Re: Newly installed UBUNTU is crippled --- Help!

[sidnie feit comcast net]

Thank you for the reply!

After browsing around UBUNTU message lists,
I realized yesterday afternoon that I had the UNITY interface

I found
    Ubuntu Documentation > Community Documentation > UbuntuNetbookEditionUninstallUnity
which helped me to install
the old EFL interface that works:
DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL:
    netbook-launcher-efl
    ubuntu-netbook-efl-default-settings
There were no choices on the login screen until I did this install.

Some general comments for the List:
ALL of the HELP screens integrated with UNITY
gave instructions for the interface that has Applications, Places, & System menus.

UNITY was buggy and often unresponsive to double--clicks and other control keys, 
and sometimes caused an application to disappear when I opened
another (and yes, I did alt-tab and also searched all of the workspaces.
UNITY is not ready for prime time and certainly should not be the
automatic default for newbies.

Sidnie Feit
Chief Scientist, The Standish Group
Author of "TCP/IP", "SNMP", "Local Area Networks", "Wide Area Networks"

----- Original Message -----
From: Calum Benson <calum benson oracle com>
To: sidnie feit <sidnie feit comcast net>
Cc: gnome-list gnome org
Sent: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:43:59 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Newly installed UBUNTU is crippled --- Help!


On 2 Apr 2011, at 19:55, sidnie feit comcast net wrote:

> I have an ASUS  Eee PC 1015PEM-PU17-BU 10.1-Inch Netbook.
> It came with (UGH) Windows 7
> I followed the instructions on the Ubuntu download page, 
> 
>   Download the USB installer
>   Choose Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10
>   Browse to iso
>   Chose Install Ubuntu
> 
> The installation completed successfully,  BUT
> after I boot, I do NOT get the default desktop.

It sounds like what you are seeing is Unity, which *is* the default desktop for Ubuntu now AFAIK. IIRC you can choose to use the "classic" GNOME desktop instead on the login screen. (But I don't use Ubuntu very often, so I could be wrong -- in which case, try searching/asking on http://ubuntuforums.org.)

Regards,
Calum.

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