the Titans! A must have), and buy World of Goo from Software Center.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Firth/524493633 Ian Firth

    Why do you want to change all the new features back to the old ones. This is about as sensible as someone saying hey I have developed a download that changes the look of windows 7 back to vista get it here. You could always try the new features out first before you jump back to the old stuff. If you are not comfortable learning and advancing then this article would be right for you.

    • Anonymous

      Two reasons why they wanted the older versions of main desktop…

      1) More often than not, as originally released, way back about 3 days ago, many had problems with getting the system to work at all on their computers, and the only thing that might have, was Ubuntu Classic.

      2) Although, there are a few, and I am not sure of percentages, so, it quite possibly could be ‘most’ that like Unity, there do seem to be a few, and, again, not sure of the percentages, but, it quite possibly could be ‘most’.. are less than enthused.

      I have heard mentioned, I may be one of ‘less’ enthused…

      but, not sure, since I have taken no polls.

      But, the Ubuntu Classic desktop IS there. That is the only possible way to solve some of the many problems that Unity seems to have.

      Once there… screw Unity seems to be an easy attitude…

      (Unfortunately, Unity seems to be a drain on cycles, even when not in use….)

  • Anonymous

    Now for a reality check…

    Everyone do keep in mind many people are having ‘problems’ and some are not.

    The Repositories in the basic package are getting slammed. Find some ‘faster’ ones if you need to. You may also want to ‘tweak your net settings, and I suggest using apt-fast instead of apt-get to install (several times faster… google it for install and instructions). Yes, I have it running, and it does help.

    With the load and the problems, I know some of the problems are not Canonical’s fault… some few… very few…

    Several have given good suggestions, and I am not one to be happy about pain… Try to follow the ones that seem successful.

    I have, until quite recently, loved Ubuntu… This is not their shiniest hour… by any standard.

    The ‘WE SAY SO’ attitude is not the best one, and catering to Windows Users, at the expense of your base, leaves much to fill in later…

    That ‘might’ have been a great idea… if you had a marginal product…

    Try again, and at least reach marginal, before you do a Redmond on us again.

    Please?

    • http://lopho.org/ lopho

      +2 this. also, beef.

    • http://lopho.org/ lopho

      +2 this. also, beef.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

        +1 and bacon.

    • http://lopho.org/ lopho

      +2 this. also, beef.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      i dont like to learn to use unity so classic ubuntu is for me.
      I upgrade from distro to distro,and from 10.10 with X-updates for graphics,yes those need to deinstall first*recommended as those drivers are far newer,then normal even those in 11.04,but all pass well,so i enjoy in both again, unity desktop -no thanks..
      When time and if time will come that unity will be only choice,bye bye ubuntu,but that i think will never came…as humanity to others also mean that have version for less powerfull PC and graphics!…even i have power to run it,i simply dont want to learn and spend time to do same thing in other visual way…that time i will rather use to learn something really new!…..unity is not on my learning curve! and long time sure will not be! give me good reason for opposite,please?

  • Zwulf

    Nautilus-Elementary is crap. Neither pics, nor music or videos can be organized well without any tree view (Elementary team could choose the style from Thunar, where this is hidden in a menu… I politely asked about that in Launchpad, but got a very unfriendly rejection).

    Btw… you forgot:

    11. Delete Ubuntu and start using truely free software (like Debian) which is not maintained by an autocrat.

    • Anonymous

      You like cable tv for women?

    • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

      I went for Debian Mint. :)

      • Zwulf

        Me too. Linux Mint Debian Edition works perfect for me. Got it looking like my Ubuntu desktop I am used to. :)

  • http://profiles.google.com/igdfpm Mark Mansfield

    Fedora 15 will make up some ground after this – I prefer Gnome3 over Unity and installing it alongside within 11.04 is an unsupported, buggy hack :(

    • Anonymous

      The last time I was AT the Gnome 3 site, Ubuntu was not on the list of download destinations they had for Gnome 3,

      AND

      THEY said it broke things…

      I don’t like cell phone interfaces anyway.

