I've been using it since the beta & it runs very well. Netflix & Steam install very quick & easy & run well.
This is my longest experience with Unity & I've found it's not too bad, either. Experience with OSX helps get used to the non-menu way of selecting a program but in use it's really like a menu, anyway. (click the Ubuntu logo thingy [or super-a] -> apps -> internet -> firefox) And at least when you bring up the program selection it doesn't cover the entire desktop.
I also like that they are trying to conserve vertical space by putting the launcher on the left edge instead of the bottom and eliminating the menu bar on windows. Moving the menus sounded odd 'till I learn why and , again, experience with Macs helps get used to it.
But Unity is slow compared to other desktops, and very difficult to customize.
I may still go back to XFCE just to get the 'right-click on the desktop for a menu' back. (or I could just install Windowmaker... hmmm)
But overall Ubuntu 14.04 has been very stable & runs quite nicely.
You say , "... the behaviour should be correct the first time..." and this is wrong. The behaviour should be *selectable* by the user. That's why folks are asking for checkboxes and configuration dialogs. The behaviour cannot possibly be "correct" because it is a preference and what I prefer may not be what you prefer.
I realize that the Gnome folks really believe there is only one correct way for the desktop to look and behave, but they are wrong.
I've a fresh install of Mint 16 here on a Thinkpad with an AMD RV710 and the Mesa driver seems to be working fine. Steam games & Netflix work a treat. I haven't installed Chrome, though, it's performance my suck but Chrome is easily avoidable.
I've seen the Beta and don't like it. I've seen several comments saying there are other places to go for tech news/discussions. What are these other sites?
I've not seen a tech news site with lively discussions and it's the discussions I'm interested in. I've learned more from the discussions here on (old) Slashdot than the stories.
What are some tech news/discussion websites I should check out?
If you're referring to the MOTOPHONE F3, that's not what you want. I have one & everything is fine untill you actually start talking on it, then the battery drops very quickly. It's a mystery to me how such a simple phone can have such lousy talk time.
I remember when SuSE was one of the only distros, perhaps the only one, which used reiserfs as the default filesystem. No, there's no punchline. This was when you could buy it in a box (including the little chamelon pin) off the shelf at CompUSA. SuSE has always had a fascination with new filesystems.
Last month if someone said they had an iPhone you knew what they were talking about. Different generations, sure, but you knew it was arguably the finest device Apple had ever made, within each generation.
Next month when someone says they have an iPhone the first question will be, "Do you have the cheap one, or the good one?"
Well, yes & no. Sometimes the equipment is used/returned/refurbed, sometimes not. When Apple puts a new model in the stores, it is introduced in every Apple store on the planet the same day. What happened to the "old" model which was here yesterday? They were all shipped back to Apple, where they were reboxed in plain white boxes & will be sold as "refurbs". So, at the Apple store, "refurbished" does not necessarily mean "used".
I can pop the back of a Galaxy S4, slide in a microSD memory card & replace the battery - all without tools. That's why the Samsung phones have become the default geek Android phones (well, that & they are also easily rooted) even more-so than the latest Nexus devices. With the latest quad-core devices having enough power to run Touch-Wiz seamlessly (from what I've seen in-store, anyway) they are very nice out-of-box, even without root.
That's interesting. I have an old Nexus S running CM10 which I plug into an Apple charging cube & I've never seen that. The Apple charger is ~2 years old, I wonder if they've changed something.
Isaac Asimov wrote an essay about this, "The Left-Handed Universe". The book, of the same title, in which it was published is a collection of non-fiction science essays; "Why does ice float?", "Why is the night sky black?", etc.. I don't know if Asimov's ideas in "The Left-Handed Universe" are correct, but Asimov is always fun to read anyway.
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I forgot to put in there that I'm running an Nvidia GeForce GT630 & using the proprietary driver.
I've been using it since the beta & it runs very well. Netflix & Steam install very quick & easy & run well.
This is my longest experience with Unity & I've found it's not too bad, either. Experience with OSX helps get used to the non-menu way of selecting a program but in use it's really like a menu, anyway. (click the Ubuntu logo thingy [or super-a] -> apps -> internet -> firefox) And at least when you bring up the program selection it doesn't cover the entire desktop.
