Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal is now available.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Sat May 14, 2011 9:33 pm

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal (TonyT's favorite) is now available. Very Awesome !

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun May 15, 2011 12:29 pm

You running it? How big is the download?

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Sun May 15, 2011 3:52 pm

CableDude wrote:You running it? How big is the download?

Yep, I am.

If your talking about the .ISO, it's about 600+.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:20 pm

so how big is a basic install, i might try it in a VM

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Sun May 15, 2011 5:32 pm

Mark wrote:so how big is a basic install, i might try it in a VM

10 GB or less..

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun May 15, 2011 7:45 pm

Think I will D/l it tomorrow.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:47 am

Installed the Mint version of natty on a laptop and love it....smooth as butta!!

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:17 am

Been using Debian for last 4 years, Ubuntu is nice, but has too much bloat & branding for my liking. I install Debian with no software and then build my systems up from there with just the packages I want. I did try out the beta of this latest Ubuntu though because Xubuntu uses the most recent XFCE, which has some nice new changes.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:31 am

It's actually faster compared to the previous versions of Ubuntu. Comparing Gnome as the primary desktop manager. There is also the new "unity" desktop manager which seems to be geared towards laptops.. or a "touch pad" feel.

Some Linux people do not like Ubuntu because it comes with a set of pre-set packages, however the distro has more updates and support over all then the majority of distro's that I have seen.

Also to note... that you need a supported card that has acceleration enabled, to use that "unity" desktop manager..

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new

..but that does not really bother me too much, as I usually use Gnome, and Blackbox instead. Accessing streaming videos from sites like Hulu and Crackle seems a lot faster.

Ubuntu 11.04 does run on my Acer laptop including the Wifi, but I still have to see how the power management is in regards to the battery usage. If things looks good, I'll replace Vista, with it for certain.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue May 17, 2011 9:00 am

D/l yesterday.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:59 am

Was/am messing around with version 9.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue May 17, 2011 5:15 pm

Now on version 10.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:27 pm

CableDude wrote:Now on version 10.

I'm on ADPREP32 doing all sorts of "prep" forest, domain, gp

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:02 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:I'm on ADPREP32 doing all sorts of "prep" forest, domain, gp

You da man!

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Wed May 18, 2011 6:28 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:I'm on ADPREP32 doing all sorts of "prep" forest, domain, gp

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:32 am

Ubuntu 11.04 does run on my Acer laptop including the Wifi, but I still have to see how the power management is in regards to the battery usage. If things looks good, I'll replace Vista, with it for certain.

Sounds like needed drivers missing. Any wifi can be made to work on Linux, just need to know which drivers and/or firmware.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:17 pm

TonyT wrote:Sounds like needed drivers missing. Any wifi can be made to work on Linux, just need to know which drivers and/or firmware.

Uh.. ya.. I said that the Wifi was working..