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Ubuntu Mate 15.04 "Eleven" ships with plank
Some nice new functions in the latest Mate.
https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-vivid-beta1/ The Mate Tweak ctr is has been great addition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxFMtOl_DyQ The default look of Mate, was a bit basic looking for me. But now have Plank on left, like Unity, min/max/close icons on right, i can easily delete bookmarks, just right click, have Whisker menu as default, Compiz effects enabled. So now as well as Mate being fast, reliable, stable, its easy to use and easy to customise, Roll on April 23rd for offical release
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#2152 |
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Only thing that lets it down now is the horrible colour scheme choice.
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I'm currently giving mint 17.1 a try and yes yes yes! finally i'm getting sound via hdmi with my amd 4250 intergrated graphics, however my only issue is they still aren't fully supporting that chipset as on dual screen it's fine but if i was to switch it to just my tv then i lose the bottom bar.
Not a biggy i'm just happy they've finally sorted out the hdmi issue it's getting very close to me saying bye bye to windows for good. |
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#2154 |
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Only thing that lets it down now is the horrible colour scheme choice.
http://foldercolor.tuxfamily.org/ |
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installed the numix ppa to liven up the boring flatness that is Breeze plasma5 theme.
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Not strictly Linux, but I managed to install Haiku OS onto our now ancient and mostly unusable Eee PC 701. Very nice too. It's extremely fast, so the old Eee feels like lightning, but sadly the nature of websites these days proves too much for the old dear and apart from a handful of sites they don't even load up. It uses a browser called WebPositive, which I am led to believe is HTML5 compliant and being improved all the time, so I'll keep trying it.
Ideally I'd like to find something that just boots to a browser and that's it. There's simply no need for a lot of the other gubbins that comes with a distribution on the Eee. There's Tiny Core I suppose. I might look at that, since you can tailor it this way. Meh, I'm off work today. I'm allowed to indulge in pointless pursuits like the Eee.
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http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/...awful-for-149/
On a $150 Chromebook running Ubuntu 14.04, the Rockchip ARM SOC beats a Haswell Celeron Haswell SOC. |
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Just spent a very enjoyable half hour playing with the latest Antergos Linux release. Very, very nice indeed. I tried this out a while ago, and while I liked the idea of a rolling release Gnome based distro, I had a lot of trouble trying to get it to just play off the Live USB. This time, no issues at all. In fact I think I'm going to be installing it soon.
They've made a number of small usability customisations to Gnome, which ordinarily I would not be too interested in but here they've integrated them really nicely and they work well with the absolutely gorgeous Numix theme they've chosen. Things like Dash to Dock really flesh out the look of the distro.Yup, I'm convinced. I'll install it soon and post up my findings if anyone's interested.
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Meh, disaster. Couldn't install the thing. Numerous errors. First it complained it couldn't format the partition I was pointing it at but never said why, then it complained about not being able to download some packages and then the installer prompted me to close it. Tried it numerous times with different approaches, but no dice as they say. Cr.Ap.
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Meh, disaster. Couldn't install the thing. Numerous errors. First it complained it couldn't format the partition I was pointing it at but never said why, then it complained about not being able to download some packages and then the installer prompted me to close it. Tried it numerous times with different approaches, but no dice as they say. Cr.Ap.
![]() Was after trying Gnome 3.16 and apart from them and manjaro, nobody else did it. Even fedora seem to be waiting. Yes i could force a upgrade to gnome 3.16, but i've always found that forced upgrades to be unstable. Do wish Gnome devs and marketing would bring there release cycle it no line with distro releases. Think they are missing out on making people wait. |
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ChlaetOS
I used to use Elementary OS (for a couple of years) but for some reason became bored with it, I do not like the new release either.
Looking for a new candidate, and I have tried many, many varieties, the only one that fits my needs is ChaletOS, it is simply brilliant imo. Stable, smooth and good looking!! (like me )Try it, you can only be surprised. |
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I though Ubuntu 15.04 was meant to be released today, cant see it for download at ubuntu.com
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I though Ubuntu 15.04 was meant to be released today, cant see it for download at ubuntu.com
It is there though ... http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.04/ |
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I used to use Elementary OS (for a couple of years) but for some reason became bored with it, I do not like the new release either.
Looking for a new candidate, and I have tried many, many varieties, the only one that fits my needs is ChaletOS, it is simply brilliant imo. Stable, smooth and good looking!! (like me )Try it, you can only be surprised. It's ChaletOS! ![]() Got to say, it looks really fantastic. Downloading now. As for Ubuntu, it's out now according to Distrowatch. |
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So I tried searching for ChlaetOS...
