Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 Released

[exfileme]

The latest build of Ubuntu adds the Unity desktop interface.

Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 Released : Read more

 

[septentriones]

Narwhals, swimming in the ocean... Seriously though, Unity seems like a good idea. I hope it works better than it does in the netbook edition I have. It always seems to lag but I can see the little jump menus being useful and familiar to Windows 7 users.

 

[chesterman]

i think that kernel version is totally wrong

 

[marciocattini]

Very nice vid! Would be cool if you could tell us a little bit about kubuntu as well and if you had any hassles during the installation!

 

[kronos_cornelius]

I tried Unity on a netbook. The UI was fast, but unfortunately buggy. So, I end up using Kubuntu 10.10.

ATI still seems to have a problem keeping drivers easy to install and use. It has been this way for half a decade now. I installed them using the repository, using ATI binary, but none of them worked. In the end I left the repository one even though it did not enable OpenGL. I'll fight with it another day.

Nvidia on the other hand worked right away. I have a netbook with ION graphics, and the propietary Nvidia driver install without much drama. I just followed the instruction and voila. The rest of the time I use to watch CUDA demos.

So why buy ATI you ask. Well, not many times in my live have I seen a NO OS netbook being on the market. Asus 1215T on newegg (plug not intended).

Alas, freedom from the MS tax !

 

[guzz46]

So why buy ATI you ask. Well, not many times in my live have I seen a NO OS netbook being on the market. Asus 1215T on newegg (plug not intended).

I have been using the open source ATI drivers on my laptop for a long time now (with a HD3200) and they work great, even running compiz.

 

[dEAne]

thanks for the link.

 

[coldmast]

Thanks to my graphics card drivers being in the AMD/ATI legacy bin (the community opensource drivers can't accelerate video playback, I can no longer get updates to newer kernals, FGLRX how I miss you.Currently there is NO support for 2.6.29 or newer kernels. :`(

 

[Guest]

kronos_cornelius: 2003 called, they want their drivers back. Please update yourself on the current state of both drivers before spewing out-dated drivel for public consumption. Circa 2010, it's now cool to praise the AMD drivers, and bash the Nvidia drivers. The tables have turned...

 

[flightmare]

Unfortunately I'm one of those stupid people who don't like changes. I'm sure to give it a try. But I might aswell go with another desktop manager in the end.

 

[Parsian]

ive been hesitant to install Maverick on my ION netbook after the reviews... I will give it some time.

 

[eddieroolz]

That's great and all that, but I'm still waiting for the damned wireless card to be supported on machines I install Ubuntu on. Seriously, out of 4 machines I tried the drivers never work for the wireless card.