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On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:43:42 +0100 Martin Gautier wrote: > > On 13/10/11 19:22, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > > > > > Surprised no-one here's mentioned their favourte fluffy version of > > a Linux distribution yet ... http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.10/ > > > > I'm almost tempted to try it on wifeys old PC before I put it up > > for sale... > > > > Gordon > > > As I understand it, 11.10 does away with the option to login with the > old Gnome 2 style interface - it's fully migrated to the Gnome 3 code > so it's Unity or Gnome 3 Shell now. That's currently a deal breaker > on my desktop just from a usability point of view. > > I have Gnome 3 shell on my 11.04 laptop and seem to be getting to > grips with it. I'll probably upgrade to 11.10 on the Laptop and give > Unity another go, falling back the Gnome Shell if necessary. > > Once I'm happy I can navigate with speed and configure things how I > want, I'll upgrade the desktop too. > > I don't think Unity is still quite there yet with 11.10, maybe 12.10? > > Martin To be fair, Ubuntu does seem to aim their LTS releases as the "just right" ones. I would be very surprised if the Unity released as part of 12.04 was badly buggy. They've had a fair whack of time to iron out the major kinks. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq