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Author:  JJW009 [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Ubuntu 11.10
OK WTF? Just upgraded from 11.04 with the classic desktop. Two simple questions...

1. How do I kill Unity? I hate it. Seriously; what's the point? It's just bigger and uglier and less efficient. Maybe a good idea on a netbook, but not on a 24" screen.

2. Where the hell are my hard disks now! The system menu has vanished, I can't find the disk utility and none of my drives are mounted. I have 2TB of data simply not there any more... media and mnt are empty and I don't know where else to look.

I expect I'm being thick, but any pointers would be appreciated.

On the plus side, it's using a fraction of the swap it did before. Maybe that's just because it's the first reboot in months though :lol:
Author:  JJW009 [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
OK found disk utility by typing it into the search box on "Dash". At least I have my data back, although I still can't find the system menu... or the application menus... or any of my lovingly placed shortcuts. :?
Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
Everything Gnome based (i.e. everything on a Gnome toolbar) is gone.

Although I do like Unity, the way they've just switched people over with no transition is a bit MSish, IMO.
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
It's broken my remote access too - NX doesn't bring up the dock, so if you ever get to run anything it totally vanishes when you minimise it. I guess the next release will fix it, but the help at the moment is slightly farcical!

I'm thinking of going Kubuntu, but it's a pain because I've spent ages installing stuff on there...
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
Just install & use Gnome. It's easy. Google is your friend.
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
Linux_User wrote:
Just install & use Gnome. It's easy. Google is your friend.

Yeah I've found that now, thanks. I didn't really get that Unity was a replacement for Gnome - I thought it was just window dressing.
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
JJW009 wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
Just install & use Gnome. It's easy. Google is your friend.

Yeah I've found that now, thanks. I didn't really get that Unity was a replacement for Gnome - I thought it was just window dressing.

Yep - Unity is okay-ish, but it's just not ready for prime-time.

Xfce for teh Win!
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
rustybucket wrote:
Xfce for teh Win!

*installs*

Ooh, that's a lot cleaner looking. We'll see how I get on with this :D
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
I think I'm sticking with Xfce. It does everything I want, and it does it well. I even really like the "Thunar" file manager :D

Been playing around and you wouldn't recognise it now. I've just got a single vertical panel on the side, so I have the full vertical height of the monitor usable. I did toy with not having any panel at all - you can do everything from the middle mouse click anyway! Finally, a desktop environment that doesn't get in the way :lol:
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
JJW009 wrote:
I've just got a single vertical panel on the side, so I have the full vertical height of the monitor usable. I did toy with not having any panel at all - you can do everything from the middle mouse click anyway! Finally, a desktop environment that doesn't get in the way :lol:

Snap!

I've turned autohide off for this piccy:

Image
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
OK here's a weird one - I opened Nautilus and it killed my Xfce desktop. I didn't actually intend to open it, but it was still the default application for opening folders...

I still have my panel, but the desktop background has gone back to the one I had under Unity, my desktop icons have vanished and the click-menus are gone too. This despite my desktop settings still showing correctly. I'm sure if I log off and back on it'll be fine again, but I really wasn't expecting that.

I don't really want to do a clean Xubuntu install, but it looks like it might be the easier option. Took me ages to get Apache / php set up the way I wanted last time, so the web server will be off-line for quite a while. Also took quite a while to get all the Android tools set up, and some other stuff I'll remember when it's not there.

*logs off-and-on again*
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
Try this page:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ubuntu 11.10
Thanks, I'll check it out tomorrow.
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