My main office PC with an 8X AGP GeForce 5200 can no longer run Ubuntu as
of 12.10.  I actually started using 12.04 and used a combination of a Unity
with Autohide turned on and minimum sensitivity + CairoDock GL - when I
wanted the Unity menu I just pressed the "SUPER" key, otherwise I used the
Cairo Dock icons on the bottom of the screen.  I actually grew to like
12.04 but 12.10 seemed like a regression to me because it could not support
my ancient video card.  I could log on, the desktop would appear but no
menus or panel...and no way to revert to "Classic" or "2D" in 12.10.

I switched to the XFCE version of MINT - the reason I stopped using LINUX
several years ago is that every time a new release of my fav distro came
out some sort of critical functionality that worked well in the previous
release was all of the sudden broken.  Iit's been 5 years without worrying
about that feeling with Ubuntu, however 12.10 brought back the
frustration.  As far as I know there is no easy workaround other than
buying a new video card and this machine just isn't that fancy..

Thanks for your hard work,  Maybe some day I will try Ubuntu on a tablet or
a TV (I am still a mythbuntu user) and it will make sense again.

John


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Rickard <email address hidden> wrote:

> @Mark Shuttleworth
>
> I agree with having it on the left as default. We need a standard
> somewhere :)
> I do not agree that we cannot have it as a user selected option from the
> Appearance menu (just like the icon re-sizer that you eventually succumbed
> too but did not appear in the original unity) as an OOTB solution to dock
> it at the bottom.
> As this is a worthy enhancement to the platform (remember some tablets are
> used in Landscape mode :P).
>
> As we have seen with the "unity-shellrotated" unofficial customization
> tweak the demand is there. Especially as people are crying since it
> failed to work from 11.10. There is massive demand for this, real user
> community demand. And many others like myself do not want to use this or
> that dock. We love Unity, we want better Unity. Hey I should copyleft
> that "Better Unity" :P.
>
> But do not take our word for it, lets prove it to you. Why not let us
> the community sponsor this OTTB enhancement to Ubuntu. Yes cost this
> change for us and then its up to us to raise the money to accelerate the
> delivery of this enhancement that could live in the appearance menu as
> another nice option but not disrupt your overall strategy.
>
> I believe Ubuntu needs this for future proper tablet support (Nexus has
> the Launcher on the bottom you know :P).
> It will show the community has a say and power to even move the mighty
> Ubuntu team to make much requested changes.
> It will show open source pays after all and for changes users want, not
> draconian Vista implementations that users hate. Apparently "humanity
> towards others" is something we all aspire too here, lets show we are not
> Google and have not abandoned our core principals.
>
> Willing to let us prove it to you?
> What do you say? Game on?
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415
>
> Title:
>   Movement of Unity launcher
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>   Won't Fix
> Status in Unity:
>   Won't Fix
> Status in Ubuntu:
>   Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
>   Please consider this a possible feature request or wishlist.
>
>   Now when Unity will be default desktop for 11.04 could you please
>   consider to add option to configure Unity launcher placement. Add
>   simple option to lock/unlock through right-click menu and drag
>   launcher to desired location like left/right and bottom.
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