Friday, May 13, 2011

How To Upgrade Ubuntu 11.04 with connection or without connection

Month ago 11:04 Natty Narwhal has been released on 28 April 2011 (29 April Indonesia time). For those who want to upgrade the PC to the 11:04 version can do 3 way. The first course, fresh install, it is highly recommended for beginners.


The second way is to upgrade it directly using the internet connection. This method requires a fast internet connection. To menguprade open the System - Administration - Update Manager. Or open a terminal and run this command:
supdate-manager -d

The third way is to upgrade Ubuntu without Internet connection by using Ubuntu Live CD 11:04 services or USB that has been installed Ubuntu 11.04.

11:04 Ubuntu Unity Will Use As Main Desktop


Natty Narwhal By default Ubuntu will use Unity as the main desktop. But for those who are not familiar to switch to classic desktop. The trick at login select Ubuntu Classic Desktop.

Refrensi : Waroeng Ubuntu

Test drive prior to install application

11:04 One of the features of Ubuntu is that we can try an application before actually install it on the computer. The trick is to install the plugin "qtnx" in Ubuntu Software Center.

Instal "qtnx" melalui terminal:
sudo apt-get install qtnx


After that, open the Ubuntu Software Center, select an application and click on "more info" then click "test drive".

* Internet connection required adequate.

Refrensi : Waroeng Ubuntu
Sunday, May 1, 2011

What's new with Ubuntu 11:04

Ubuntu has officially released 11:04, 28 April 2011 yesterday. Changes in the greatest of these is the use of the Ubuntu desktop 11:04 Unity. For those who are not accustomed to using the Unity adaptation takes some time. For example, to search System. It turned out that the System can be opened in several ways, including through the Shutdown button on the top right corner panel.

Dash
Dash is the Ubuntu menu (Applications, Places, and System menus.) There are three ways to open Dash:


1. Left-click the Ubuntu icon on the top panel top left corner.


2. Right-click the Applications icon in the Launcher.
3. Right-click the Files & Folders icon in the Launcher.

Notification Area In Ubuntu 11:04


Notification Area (systray) only works for small applications like Skype, Wine, Java, Mumble and hp-systray. Systray future will be removed and replaced by appindicators.

AppMenu (Global Menu)
On the Unity application menu does not lie in the application window but in the top panel and also by default in the settings Autohide (disappear automatically). To bring up the application menu, there are two ways:


1. Mouse (cursor) is directed to the top panel.
2. By pressing (holding) the keyboard ALT.

Not Like Unity? Or Hardware Not Support?


When you do not like Unity, simply switch to classic Gnome (Gnome 2.x). How to Login Screen select the Ubuntu option Classic.


Moreover, if indeed we do not support the computer hardware, then we will find the desktop using Ubuntu Classic (Gnome 2.x).

Refrensi :
- Waroeng Ubuntu
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