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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: panic
WOW It is brand mew..... it just came out today!

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <> wrote:

> As to the screensaver...huh. I just realized I have no idea, and I'm
> running the same thing! See, I think "Unity" is an absolute turd so I
> converted it to Gnome3 via the command:
>
> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html
>
> ...but unfortunately Ubuntu put virtually no effort into a rational
> set of menus so there's all kinds of stuff missing, including, I just
> realized, the damn screensaver controls.
>
> Arg.
>
> And this is why I'm strongly considering dumping it for Mint12 - they
> at least have put some effort into making Gnome3 work.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Odds are it has the latest kernel bits for power management and ACPI
> controls, which is another top contender for "why your rig is
> crashing"...they only just got a handle on that stuff, with patches
> that can be applied to current kernels and if I recall right, Mint12
> did so?
>
> Jim
>


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