      (I loaded it into 10.10, and immediately went back to normal. If I wanted a tablet/cell phone interface, I would have gotten Android and saved the aggrivation)

      I liked the older Gnome 2 interface for Ubuntu. Simple, straight forward and not a bunch of kyooooootzeeeee geee-gaaawwws for children (IMHO).

      I want nothing covering the desktop or over what I use, if possible. Not acres of ‘icons’; Yards of froo-froo, or anything obstructive, intrusive or outright pushy. Noises irritate. (PS: I don’t tweet, twitter, facebook or IM… I like security, and though I may not have much, I don’t want miscreants stalking, or otherwise. If you thought Microsoft was a security hole, those other things are open sink holes).

  • Anonymous

    6b – send Canonical a nasty letter asking them how they expect people to try out Unity if it refuses to work in a VM. I’ve beat this horse dead trying to get it to work. I have no qualms about Unity. I have the hardware to run it. But I’m not going to alter my production box on a whim without testing in a VM first. Yet 11.04 refuses to recognize that my hardware is perfectly capable of compiz-Unity. Too bad. Staying with 10.04 it is for now. If they fix it by next year maybe I’ll switch, otherwise, I’m off to something else when this LTS looses support.

    (at least they fixed the fallback classic Gnome to look like normal Ubuntu and not “classic” aka 1990s style Gnome – man, that was just fugly)

  • http://twitter.com/rafabr4 Rafael Boy

    PLEASE! PLEASE! EVERYONE install unity 2D!!! IS WAY BETTER than the 3D one… please at least try it!! is more smooth and with better animations! believe me!!

    • Anonymous

      Just because you asked so nicely…

      No, thank you… 4 and 1/2 hours to have stupid system tell ME I didn’t install drivers…. then make it nearly impossible to do that because it is having hot flashes, I guess…

  • http://twitter.com/rafabr4 Rafael Boy

    PLEASE! PLEASE! EVERYONE install unity 2D!!! IS WAY BETTER than the 3D one… please at least try it!! is more smooth and with better animations! believe me!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/mfdavid Marcio David

    “OpenShot for an ‘iMovie’ style video editor” – hahaha sorry dude, but OpenShot is NOTHING compared to iMovie. Sorry OpenShot devs, I really like your work and all, but iMovie RULES. Garage Band rules too… they are the reason I use MacOSX as my main desktop now. But Linux will always be there, on my “personal server” machine.

  • http://www.facebook.com/MeanEYE ミヤトヴ ムラデン

    And number 11 is remove everything and install Mint ^^

  • Anonymous

    Funniest quote of the thread so far!!!!

    Having just read through all the aritcle and all the posts again…

    I have found THE funniest quote EVER (EVAR I guess?) in this group…

    And the winner is…. The author with this Line….

    “If you didn’t check the ‘Install 3rd party codecs/restricted drivers’ during the installation of Ubuntu 11.04 then these steps are important for enabling all of the “not-shipped-ware” that provides you with a comfortable, stress-free time in Ubuntu.”

  • http://xeptf4.myopenid.com/ xeptf4

    sadly i could not get cuda to work on 11.04. so i would be reverting back to trusty 10.04
    also, gpu temp maintains at 70 degree C, which used to be between 45-60 before. maybe i will wait until 11.10. :(

  • http://www.centergeek.it Daniele

    Guys, how do Unity manages dual/multi monitors?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NKQGLKRVTBMCMHFXNABNWSXNOI pangit

    Congrats Ubuntu you just released the Vista of the Linux world!

  • Anonymous

    Between the anti-change people and the usual trolls, it’ll be interesting to see how this all turns out. At least I haven’t yet heard anyone saying “That’s IT! I’m going back to CP/M!”

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

      CP/M? Pfft. MP/M FTW!

  • http://profiles.google.com/spayk.99 Walter Beckerleg

    Any way to revert back to normal Nautilus?

  • http://profiles.google.com/svsarab Jeffrey Miller

    Upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 arived DOA because Unity wouldn’t launch. So far I can’t find a solution on any fix-it-page.

    Not very impressed.

