After testing
the latest Ubuntu release I
proceeded my test session with Ubuntu-gnome edition. Ubuntu-gnome is
the distribution I have installed on the (actually) oldest computer I
have, the EEEPC 900. Trying a distribution without installing becomes
so the “go/no-go” condition for when the official upgrade
will be released. Even if Linux distributions are generally
benevolent with older hardware you'll never be sure if and how your
system will work without testing.
First impressions
As usual, I prepared a
bootable USB disk with the Ubuntu's tool and a booted my EEEPC from
it.
Ubuntu-gnome is provided
with Gnome-Shell 3.8. The interface is quite similar with the version
shipped with previous Ubuntu release.
Some small differences
there are in the application screen that opens with a “Frequent”
page for frequently used applications.
Everything is, of course,
at the beginning but it will fill with usage.
The applications screen
has some icons collected in groups.
this gives some minimal
hierarchy to the previously flat applications menu.
Personalization
I already said this, I
don't like Gnome-shell in the plain format it comes. I so connected
to Gnome extensions page
and started installing extensions. After a while I got a desktop the
way I like it.
While configuring the
desktop wallpaper I noticed a little glitch: Gnome background
settings seem not to work leaving the system with a solid color
background in place of the selected one.
On the other side, the
wallpaper I selected with the “set as desktop background”
Firefox function has been displayed correctly.
I don't know yet if the
problem affects only the EEEPC 900.
Conclusions
Ubuntu-Gnome 13.10 seems
to work fine even on my old EEEPC. After this brief test session I
can be quite positive about upgrading the EEEPC when the official
release will be made available.
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