[HLUG] Ubuntu 12.04LTS - ok so far

Wed May 9 22:42:43 UTC 2012

Thank you for your expert reviews, i think it is a great time to run
Linux.
Now for a non expert review from my 6 year old lad, (it would be a
completely clueless review if I did it) 
And just to change the subject it is on an operating system from the
west coast of America, as found in 
Bromyard library,on a computer in the childrens section
After two false starts when he didn't realise it was still loading we
had problems opening anything
( it appears you need to click everything twice ), google found his site
(moshi monsters) on the first page.
Duck Duck Go at home almost always puts the wanted site first. and the
controls at the library blocked it from opening 
(the only plus all review) but with it's targeted advertising the first
ad was for a site that reviewed 34 dating sites.....
explain that away to a 6 year old.
after that it went downhill with him usually reverting to one click , or
multiple clicks, or just restarting as nothing had 
yet loaded.
The moral of that long winded ramble; much as we find (minor) fault with
linux 
sometimes we just have to stand back and remember with it's variety we
can all make it just as we want it.
So many thanks again for your reviews on Ubuntu
Dave
p.s. How would I go about getting the library changing a few computers
over to Linux,
giving casual users simple guidance to enjoy the greater speed of Linux?

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: george dicegeorge [dicegeorge at hotmail.com]
>Sent: 5/9/2012 4:18:15 PM
>To: alan at curiousminds.co;herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [HLUG] Ubuntu 12.04LTS - ok so far
>
>I was put off by reports of the unity touch phone interface,
>so I'm installing Xubuntu12.04 on most machines
>and Ubuntustudio (which uses the Xubuntu desktop I think)
>on more powerful machines for its multimedia speediness
>http://ubuntustudio.org/
>
>The most annoying thing is that xubuntu doesnt give us
>any easy way to configure the grub boot order,
>very arrogant of the developers that is,
>assuming that everybody will want it as the default boot.
>
>[george]
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Alan Richmond 
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 4:13 PM 
>To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk 
>Subject: Re: [HLUG] Ubuntu 12.04LTS - ok so far 
>
> Ubuntu 12.04 has been getting a lot of good press lately, 
>deservedly I think.
>
> I was disappointed when the last issue of LXF didn't have it on the 
>cover disc, not even the alpha. But I later found it on the cd of Linux
>User (as alpha) which I installed on a work machine and a home machine.
>For me, Ubuntu + Gnome3 is ideal. Occasionally I'll log out and back in
>with Unity, and try very hard to see why I should switch. But I like 
>seeing all my windows laid out, and which workspaces they're in. I like
>being able to select applications by typing a letter or two (in Unity 
>also), but I also like being able to browse them all on my large 
>monitor, all together or categorised.
>
> Another nice feature of Unity is that holding down the Super key 
>(with the wavy St George's flag) presents a list of keyboard shortcuts.
>The HUD seems like a cool idea, but I haven't been able to get very 
>excited about it; once I know an application I feel that I can just as 
>easily control it with the mouse. But this might be some thing that 
>takes some getting used to.
>
> Wide screen monitors lend themselves to the window auto tiling 
>(probably not what they call it but it'll do for now) where you grab a 
>window and move it to the right or left until the mouse hits the edge -
>then that half of the screen brightens and if you let the mouse go the 
>window fills that half of the screen. Very useful for working with 2 
>interdependent windows where you need to examine the contents of one to
>edit the other. Pushing the window up to the top opens it to full 
>screen, but I think it did previously. Works in G3 too.
>
> One little glitch I've noticed is that on my dual-monitor system, 
>the mouse tends to stick as I cross between them, probably because 
>there's a Dash there - i.e. both monitors have one, unlike in G3. 
><namedrop>Talking of which (dual monitors) the first time I saw one it 
>was a new toy that Tim Berners-Lee proudly demonstrated in his MIT 
>office.</namedrop>
>
> I've tried many other Linuxes, especially the ones that come with 
>LXF, and I think this is the best yet. I gave Linux Mint a good whirl, 
>but it kept snatching defeat from the jaws of victory with minor 
>annoyances, such as that irritatingly named Duck Duck Go search engine 
>in the browser(s)(I know it can be changed). I don't hate Unity, but I 
>do prefer Gnome 3.
>
>Alan
>
>On 06/05/12 15:54, Sarah Chard wrote:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17916879
>>
>> Ubuntu getting a bit of publicity via the BBC website
>>
>> I have just uprated all our working office machines to 12.04 with
clean
>> installs - after very careful backup
>> I had stuck with the 10.04LTS through the inbetween versions and
avoided
>> all upgrading whilst listening to the discussions about Unity v
Gnome.
>>
>> My PC's have old graphics cards so I am running the 2d version
>> The main problem I had when installing was that one of the PC's had
>> nasty lines on the screen - but this has happened to it in previous
>> ubuntu incarnations so I tried out my tested solution of reverting to
>> the vesa driver and the problem was solved.
>>
>> Unity is very different and takes a bit of getting used to - I can
>> understand why it is frustrating when you are used to working a
certain
>> way however once you get to grips with how to switch between and
within
>> open programs its quick and I like the HUD. I always ran Gnome
Do/Docky
>> on 10.04 as it was an easy way to get to some of my files - the HUD
is
>> even better. The extra space on the screen is great and although
having
>> the menus only for the program you are working in at the top is a bit
>> disconcerting at first you get used to it quite quickly.
>>
>> I do use terminal for some things but don't live on the command line
- I
>> am happy to use it if needed but am more comfortable with Gui's and
can
>> see that this version of Ubuntu looks nice and appealing, has been
>> rationalised to make it more intuitive for the average user and has
made
>> installing even easier.
>> Some things have moved around but I soon found where synaptic package
>> manager had gone to and also where to add any ppa's that I needed
>>
>> Installing 12.04 has also ment that i have finally (I hope) switched
to
>> libre office - I mainly use Base for work and had big problems with
>> Libre office so stuck with open office on 10.04. I had some initial
>> problems within LO on 12.04 connected with exporting forms as .pdfs
>> (data not showing) but after fiddling around with some settings all
>> seems well and the earlier problems with LObase seem to have been
>> solved. (I am keeping my fingers crossed)
>>
>> I have also just installed openmobilesuite - which works with my
android
>> phone (i used the series60 remote with my old nokia and this is the
>> android version) it's still in development so a bit buggy but I can
now
>> view all my contacts and send sms from my PC and once again have them
>> all saved to a local sqlite database - this is great as i like to
save
>> work texts and was really missing this program.
>>
>> I'm still getting used to the changes but it seems ok so far.
>>
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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