  • Anonymous

    Is anyone having problems with natty not connecting with their mp3 player? I have an Onda VX777LE That just shows up as a drive but it won’t connect. USB sticks do tho. Works fine in meerkat.

  • Anonymous

    I’m in love with Unity! Thanks to all developers and contributors!

  • Anonymous

    I’m in love with Unity! Thanks to all developers and contributors!

  • Anonymous

    I’m in love with Unity! Thanks to all developers and contributors!

  • http://twitter.com/Conemetztli Conemetztli

    Just installed ubuntu 11.04 yesterday, it is sooo unstable for me, i have lost my excitement about upgrading my ubuntu.

  • Anonymous

    Truth in advertising first:

    1) I posted what will follow in Webupdate (more Unity lovers there)….

    2) I do NOT recommend, nor will I take responsibility for what I did, if you do… You do what you will… I did what I will. If I ain’t in your will for millions… it you your caboose not mine

    3) Anyone wanting to leave me millions, thank you…

    Post:

    I have just had my system speed up, after wondering what was slowing it down…

    I mean, I can not measure, but, I have enough experience to note when things are actually going faster.

    Before this ‘dawning,’ I checked and found a ‘zombie’ running.

    Zeigeist had one of them ‘zombiefied’ when checking System Monitor.

    I restarted (knowing zombies don’t generally die that way)….

    Poof! Zombie was still there…

    I then ‘uninstalled’ zeigeist and several things associated with said install (but not all)…

    System still drag coming up (compared to real Ubuntu in 10.10), but, once I got logged in, things seemed to pop!!

    I have a ‘test’ that I run (a fun ‘flash game’ that requires system response to be faster)

    Wow… It was almost as good as before…

    I delayed re-installing zeigeist…

    Mumbling to myself saying “Self, you are inches away from trashing all the labor to get 11.04 running, so… Let’s see what happens… if….

    hehehe

    I uninstall Unity…

    Bad person that I am, with no conscience for all those saying how good it is…

    I did…

    Came back up… still dragging ans worried how soon I would put the 10.10 cd into the tray…

    Came up…

    and ‘Enlightment’ (which I don’t use)…

    Brought up Thunderbird (testing, since I did uninstall Unity stuff…) Worked!!

    Brought up Firefox (testing, since I did uninstall Unity stuff for it, too)… Worked -damned faster…

    Went to flash ap and it set pesonal record…

    Any ideas why?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      please post it to launchpad, please!as BUG!
      please post it to as much ubuntu forum u can!its worth time,and throughly exam! of many experts!

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      reading ur post ,prove to me that time reading all previous was not useless.. thanks! please document this,and post it to launchpad! as BUG! or even something more serious? maybe? smells bad!! and do check integrity of instalation CD,or instalation ISO…please!

      here https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty

      u can post,and note here u will find that u r not only one with that issue!

      check and read all about! https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty

      or simular issue in Ubuntu Natty
      https://launchpad.net/~rainct
      thanks for honesty and contribution to improve Ubuntu.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      He knows!

      Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals, a Free Software enthusiast and Computer Science sophomore at UPC (BarcelonaTech).He is an Ubuntu and Debian Developer.Other than that, he is involved in several upstream projects, the most well-known of them being Zeitgeist and the GNOME Activity Journal.For more details about me see his wiki page.

  • http://profiles.google.com/gnz.pablo Pablo Gonzalez

    Unity killed my resolution, seems that Unity dosent support my video card but 10.10 did… why?

    • http://profiles.google.com/darkprocess Uğur Bulut

      If your video card is NVIDIA, run “System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager” and search “nvidia” then install “nvidia-current” package.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      maybe in mean time when u was using 10.10 u upgraded video card drivers to newer then those which came together with 11.04…
      reinstall or install drivers,and it will work.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=519003727 Stephen Howlett

    ‘“If music be the food of Gods, then play on!” wrote Shakespeare.’ No he didn’t. He wrote “If music be the food of love, play on…” So substitute ‘love’ for ‘god’ in the next sentence. Not so clever now, eh, geeks!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=519003727 Stephen Howlett

    ‘“If music be the food of Gods, then play on!” wrote Shakespeare.’ No he didn’t. He wrote “If music be the food of love, play on…” So substitute ‘love’ for ‘god’ in the next sentence. Not so clever now, eh, geeks!

