Comments on: Who cares about late Leopards, and crazy Vistas – download Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon now! http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028 Linux, Law, Open Source, and a Comedy of Errors Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:57:38 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: md http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028/comment-page-1#comment-10994 md Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:53:39 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028#comment-10994 Absolutely, I agree Col - I can actually do way more on Ubuntu than I can on Vista - Avalon was quite disappointing IMO... Absolutely, I agree Col – I can actually do way more on Ubuntu than I can on Vista – Avalon was quite disappointing IMO…

]]> By: Col http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028/comment-page-1#comment-10993 Col Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:39:05 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028#comment-10993 Two things you may be interested in: There isn't a 64-bit flash plugin - Ubuntu now automatically creates a 32-bit environment for the plugin behind the scenes. For the second - there is an 'advanced' tab in the appearance dialog, after installing the CompizConfig Settings Manager (in the repos). You may find this blog helpful in illustrating the extensive Gnome integration: http://forlong.blogage.de/article/2007/10/2/Desktop-effects-by-default-in-Gutsy---how-Compiz-Fusion-enhances-Ubuntus-desktop-of-version-710 After 10 minutes of fiddling, I've got it set up doing everything Vista can and with a really really nice configuration dialogue too. Two things you may be interested in:

There isn’t a 64-bit flash plugin – Ubuntu now automatically creates a 32-bit environment for the plugin behind the scenes.

For the second – there is an ‘advanced’ tab in the appearance dialog, after installing the CompizConfig Settings Manager (in the repos).
You may find this blog helpful in illustrating the extensive Gnome integration:

http://forlong.blogage.de/article/2007/10/2/Desktop-effects-by-default-in-Gutsy—how-Compiz-Fusion-enhances-Ubuntus-desktop-of-version-710

After 10 minutes of fiddling, I’ve got it set up doing everything Vista can and with a really really nice configuration dialogue too.

]]> By: Derek A. Blackburn http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028/comment-page-1#comment-10070 Derek A. Blackburn Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:45:43 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1028#comment-10070 Ubuntu is rocking my socks, I'm running gutsy off of a usb hard drive and it is simply amazing. Ubuntu is rocking my socks, I’m running gutsy off of a usb hard drive and it is simply amazing.

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