Ubuntu 11.04 Countdown
Thoughts on Unity
Ubuntu Unity Interface
Mark Shuttleworth announced (back in May) that Ubuntu is going to begin phasing over to a new user interface called “Unity”. There seems to be a lot of talk about it now for some reason — probably because it is starting to become a reality with Ubuntu 10.10 going official just weeks ago and in less than 6 weeks 11.04 will go official, which is when Unity will become the default GUI for Ubuntu.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention… Unity will work with multitouch gestures… that’s kind of a big deal
Why is Unity such a big deal?
Well basically it is taking a new approach to how users interact with their operating system. Instead
Windows 7 – Solid Background Boot Delay Bug
OK I found this to be interesting… Apparently there is a bug in Windows 7 that causes a 30 second startup delay when you opt to use a solid color background vs. a background image of any kind…
Now, I’ve never developed (or been a part of developing) an entire operating system, so I guess my point on this may be way off base, but does this bug make any sense at all? To me, from a programming perspective, no… not at all!
Supposedly there is a patch/workaround for it, though I haven’t tried any of it (I have Windows 7 at work, I may be tempted to test it out tomorrow just for the sake of verifying it first
Top Secret Project – Phase 2
Status: Complete!
Name: Installation of Linux Description: Download and burn the installation CD of Ubuntu Linux and install the operating system on my notebook computer. Time to Complete: It took about 10 hours to download and burn the disk, and about 30 minutes to install. Notes: Ubuntu was installed and ran great without any problems! There were problems, however, with Windows! This was not the fault of Ubuntu, but rather mine. More will be explained about this at a later time. If I remember I will post a link to that article here.