  • Anonymous

    I am liking the Unity. I can only use it on my netbook, my desktop running Ubuntu 8.04 can’t handle the full Unity. It looks very nice on my netbook. I think they have done a very good job so far, and am looking forward for the tweaks and refinement.

  • Anonymous

    I am liking the Unity. I can only use it on my netbook, my desktop running Ubuntu 8.04 can’t handle the full Unity. It looks very nice on my netbook. I think they have done a very good job so far, and am looking forward for the tweaks and refinement.

  • http://profiles.google.com/darkprocess Uğur Bulut

    Downgrade from 11.04 to 10.10! Macubuntu Desktop (docky, theme etc) and GNOME3 are much better than Unity :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LOR655GR4ZFHCMSV7FW5ROPSAA Cliff W

    The part I found misleading was showing Ubuntu running on a HP Mini 311. That has to be among the worst laptops for running Linux, ever.
    My wife has one and that crappy Alps touchpad that HP seems to love makes it borderline unusable.

    I know they are just pictures, but I’d try to use Linux-supported laptops lest you inadvertently give the impression someone at OMG actually uses Linux on one of those.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the help, to those that tolerated and assisted…

    I have thrown in the towel on 11.04.

    It has no socially redeeming qualities.

    If you leave Unity in, you are taking a major hit on speed (I don’t care if it ‘seems’ fast… removing it WILL BE FASTER

    After removing it, I did several updates, restarts and was running well, excepting the gawdawful long start-up…

    This morning… Canonical did a Windows Update and Sony linkage and blew me out of the water…

    I am back to the last Ubuntu (10.10), I am running Linux kernel 2.38.x

    With Canonical’s suicidal plans.. I will not update past this, unless I am updating to something that works.

    For those that the POS Unity is seemingly working… Please enjoy and I hope it stays functional for you.

    All those that left ahead of me… here I come— well, am…

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

      its just desktop…
      good for future and touchscreens or fancy lowers.

      to me,all work fine,in 11.04 with classic desktop(GNOME) and edge drivers for ATI,compiz etc…

      unity ,well in reboot i just choose classic desktop!
      and all is on desktop like before!
      note: even better ,this was upgrade from 10.10…

      good about Unity that no need to be removed!
      maybe once in future when i want to torture myself and really dont know what else to do,then i will torture myself…
      point is why to learn that new desktop?
      … sorry Unity is not even in plans on my learning curve!
      …if Unity is so good then please put it on Server edition!!!
      ………………………lol……lol………….

  • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.badangayon Jordan M. Badangayon

    I love unity. I think the REAL problem that other people REALLY has with it is that they don’t give it a chance or don’t even bother to try. I remember when I first switched to Ubuntu 10.10 from Windows 7, I was so frustrated that the UI is like windows xp (after experiencing the eye-candies of windows 7) and that I can’t even play my mp3′s and other things that I can easily do in windows. Until, of course, after googling (and taking the advise of some veteran users of linux to give myself sometime to be familiarized with how linux works), I found out how to make things ‘just-work’ in Ubuntu and how to add eye-candies. And then I found myself loving ubuntu A LOT more than windows. This was exactly how I felt shortly after upgrading to Natty. I was also frustrated that I can’t access the things that I want the same way when I was using Maverick. But after giving it a day familiarizing myself with how Unity works, I found out that it is easier to use than Maverick. Plus, of course, the fact that you have a MORE Beautiful desktop UI that is at PAR with windows 7 and mac snow leopard. So give Unity the F****** chance it deserves.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.badangayon Jordan M. Badangayon

