Comments on: Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy” Tribe 5 : A Review

By: Vangsgaard

Vangsgaard — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:58:25 +0000

I installed gutsy beta today on a PC. I tried LVM for the first time, using this howto http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-over-lvm-filesystem

But Kubuntu fails to boot, it stops when my CD-device-driver has loaded – do you know where I can find further help?

By: CalcProgrammer1

CalcProgrammer1 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:07:21 +0000

I have the exact same problem. It seems that when trying to set up dual booting with an NTFS partition, 7.10 fails because that stupid migration assistant complains about mounting stuff…please…OPTIONAL! Make the stupid migration optional…I want Ubuntu, if I want my Windows stuff…I’ll boot Windows! Install and don’t worry about things that aren’t important…it won’t let me install because of that.

By: Lane

Lane — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:55:48 +0000

Since my problem with Gutsy seemed related to KDE, I thought I’d take a look at Ubuntu with just Gnome. But this error message kept me from installing it:
migration-assistant needs to mount a partition, but cannot do so because the following mount point could not be unmounted:
/mnt/migrationassistant

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:49:36 +0000

After another install and update, things work pretty well for a while. But then I start resizing a window in KDE, and the system hangs hard. Maybe it’s a KDE-version problem, rather than a Gutsy problem… but I prefer KDE.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:47:13 +0000

About Compiz: I think this is NOT a bad evolution and it allows for some great features that will increase productivity.

- The ‘fading’ of windows is much easyer on the eyes (especailly on big monitors)
- The switching between multiple desktops is much more intuitive, I like the feature where you can zoom out and see 4 desktops near each other for a quick, in detail overview. I don’t use the cube.
- Previews in taskbar are easy when having a lot of windows open
- Going to next desktop is simple as moving your mouse to the edge of the screen and doing a mouseclick (never happens unintentionaly thanks to the needed mouse click
- The function where you can see all open windows together on your screen and click the one which u want to go to is also very easy

What’s next? The possiblities are endless and anyone can use the compiz framework to build his/her ultimate plugin.

Compiz is not bad. I will turn off wobbly windows and crap like that too, but a lot of the other features are very handy.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:19:57 +0000

Cofiguring Compiz is not that hard.. just install the CompizConfig Setting Manager..

By: Onkar

Onkar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:17:37 +0000

You fotgot to mention …
1. Latest xorg and new intel driver , the reasons behind out-of-box support for weird resolution.
2. OpenOffice.org 2.3 RC (I guess). It has really fast startup.
3. Latest rhythmbox with new icons and support for MTP devices.
4. Tracker by default.
5. Almost every other software upgraded to latest version except ekiga.

By: Mahyar

Mahyar — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:34:50 +0000

Will Compiz work with an integrated VIA chipset? It doesn’t currently on Feisty.

By: Lane

Lane — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:41:06 +0000

My complaint about Compiz is that there seems to be no easy intro to its use and configuration. At least the last time I tried it, you needed to be in love with it to use it.

I’ve tried Tribes 4 and 5, and with both of them, as soon as I did a complete update, they were broken. I don’t have time now to analyze the problem and report it, so I guess I’ll wait for a beta.

By: Athropos

Athropos — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:06:27 +0000

* Compiz “normal effects” enabled by default out-of-the-box

Does that mean that Metacity is no longer the default WM for Gnome on Ubuntu? Compiz has come along way, but it’s IMHO still far from being a rock-stable WM…