It's ChaletOS! ![]() Got to say, it looks really fantastic. Downloading now. As for Ubuntu, it's out now according to Distrowatch.
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Some nice new functions in the latest Mate.
https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-vivid-beta1/ The Mate Tweak ctr is has been great addition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxFMtOl_DyQ The default look of Mate, was a bit basic looking for me. But now have Plank on left, like Unity, min/max/close icons on right, i can easily delete bookmarks, just right click, have Whisker menu as default, Compiz effects enabled. So now as well as Mate being fast, reliable, stable, its easy to use and easy to customise, Roll on April 23rd for offical release ![]() Ubuntu mate 15.04 for pi 2 |
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So I tried searching for ChlaetOS...
It's ChaletOS! ![]() Got to say, it looks really fantastic. Downloading now. As for Ubuntu, it's out now according to Distrowatch. I may stick it on the laptop. |
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Right, so I'm gonna give Linux YET another go on my ancient laptop
Any recent distros that will work (bitch) with it? Or am I just a sucker for punishment?
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Right, so I'm gonna give Linux YET another go on my ancient laptop
Any recent distros that will work (bitch) with it? Or am I just a sucker for punishment? ![]() ![]() This type of post gets me wound up recently. Why do people think of Linux as just something to revive a old PC its moved on, it supports ssd drives, it can handle UEFI, dual boot, secure boot, encryption, run some great games, its a modern OS ![]() People can't expect it to keep supporting old hardware that other hardware and software companies don't support any more. So chances are you will try it again and it will fail, if you've had trouble with support for you're old hardware in the past, chances are latest kernel still wont support it, so you will go away calling Linux rubbish
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Right, so I'm gonna give Linux YET another go on my ancient laptop
Any recent distros that will work (bitch) with it? Or am I just a sucker for punishment? ![]() Still using it every day on my old XP system
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Right, so I'm gonna give Linux YET another go on my ancient laptop
Any recent distros that will work (bitch) with it? Or am I just a sucker for punishment? ![]() ![]() Sadly, I can't help. But others can https://www.google.co.uk/search?pws=...top&gws_rd=ssl Have fun |
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As an amendum to my previous typo, here is a link to chaletos on distrowatch (probably the best source for people thinking linux distros)
chaletos distrowatch |
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Sorry just going to have a moan
![]() This type of post gets me wound up recently. Why do people think of Linux as just something to revive a old PC its moved on, it supports ssd drives, it can handle UEFI, dual boot, secure boot, encryption, run some great games, its a modern OS ![]() People can't expect it to keep supporting old hardware that other hardware and software companies don't support any more. So chances are you will try it again and it will fail, if you've had trouble with support for you're old hardware in the past, chances are latest kernel still wont support it, so you will go away calling Linux rubbish ![]() The problem with Linux is the lack of software or if there is software some of it is naff, with just odd ok one. I would use Linux a lot more if I had the software I needed. |
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The problem with Linux is the lack of software or if there is software some of it is naff, with just odd ok one.
I would use Linux a lot more if I had the software I needed. There is also a dedicated Linux magazine called Linux User which is a good source for info, programs and tips. I use Linux full time and have all the software I need, if and when I require something more specialist, I find it. Even windows does not have all the software people need out of the box, they have to search it out also in the same way. Its does take a leap of faith, people are comfortable with windows after the many years they had dominated the market along with Mac. Things have changed greatly and Linux gives the user greater control over what is and what is not on their computers, how it looks and it is freely available. The more you use it, the less you rely on window etc. |
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If Linux can bring a old machine back into use is that not a good thing? I use Linux on a old Laptop, I also use it on my desktop,, which is pretty poky.
The problem with Linux is the lack of software or if there is software some of it is naff, with just odd ok one. I would use Linux a lot more if I had the software I needed. Quote:
I know what you mean, even if others go Postal at the thought
![]() Sadly, I can't help. But others can https://www.google.co.uk/search?pws=...top&gws_rd=ssl Have fun Point was, some people see Linux only as something that is to be used to bring a old Pc back to life, on old hardware that even Linux probably doesn't support any more. So they have a awful time using Linux and go away slagging it off ![]() I havent any problems regarding software, my Linux does all the day to day stuff most people use there PCs for, re music, films, office stuff, internet, cloud etc etc
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