    I love unity. I think the REAL problem that other people REALLY has with it is that they don’t give it a chance or don’t even bother to try. I remember when I first switched to Ubuntu 10.10 from Windows 7, I was so frustrated that the UI is like windows xp (after experiencing the eye-candies of windows 7) and that I can’t even play my mp3′s and other things that I can easily do in windows. Until, of course, after googling (and taking the advise of some veteran users of linux to give myself sometime to be familiarized with how linux works), I found out how to make things ‘just-work’ in Ubuntu and how to add eye-candies. And then I found myself loving ubuntu A LOT more than windows. This was exactly how I felt shortly after upgrading to Natty. I was also frustrated that I can’t access the things that I want the same way when I was using Maverick. But after giving it a day familiarizing myself with how Unity works, I found out that it is easier to use than Maverick. Plus, of course, the fact that you have a MORE Beautiful desktop UI that is at PAR with windows 7 and mac snow leopard. So give Unity the F****** chance it deserves.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.badangayon Jordan M. Badangayon

    I love unity. I think the REAL problem that other people REALLY has with it is that they don’t give it a chance or don’t even bother to try. I remember when I first switched to Ubuntu 10.10 from Windows 7, I was so frustrated that the UI is like windows xp (after experiencing the eye-candies of windows 7) and that I can’t even play my mp3′s and other things that I can easily do in windows. Until, of course, after googling (and taking the advise of some veteran users of linux to give myself sometime to be familiarized with how linux works), I found out how to make things ‘just-work’ in Ubuntu and how to add eye-candies. And then I found myself loving ubuntu A LOT more than windows. This was exactly how I felt shortly after upgrading to Natty. I was also frustrated that I can’t access the things that I want the same way when I was using Maverick. But after giving it a day familiarizing myself with how Unity works, I found out that it is easier to use than Maverick. Plus, of course, the fact that you have a MORE Beautiful desktop UI that is at PAR with windows 7 and mac snow leopard. So give Unity the F****** chance it deserves.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_N5SMIEO2346CS2TBLCUDGZWTQY Jon G

    I love these post-release articles! I always find something to try or tweak that I wouldn’t have thought of. I’ve gotta say, I was worried about Unity after trying a couple of the alphas, but after just playing with it all day yesterday, I’m into it!

  • igf1

    Funny, I was dead set against the switch to Unity… Then I tried it and it’s so much more responsive. The launcher should be switched with cairo. My sugestion for the 10th step would be to make an image of your fully configured system. I like Ghost for linux : http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/files/g4l%20ISO%20images/g4l-v0.37.iso/download

    but obviously dd or clonezilla and or backintime which is a good solution if you like to tinker :)

  • http://twitter.com/billyalt Billy Alten-Dunkle

    I dunno why the hell so many people are so critical of Unity. I really like it personally, it freed my of my Docky addiction, and it’s actually kind of fun to use. Not a very difficult transition. On that note, it’s a whole damn operating system you get for FREE.

    • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.badangayon Jordan M. Badangayon

      me too… i think it’s because many of them have a soft spot for gome after using it for many years so they don’t want to try out unity. many of these people who criticize unity did not actually use it for more than 10 minutes.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

        true,after upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04,i give one min try to Unity just so much to start web browser to find do i need to remove Unity or have other option to run all like before, and then find that reboot, and only one click on login screen to choose ubuntu classicc …is fastest way to use all as in 10.10 or before…
        good ,or better,i dont wanna know…looks like Unity logic is much more different,so why to learn again ? sure u r so right! i will not say noting against Unity,till it keep choice to use it or not!

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

        ur so true!
        i give Unity chance just one(1)min!
        or less…and forget about..

        o yessssss i need something like that Unity if my monitor is touch screen ,but its not.

        or if ubuntu mobile distro still develop..

        on classic desktop? No! Sure,no!

        Maybe is worth on small screen nettops…maybe…
        but on screen which is not touchscreen???

        one thing is sure, Ubuntu goes forward!

        its just desktop…so please..like it or not

        good that is here,just as one more option!

    • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.badangayon Jordan M. Badangayon

      me too… i think it’s because many of them have a soft spot for gome after using it for many years so they don’t want to try out unity. many of these people who criticize unity did not actually use it for more than 10 minutes.

