I may just have to replace Fedora 6 with this release. Does it work on older laptops? (As in a single-core Pentium M, >1 gig ram) Or do those "gee wiz" 3d effects cancel that?
Why does it look like windows with a bad gold/brown theme? This Linux community had a chance to start over with a new OS and this is the best they could come up with?
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn runs great on my Dell 4150, a 2002 vintage Pentium M Laptop. Including very acceptable performance with Beryl, another 3D UI Effects package, that makes it look a lot like Vista with eye candy turned on. I don't know from Compiz Fusion, but it should work fine ...
1. Adoption for the non-tech elite: Ubuntu sells itself as an attractive alternative to the masses. Being that Windows is what 90 percent of the computer-using public is comfortable with, Ubuntu stands the best chance at adoption by offering something familiar.
2. It doesn't have to look that way: Go to Gnome-Looks.org and see for yourself. You can make the GUI look like nearly anything. I've seen clean desktops that use a series of orb icons to navigate through applications and the file structure. That's the real beauty of Linux. It's not what they give you, it's what you can make.
3. Judge not by a single photo: A lot of Ubuntu is radically different, and actually more intuitive, from Windows. It just takes more than a fleeting glance at a single photo to experience that.
Installed, configured, running smoothly. The graphic effects use the graphics processor, so it won't screw with performance. Also, you can very very easily turn them off
though, they offer productivity advantages too, not just eyecandy.
ey mac users, where are you?.. look, this thing can look cooler than your leopard-to-be... and it's faster... can you believe this?
Surprisingly, unlike vista, it doesn't take a ridiculous machine to handle the graphics effects of compiz. I'm running an Inspiron 5160 with a P4 @ 3.2 and 64mb Geforce go 5200 and I can run any of the effects of compiz with no problem and it doesn't hog all my cpu cycles like vista.
I'm running it on a 1.6GHz Pentium M 725 (Dothan), with 1 GB RAM and a terrible Intel "Extreme" 2 Integrated card. It runs FAST, and the 3D effects work without a hitch or any slowdown at all.
I've only been using Ubuntu for 3 months now, but I regret not switching years back, this is the best computing experience I've ever had.
JackOLantern, it is probably intentional, to ease migration of users. Not everyone likes to see change for the sake of changes, so why change what people know and generally works pretty well. However, for eye candy and actually useful new effects, compiz is pretty good.
I agree completely on the colour scheme though, it makes me feel like I'm inside someone's intestines.
Linus Torvalds the creator or the linux kernal has said that his own family still uses windows. That is very sad. My Mom would use anything I created because she loves me.
The creator of Ubuntu has said he doesn't think linux/Ubuntu is ready for the mainstream.
I love Ubuntu and it works great with my think pad but its not like I will get rid of windows any time soon.
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John P @ Oct 18th 2007 11:14AM
I may just have to replace Fedora 6 with this release. Does it work on older laptops? (As in a single-core Pentium M, >1 gig ram) Or do those "gee wiz" 3d effects cancel that?
Jeff @ Oct 18th 2007 11:20AM
I'm sure you can turn that stuff off.
God only knows it would be a disaster if they made that useless eye candy the default as most PCs that run Ubuntu are older machines.
mike @ Oct 18th 2007 11:26AM
I believe the release notes state that it will detect your computer's resources and disable them if it can't handle them.
JackOLantern @ Oct 18th 2007 11:43AM
Why does it look like windows with a bad gold/brown theme?
This Linux community had a chance to start over with a new OS and this is the best they could come up with?
chaircrusher @ Oct 18th 2007 11:48AM
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn runs great on my Dell 4150, a 2002 vintage Pentium M Laptop. Including very acceptable performance with Beryl, another 3D UI Effects package, that makes it look a lot like Vista with eye candy turned on. I don't know from Compiz Fusion, but it should work fine ...
Andir3.0 @ Oct 18th 2007 12:00PM
@Jack: that's one of the many themes available. You can change them in the settings to look like MacOS or Windows if you really want.
Dane @ Oct 19th 2007 1:35AM
Mike, it's similar to Windows for several reason.
1. Adoption for the non-tech elite: Ubuntu sells itself as an attractive alternative to the masses. Being that Windows is what 90 percent of the computer-using public is comfortable with, Ubuntu stands the best chance at adoption by offering something familiar.
2. It doesn't have to look that way: Go to Gnome-Looks.org and see for yourself. You can make the GUI look like nearly anything. I've seen clean desktops that use a series of orb icons to navigate through applications and the file structure. That's the real beauty of Linux. It's not what they give you, it's what you can make.
3. Judge not by a single photo: A lot of Ubuntu is radically different, and actually more intuitive, from Windows. It just takes more than a fleeting glance at a single photo to experience that.
andi @ Oct 18th 2007 12:21PM
Installed, configured, running smoothly. The graphic effects use the graphics processor, so it won't screw with performance. Also, you can very very easily turn them off
though, they offer productivity advantages too, not just eyecandy.
ey mac users, where are you?.. look, this thing can look cooler than your leopard-to-be... and it's faster... can you believe this?
King @ Oct 18th 2007 12:32PM
Surprisingly, unlike vista, it doesn't take a ridiculous machine to handle the graphics effects of compiz. I'm running an Inspiron 5160 with a P4 @ 3.2 and 64mb Geforce go 5200 and I can run any of the effects of compiz with no problem and it doesn't hog all my cpu cycles like vista.
Andrew @ Oct 18th 2007 12:43PM
I'm running it on a 1.6GHz Pentium M 725 (Dothan), with 1 GB RAM and a terrible Intel "Extreme" 2 Integrated card. It runs FAST, and the 3D effects work without a hitch or any slowdown at all.
I've only been using Ubuntu for 3 months now, but I regret not switching years back, this is the best computing experience I've ever had.
Cheers to open source!
huh @ Oct 18th 2007 12:44PM
JackOLantern, it is probably intentional, to ease migration of users. Not everyone likes to see change for the sake of changes, so why change what people know and generally works pretty well. However, for eye candy and actually useful new effects, compiz is pretty good.
I agree completely on the colour scheme though, it makes me feel like I'm inside someone's intestines.
suv4x4 @ Oct 18th 2007 1:50PM
I just installed it on VMWare which has no any 3D accelerator of any sort, it in fact emulates 10 year old PC.
It runs just great, and the effects mode (compiz) was turned off by default since it couldn't find a 3D GPU.
ferret @ Oct 23rd 2007 11:31PM
Linus Torvalds the creator or the linux kernal has said that his own family still uses windows. That is very sad. My Mom would use anything I created because she loves me.
The creator of Ubuntu has said he doesn't think linux/Ubuntu is ready for the mainstream.
I love Ubuntu and it works great with my think pad but its not like I will get rid of windows any time soon.
Daniel @ Oct 24th 2007 9:13PM
It works great on my intel 300 mhz processor with 512 mbs of ram you should be fine.