[ubuntu-za] Precisely

[Hilton Gibson]

Hi Charl

The HUD is there, just tap the ALT key to get it.
Tap and hold the SUPER key to get a list of all shortcuts.
Nice and easy.

Cheers

hg

On 30 March 2012 14:05, Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za> wrote:

> I though I'll tell you about my current 'adventure'...
>
> Until last week I was happily running Ubuntu 11.10... until my file system
> started giving problems.  After several attempts to resolve the issue I
> decided that the best way forward was to reinstall.  So I backed up and
> prepared for install, unfortunately loosing some precious family photos
> (please don't tell my wife) :-)
>
> Then I decided to take the road less travelled.  Instead of reinstalling
> 11.04 I considered that I'll have to reinstall/upgrade with a months time
> again when 12.04 comes out.  So I decided to jump straight to 10.04 beta 1,
> very daring!
>
> So far it has been a great experience.  I have long since given up the
> fight against Unity and come to accept it.  After discovering tools like
> Ubuntu Tweak and MyUnity a while ago, customisation of Unity is now very
> easy!  If you don't know them, try them!  With Unity customised the way I
> like it I really do think that it has made my life easier, although the
> initial change was very hard.
>
> There was a few issues with Compiz and Unity, but these are improving
> rapidly.  Judging by the huge amount of updates coming through on a daily
> basis, there a lot of people working very hard to get it "polished
> precisely".
>
> I've also decided to make the jump from Evolution to Thunderbird, which
> turned out to be quite easy.  Clearly a lot of work has been done to ensure
> a smooth transition from Evolution to Thunderbird.
>
> Boot time has improved slightly and I can see slight changes to the boot
> up and login process every now and then.
>
> It seems as if some changes were made to the default theme, although I
> can't quite put my finger on it.  Although a lot of this might have to do
> with the difference between Evolution & Thunderbird, which is the
> applications I use most next to developer tools.
>
> The HUD is still missing, but I believe it will be added soon.  You can
> download it from the PPA, but I want to wait for official inclusion.
>
> This is far from a detailed review, but the idea is only to share my
> experience.  Despite that this is still a development version, the
> experience has been great so far.  I take my hat off to the developers and
> guys that work had to get Precise out.  I have logged a few bugs myself in
> an attempt to assist.  It is really exciting to be part of Ubuntu at this
> level.  I have always waited a couple of months for a release to
> "stabilise" before upgrading, but this is way more fun.
>
> I dare some of you to join me on this adventure.
>
> Regards
> Charl
>
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