Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD

From	philo <philo@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD
Date	2011-05-01 19:54 -0500
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On 05/01/2011 06:51 PM, 7 wrote:
> GrtArtiste wrote:
>
>> I've created the 11.04 Live CD and booted it on 2 machines: a 4 yr old
>> Dell XPS 400 (nVidia GeForce 7300 LE) and a 3 yr old Dell Inspiron 530
>> (nVidia GeForce 8300 GS). On both machines, the boot went directly to
>> the GNOME desktop with no additional input from me. Am I supposed to
>> assume from this that this hardware is insufficient to run Unity? Or
>> do I actually have to attempt an install to find out if Unity will
>> run?
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> GrtArtiste
>
>
> I had to install to get to see the Unity interface
> as covered in news articles.
>
> Nvidia also posed a problem - noveau driver crashed.
> When booting I pressed spacebar when the startup
> little keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen comes up, then pressed F6
> and checked the nomodeset option, and then booted.
> This prevented the nvidia card from crashing.
>


I had a Debian install that I no longer use...
so I kept the /home partition and gave Ubuntu 11.04 a try
and sure enough Unity desktop was installed.
It had apparently kept the proprietary NVidia drivers and that worked OK

If Unity is not installed, then simply install the proprietary drivers 
and it should work


That said...I don't like it
and I am keeping Gnome

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