Hello,
I tried out the Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit edition on my system and was amazed at the new UI. It looks like a mix of Android, Apple and Ubuntu-Netbook-Edition. The developers have thoughtfully eliminated the horizontal bars and put the menu vertically on the left had side. Nowadays with monitors short in height but stretched wide, there is surplus space on the vertical sides. There is this new Libre-Office. I wonder if there is some dispute with OOo? The Apple like feature is the permanent menu bar that adapts into the open application's menu bar and back after the application is closed. As time permits, I will install it in my system.
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
There is this new Libre-Office. I wonder if there is some dispute with OOo?
Libreoffice is now probably default in all distro. Dispute is well known and that's why there is Libreoffice exists :)
I tried Ubuntu 11.04 out on my Lenovo Low range laptop (G565), everything worked fine (Mainly Wifi, LAN, Camera, Touchpad, Sound, HDMI) with normal software and Medibuntu packages installed. Install was a breeze and updates while install was a brilliant improvement on the installer. Unity theme was a good upgrade in simplicity but removed many dearly features like applets on the taskbar (seriously missing Wanda and fortune :P ). Reliance Netconnect+ worked without installing any additional software, but did need a reboot to make it work. Keyboard can be selected to use ₹ (rupee symbol) directly with Right Alt + 4. Empathy works flawlessly but still lacks the plugins like Pidgin. Have lots to try out yet, but has been a very very smooth start compared to the older Ubuntu's.
-- Sanket Shah Via Chromium on Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 11.04 is up and running in my system since some days. Takes a little while to get used to the new locations of the application icons. The entire focus of the new UI is to save vertical space. It detected my HP PSC Deskjet K209a directly and print and scan worked out of the box. As usual video, sound everything works. My system, Core i-3 + Intel DH55TC mobo + 2GB DDR3 RAM. No restricted drivers used.
One good change in the installation process is that during the pre-installation questions round, it shows 2 options, one, to download 3rd party hardware drivers and two, to download multimedia codecs and other non-free stuff for full multimedia support (ubuntu-restricted-extras). Check mark both of them and after your installation, your system is up and running with full hardware (If using restricted drivers) and multimedia support.
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