Comment 28 for bug 786317

Gimp 2.7.3 has been great to me. It has some AWESOME new features,
especially for tablet users. Biggest on my list is a really amazing mapping
matrix. You can check mappings and draw out graphs outlining the interaction
between the effects. A lot of people are apparently pretty excited about the
single window mode (I could care less, but whatever). I was reluctant to
jump in on it, but I have had zero problems with it so far (and have been
using, at least here and there, for a couple months).

There is definitely quite a soup of technologies going around here. I'll try
to help clarify to the best of my understanding (someone correct me if I'm
wrong). Gnome is a desktop environment. Up till now, most distros have been
using Gnome 2. However, Gnome 3 is now in action, and there are some great
new features that come along with it. It has been designed to be more
flexible and modular, as well as modern (from a technical perspective).
Gnome Shell is a desktop environment built on top of Gnome 3 (it can be
thought of as a "shell" around it), and does so in order to bring a more
modern flavor/experience (think moving in the same general direction as
Unity, but along a different route). Unity too is now built on Gnome 3 (as
of Ocelot -- if I'm not mistaken). Ubuntu Classic was what came up when
trying to switch desktop versions to the non-unity Gnome when logging into
Ubuntu on 11.4. This interface is also called Gnome Panel, and is now
basically the fallback for Gnome when Gnome Shell cannot be loaded.

Both Metacity and Compiz are window managers. One of the most fundamental
distinctions is that Compiz is a compositing window manager, which basically
means that it can take advantage of graphics cards and such in order to
produce all kinds of effects quickly. Unity is effectively based on compiz.
Gnome did use Metacity by default, but now uses Mutter (built on Clutter)
for the Gnome Shell. I'm not sure if in Fallback/Panel mode it still uses
Metacity or not.

Bottom line - to install gnome shell and the classic gnome do the following

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

You should then have the Gnome Shell and Gnome Panel options when you click
the little gear on logging into Ubuntu.

Best

Chris

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Andrew Kay <email address hidden>wrote:

> I'll have to get back to you on these. I'm still using gimp 2.6, mainly
> out of cowardice.
>
> meanwhile, I don't know the difference between "gnome" "gnome shell"
> "ubuntu classic" "unity" "compiz" "metacity"
> -- some of them are window managers, some are something else. It's
> confusing and I haven't seen anything that clearly explains what is what or
> the official way to choose between them in ubuntu. I followed some
> instructions, but I don't know now whether I have gnome or gnome shell...
>
> regards
> Andrew
>
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> Title:
> wacom intuous3 often fails to draw stroke (release click not
> recognised?)
>
> Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gimp
>
> It appears that sometimes when the pen is lifted a "button up" command is
> somehow not sent to gimp.
> This is new in Natty (it all worked beautifully in Maverick)
>
> gimp 2.6.11,
> ubuntu natty
> Wacom intuous3 6x8
>
> To reproduce:
> make sure you have selected wacom as extended input device. Press "P" to
> paint.
> Make a stroke. Very often (but not always) at the end of the stroke when
> the pen is lifted the paint cursor remains at the end of the stroke and does
> not follow the pointer. It's necessary to click again (anywhere, or with
> any button) to get the cursor following the pointer again before you can
> draw another stroke. This makes gimp unusable.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat May 21 21:32:15 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gimp
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (11 days ago)
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