Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
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It toughened to be that installing Linux on a computer was a largely text-based affair with some ASCII UI elements thrown in for good measure. Like-mindedness replaced the former default desktop environment, GNOME, and finally made Ubuntu look like the modern OS it is. Like a consequential band, Unity isn't afraid to steal from those that have preceded it. The launcher is equal parts OS X dock and Windows... Supplement the disc, reboot your computer and it'll fire up the installer, which asks you to complete a few simple tasks before it installs the OS on its own. Once you've picked an install partition, countersign and a few other trivial options (make sure to click the box to install third-party software) then you just sit back, relax and let your computer do its aspect. On the plus side, there's now a lot more flexibility in multi-monitor setups: you can put the Launcher on any screen you want or all the screens at once. The vertical row of squircle icons can't be moved from the port side side of the screen, but you can set it to auto-hide or change the icon size to recover some horizontal room. According to the devs, the quirk never quite worked the way it was intended, but we were actually quite partial to it. It allowed us to keep our shortcuts and open apps in objective at all times when there was screen real estate to spare, and pushed... We're willing to chalk at least part of that up to the wonky internet uniting in our podcast studio (where yours truly performed the installation live on the air ). Unity. OS X has Aqua, Windows has Aero, Ubuntu has Singleness.
Source: Engadget