ubuntu 11-10

[Jim Byrnes]

On 10/23/2011 03:50 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> On 10/23/2011 09:20 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Joep L. Blom<jlblom at neuroweave.nl>
>> wrote:
>>> I finally installed ubuntu 11-10 as a virtual guest (under Vmware) but,
>>> contrary to a loat of moaning and screeming about Unity I was pleasantly
>>> surprised by the user interface as I thought it was much worse!.
>>> Installation went like a breeze and even network was no problem (wired).
>>> Even adjusting time and date was easy and simple and I could even
>>> enter my
>>> personal location (Almere, a small town below sea-level).
>>> OK, the window handles are on the wrong =Apple) side but I assume I can
>>> change that with Ubuntu Tweak.
>>> I have but one -small- problem. The real estate taken by the
>>> menu-list (on
>>> the left side of the screen is awfully big. I would like to reduce it
>>> to 25
>>> % (or 30%) and position it on the upper side of the screen. However,
>>> I don't
>>> know how 'flexible' the interface is.
>>> I hope somebody has answers and als if there are other means that Ubuntu
>>> Tweak to chage the window buttons location.
>>> Joep
>>
>> Keep in mind that currently, you do not see the normal Unity, but
>> Unity 2D in VMware (it falls back to Unity 2D without informing you).
>>
>>
> Colin, Ioannis,
> Thanks for the reply.
> Colin, I want to see how different the new UI is 'under the hood",
> Ioannis, Thanks for the info. I didn't know that. Is it possible to try
> the 3-D look under VMware?

Joep,

I don't know about VMware but it runs for me in the PUEL version of 
VirtulBox.

Regards,  Jim

> I had another peculiar experience. When I had 11-10 installed, it didn't
> start in graphic mode but in a console.
> I actually had to start X (using startx) to come to the GUI. Is that
> normal behaviour??
> I find it very horrific for newbies, especially if they come from Windows.
> Joep
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