so i have spent another 4 hrs installing it on my lappy ..............Classic goes great..........fast and snappy
but as soon as you change to metacity and unity all the same things happen .......... but ubuntu 2D seemed to work but only with Cairo (no open GL) activated.................. but then my Qbittorrent started freezing and wireless internet would drop out./stop altogether............ plug a cable in...............nothing works ............... but then run ......killall qbittorrent..............
and restart firefox and internet was back !!!!!!!! go figure.................
oh and Ultimate Edition theme just dropped out and changed to ambience when i logged out with Qbittorrent still running.............i did it on both machines....samething happened on both
so on 2 machines gnome and ubuntu ..........no worky
ubuntu 2D works but then has major problems
And once you activate unity.............it borks ya system ...............
go back to classic reactivate compiz etc etc......turnoff unity............. compiz works but no cube..........only 1 desktop this time
Graphics get jumpy and top Gnome bar changes around (icons change places from boot to boot)
i am filthy mad that this shyte happens....... what a waste of time
and yer i know im being a bit of a wnker....carrying on about something that is free.............but i love Ultimate Edition, i am passionate about arguing for it in forums and chats and want to promote it to the world ........ but this makes 3 Os's that i have not written a review for simply because i dont want to say bad things about Ultimate Edition .............
So i simply announce its release many time on many different platforms............but i write NO review
LOOK here is some simple facts ............
I have stopped pushing clients towards Ultimate Edition................ and i used to wow the kids with Ultimate Edition and compiz .......use them to get interested in LINUX and the older folks will follow what their kids do /want / say ............... but now most of my clients are over 60
I put OzUnity Debut and onyx on peoples machines ............. i basically show people 4 distros these days, sometimes 6 ......... but most people go for those 2 or Guru's Destined edition.........haven't tried his royal yet.......waiting for 12 to drop .................
Anyway the next Ultimate Edition LTS had better be rock solid and simple .......... because i really want the world to see and use
Ultimate Edition Linuxbut if not so be it
OzUnity is popular and NetRunner KDE is grabbing a lot of older folks interest, my last 6 installs have been NetRunner
but the older folks i install linux on and help set them free ..... want something simple and easy like XP........... DEBUT and NetRunner fits that nicely for most
So this LTS release they all want it to run for years..............5 yrs and want no changes or hassles in that time
SO use the KISS principle
Oh thanks Billie for the kind words and support ................is good to see i am not only one with these issues
I have only tried
64 Bit cant be bothered with 32bit
EDIT ; Gnome classic (NO EFfects) works but has full compiz special effects........ WTF
Ubuntu software centre does not work in any D/E, but Gnome classic .............but it fails to download, comesback with error....check your internet connection............... so synaptic or terminal it is
im going to try reinstalling gnome shell and INSTALLING Gnome... just to see what happens