OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19450/Ubuntu_8_04_Hardy_Heron_Alpha_6_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:54:45 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com excellent new crap http://osnews.com/thread?304110 http://osnews.com/thread?304110 "excellent new crap" they should say.

I tried that stuff via Wubi and "Monitor Resolution Settings" applet amazed me. It erased all screen resolutions form xorg.conf exactly like its precedensor "Screens and Graphic" did in 7.10, when I run it just after the installation.

And look - there's more - when I edited xorg.conf manually (where is that yours "all works perfectly in one click" mantra, my dear Ubuntu fanboiz ?) that dumb piece of s.....t still displayed "unknown monitor" and "50 Hz" when screen resolution, monitor type and refresh rate were set correctly (I still use CRT monitor)

And please dont tell me that it is still alpha, since "Screens and Graphic" in "7.10 final" worked exactly the same way. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments ...and Kubuntu Alpha 6 shots http://osnews.com/thread?304126 http://osnews.com/thread?304126 http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.p... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lqsh) Comments the default theme is simply HORRIBLE! http://osnews.com/thread?304136 http://osnews.com/thread?304136 the default theme is simply HORRIBLE! Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (casuto) Comments Pulseaudio... http://osnews.com/thread?304154 http://osnews.com/thread?304154 The biggest problem keeping some friends of me away from Ubuntu are the sound problems... THis should be fixed with pulseaudio, but it's alpha 6 and the volume controls are STILL not integrated? I sometimes wonder about the priorities of the developers... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lulin) Comments RE: the default theme is simply HORRIBLE! http://osnews.com/thread?304156 http://osnews.com/thread?304156 It does look like Jackson Pollack had a bad lunch, doesn't it? Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (giraffe) Comments Improving http://osnews.com/thread?304216 http://osnews.com/thread?304216 It booted on a MacBook Pro, however:
* Mouse movement was dull but too sensitive to clicks, often clicking when I didn't want it to
* No wireless detected, any way to force it?
* Still too fiddly. The search isn't anywhere as quick to access and use as Spotlight
* Couldn't enable desktop effects. Assumedly has to do with me being on an ATI card.
* Mounted the Mac HFS+ drive fine, nice!
* Startup and shutdown are clunky and too Windows-like. Mac startup/shutdown should be ripped off post-haste.

I suspect that the Mac isn't the best for supported hardware, and that a better experience could be had on a preloaded Dell. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc) Comments RE: Improving http://osnews.com/thread?304266 http://osnews.com/thread?304266 The stable madwifi version does not support mac book pro card, you will have to use the svn versionEdited 2008-03-11 03:57 UTC Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Elv13) Comments RE: excellent new crap http://osnews.com/thread?304272 http://osnews.com/thread?304272 All I can tell you is that it worked for me out of the box. I started out with Alpha 4 and have done the disto upgrade route when prompted. Everything I have tried has worked just fine. Now admittedly I do not use it as my main OS so I am not running it 24x7. Even the Firefox 3 beta has run just fine. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (protagonist) Comments Ubuntu is Great http://osnews.com/thread?304274 http://osnews.com/thread?304274 In my experience, Ubuntu is a wonderful distro: everything Just Works (tm). I look forward to every new release because the User Experience continues to improve with every release.

I just wish they'd come up with a theme that didn't make my eyeballs bleed. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (wheaty) Comments RE: excellent new crap http://osnews.com/thread?304286 http://osnews.com/thread?304286 I felt your pain also, it's an absolute joke of a user alienating piece of .

Not only does it screw everything up. When you try to help newbs with their config, it screws you up also ;)
Especially when trying to install EVIL-not nVidia drivers.

Anyway, the best thing I found in the latest versions of Ubuntu is the "Install a command line system", Install option. Just do that and then apt-get whatever you need from there and all is sweet again ;)

Hopefully and I'm crossing my fingers, this release won't be another nightmare like Gutsy. What a disappointment that was ;) Still running 64bit Feisty here with pleasure, though it's starting to show its age. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (RawMustard) Comments RE: Ubuntu is Great http://osnews.com/thread?304347 http://osnews.com/thread?304347
In my experience, Ubuntu is a wonderful distro: everything Just Works (tm). I look forward to every new release because the User Experience continues to improve with every release.


Yeaaaa. IrDA port included. Just plug it into USB port and click "ok". Azureus client works also rock-solid. Not to mention offline repositories on DVD do not making any glitch with Synaptic. And you never have to run nvidia-settings twice - first as root for xorg.conf-related settings and second time as normal user for nvidia-settings-rc -related settings. And you (and of course - your Gramma) never had to use Terminal for anything. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE: excellent new crap http://osnews.com/thread?304541 http://osnews.com/thread?304541 I agree that the settings and display applet is crap and always has been. I was under the impression that the display applet from hardy was a completely different app though. i.e. it used xrandr to do its adjustments rather than mucking w/ xour.conf. In Hardy xorg.conf can be mostly empty except for nvidia/ATI configuration assuming your monitor is recognized. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kokopelli) Comments