Ubuntu & Kubuntu 11.10 Review | LAS | s19e01

chris — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:04:27 +0000

Fresh off the mirrors we load up Ubuntu and Kubuntu 11.1 and give you our review for both in this ACTION packed episode!

Plus – We observe the passing of a industry legend, help boost your memory, and give you our take on Richard Stallman’s Steve Jobs comments!

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Kubuntu & Ubuntu 11.10 Review:

Ubuntu 11.10 Finds it self in a hard spot. The steady, and very needed improvements in Unity cost them in overall “on the box” bullet points for Ubuntu. Overall, the end result of this release is something that feels much better built than 11.04 did, but there’s no buzz term for you to hang that hat on.
Chris suspects this could be an ongoing perception issue for Ubuntu. They have additional work to do on Unity, and that will undoubtly take a great deal of their developer focus. This meas other fancy buzz features might get missed.
Perhaps Ubuntu could name, Unity releases. “Ubuntu 12.04 featuring Unity 3”. Then they could focus on all the improvements in that version of Unity that ships with that Ubuntu release.
Linux 3.0
Gnome 3.2

Ubuntu 11.10

Ubuntu ISO Download
LAS’ Ubuntu 11.10 Preview s18e06
Unity 2D Fall-Back environment is very well done.
Thunderbird replaces Evolution.
Ars’ Ubuntu 11.10 Review
Backups can be configured and done automatically through Deja Dup, which is installed by default.
No option to backup to Ubuntu One? Odd!
Ubuntu online tour
Multi-Monitor support is weak still. (Sent in by a few LAS viewers).
Revert Ubuntu to be more like Gnome 2

Kubuntu 11.10

Kubuntu ISO Download
No Ubuntu One to be found.. huh!
No Ubuntu Software Center, uses Muon Software Center
KDE 4.7.1
Amarok 2.4.3
Main menu itself in Kubuntu 11.10 is Kickoff style
Download Chris’ Kubuntu VirtualBox Appliance – Torrent Seeded by ScaleEngine.com
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Bryan SMASH Google | LAS | s16e09

chris — Sun, 15 May 2011 14:11:01 +0000

Google rocks the action boat, and claims using a Linux desktop is torture. It’s like they’re TRYING to make Bryan angry!

Then – Nokia has big plans for Qt, and is Netflix coming to Linux?

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