  • http://gadgetnova.blogspot.com/ technojakeb

    hey this takes a lot of tym tio install….
    http://gadgetnova.blogspot.com/2011/03/tutorials-how-to-istall-ubuntu-in-5.html
    go here
    this tutorial vl show u hw to install ubuntu in less that 3 mins

  • http://twitter.com/freezeeedos freezeeedos

    TROLL WARNING:

    Step 1: Remove unity….

    Step 2 [...]

    And yes I know there are other versions if I don’t like unity at it’s current state…. I just couldn’t help myself; Unity is not mature enough to be implemented as default. This menu with giant icons is ridiculous.

  • http://twitter.com/freezeeedos freezeeedos

    ….And that’s it. I’m switching to haiku.

    (trying hard to initiate something new and be famous)

  • http://twitter.com/freezeeedos freezeeedos

    ….And that’s it. I’m switching to haiku.

    (trying hard to initiate something new and be famous)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HTHVUGXA67ZJMBFAVZJP5E5PFU sinisa1cro

    Read this!
    Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals, a Free Software enthusiast and Computer Science sophomore at UPC (BarcelonaTech).I’m an Ubuntu and Debian Developer. I’m also a REVU (http://revu.ubuntuwire.com) developer and I used to act as moderator on Brainstorm. From time to time, I translate some application into Catalan.Other than that, I’m involved in several upstream projects, the most well-known of them being Zeitgeist and the GNOME Activity Journal.For more details about me see my wiki page.

  • Viktoras Gostevas

    Well every OS is good until it is legal. In the legal state of using it. I have different distros on my laptops, etc. And as they are legal they are good. Windows 7 is developed in the right way, and it is already as good and stable as it should be. So Linux is good as MS Windows is good too.

  • Viktoras Gostevas

    Well every OS is good until it is legal. In the legal state of using it. I have different distros on my laptops, etc. And as they are legal they are good. Windows 7 is developed in the right way, and it is already as good and stable as it should be. So Linux is good as MS Windows is good too.

  • Anonymous

    Anyone having freezing issues when trying to download with Transmission or Deluge?? I’m getting no feedback from anyone. Alot of people with the same issue and no help??? PLEASE HELP!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YHV7MXGTSYCUNLJWPLQM3L72OM Aakarshan

    my desktop did not shows anythings. what is the solution for bringing all default position?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YHV7MXGTSYCUNLJWPLQM3L72OM Aakarshan

    my desktop did not shows anythings on ubuntu11.04 . what is the solution for bringing all default position

  • http://twitter.com/fromtheold fromtheold

    If it wasnt for number 6 in this post, i’d move right back to windows where i just came from.

  • http://twitter.com/fromtheold fromtheold

    If it wasnt for number 6 in this post, i’d move right back to windows where i just came from.

  • http://www.historiasdemaria.com maria

    Got some seriuos problems with my Windows XP, virus katusha killed it! OMG! I’ve installed Ubuntu, but I don’t really like the Unity desktop..

  • http://twitter.com/kilgorewuzhere kilgore trout

    When I go to ABOUT ME and choose a pic(jpeg) to use for my avatar,  It appears out of scale. Im using the attractive toilet guy you see to the left. Is there a better way to do this? When I first set it up it looked OK, now it is huge. BTW I had some file sharing probs….did everything. (Was using Jaunty) At first no problems. I reinstalled because Im anal. And it wouldnt allow me to share. Changed my password from (ZZZZZZ) to something arcane….it worked. Apparently simple passwords dont always work. It worked for three years tho?

  • http://twitter.com/kilgorewuzhere kilgore trout

    Hey I love my MBPro and my Mini, but Im using a three yr old Dell with a replaced motherboard(50 bucks) and the price is right! MAcs are great, but aside from the Mini they cost big bucks.

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  • Askar Turman

    I’m using a MacBook Pro <3, And I hate Windows for it's slow operating system! 
    Buy what you want, don't spend to much money and don't let things eat your personal time. The life is short when you'll reach 90 years old, you will regret it! 

  • Kris Dawson

    “check Facebook (or Diaspora!)” I’ll take it that’s one of your bad jokes ;).

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