I also like that they are trying to conserve vertical space by putting the launcher on the left edge instead of the bottom and eliminating the menu bar on windows. Moving the menus sounded odd 'till I learn why and , again, experience with Macs helps get used to it.
But Unity is slow compared to other desktops, and very difficult to customize.
I may still go back to XFCE just to get the 'right-click on the desktop for a menu' back. (or I could just install Windowmaker... hmmm)
But overall Ubuntu 14.04 has been very stable & runs quite nicely.
Ahhh... so it's like cricket, then?
You say , "... the behaviour should be correct the first time..." and this is wrong. The behaviour should be *selectable* by the user. That's why folks are asking for checkboxes and configuration dialogs. The behaviour cannot possibly be "correct" because it is a preference and what I prefer may not be what you prefer.
I realize that the Gnome folks really believe there is only one correct way for the desktop to look and behave, but they are wrong.
They do that deliberately just to keep you away.
Allright, according to you the guy's a prick. So how does that extrapolate to saying no to an LTS release of Ubuntu Gnome?
I've a fresh install of Mint 16 here on a Thinkpad with an AMD RV710 and the Mesa driver seems to be working fine. Steam games & Netflix work a treat. I haven't installed Chrome, though, it's performance my suck but Chrome is easily avoidable.
Could it be the chances of grabbing a really fast internet connection are better there than in the US?
In any case, my thanks to the OpenWrt folks!
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Everyone wants improvement & no-one is willing to pay for it.
So how does "Researcher Adam Langley" get access to the code in order to do "an analysis of the vulnerable code in OS X"?
Do these experts have access to the source via some agreement with the vendor?
I've seen the Beta and don't like it. I've seen several comments saying there are other places to go for tech news/discussions. What are these other sites?
I've not seen a tech news site with lively discussions and it's the discussions I'm interested in. I've learned more from the discussions here on (old) Slashdot than the stories.
What are some tech news/discussion websites I should check out?
I feel safer already!
A few times I've heard an Irish use the term "gobshite" and I wasn't sure what it meant 'till today.
Well, I sure missed *that* call.
If you're referring to the MOTOPHONE F3, that's not what you want. I have one & everything is fine untill you actually start talking on it, then the battery drops very quickly. It's a mystery to me how such a simple phone can have such lousy talk time.
I remember when SuSE was one of the only distros, perhaps the only one, which used reiserfs as the default filesystem. No, there's no punchline. This was when you could buy it in a box (including the little chamelon pin) off the shelf at CompUSA. SuSE has always had a fascination with new filesystems.
Last month if someone said they had an iPhone you knew what they were talking about. Different generations, sure, but you knew it was arguably the finest device Apple had ever made, within each generation.
Next month when someone says they have an iPhone the first question will be, "Do you have the cheap one, or the good one?"
Well, yes & no. Sometimes the equipment is used/returned/refurbed, sometimes not. When Apple puts a new model in the stores, it is introduced in every Apple store on the planet the same day. What happened to the "old" model which was here yesterday? They were all shipped back to Apple, where they were reboxed in plain white boxes & will be sold as "refurbs". So, at the Apple store, "refurbished" does not necessarily mean "used".
Point taken, & I agree. If it was mine, I'd rom it to Cyanogenmod. But my point was that... well I think you know my point. Anyway... good shot!
I can pop the back of a Galaxy S4, slide in a microSD memory card & replace the battery - all without tools. That's why the Samsung phones have become the default geek Android phones (well, that & they are also easily rooted) even more-so than the latest Nexus devices. With the latest quad-core devices having enough power to run Touch-Wiz seamlessly (from what I've seen in-store, anyway) they are very nice out-of-box, even without root.
That's interesting. I have an old Nexus S running CM10 which I plug into an Apple charging cube & I've never seen that. The Apple charger is ~2 years old, I wonder if they've changed something.
...I made a chair for my mother-in-law once. .. My wife wouldn't let me plug it in.
Yet another Linux distro.
If I really need my pistol to function, and I have blood on my hands, I don't think I'd trust one of these.
Isaac Asimov wrote an essay about this, "The Left-Handed Universe". The book, of the same title, in which it was published is a collection of non-fiction science essays; "Why does ice float?", "Why is the night sky black?", etc.. I don't know if Asimov's ideas in "The Left-Handed Universe" are correct, but Asimov is always fun to read anyway.