Disable Unity on Ubuntu 11.04
Q. My netbook is really slow after upgrading to 11.04. Videos are choppy and the computer heats up a lot more. Is there any way to fix that?
A. One solution is to get a better netbook, with a better video card, but its not practical for most of us. A quick way to fix this is on the login screen, to select Ubuntu Classic Desktop. This should bring back the desktop you've had before the upgrade:
Update: Below is for Ubuntu 11.04 - here's how to disable Unity for Ubuntu 11.10
You have to select user first, but not enter the password, before this drop down shows up at the bottom of the screen
Keep in mind that this is only a temporay solution. Mark Shuttleworth has stated that the next version of Ubuntu (11.10) will most likely not ship with the Ubuntu Classic Desktop.
Update: Here's another method, if the one above doesn't work (thanks Michael!):
- Click on the power button in the upper right corner (mine looks like a light switch) and choose the last option, System Settings.
- Search for Login Screen
- Double-click to display
- Choose Unlock and enter your password
- Select Ubuntu Classic as default session.
Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU_9NwA_634&list=UUh9jgbGxcloPjzHgKnbEuaA
https://www.unknowndevice64.info/how-to-remove-or-disable-unity-sidebar-in-ubuntu/
I don't normally ponder aesthetics too much, but Unity is pretty ugly, but more importantly, misses the mark and is not very intuitive.
Surely development time would be far better spent providing a decent 'Windows Explorer' style file manager, program/drive installation methods - emphasising appearance over functionality will start the rot for Ubuntu distributioringns, I'm already considering other distros.
The issues it (and other changes in the 11.x series) has caused in both mine and client's machines have left me searching for an alternative to Ubuntu entirely. I am left with systems that refuse to display videos, load wifi network drivers and many other problems. Some other *nix will likely get my vote from now on.
I (like others) have tried to FORCE MYSELF to use the new UI. Too buggy, too slow (6Gb RAM, 3Ghz Core2 Duo). Seems the creative side of the table got too much rope on this release.
Let's stick with something that works well - dump Unity & it's baggage. Back to what works...
The circle broken into three parts with three dots = 33. Many Ubuntu and Linux for that matter distributions have Luciferian symbolism if not names. Now i don't care what people believe but when the people are getting screwed, it's time to speak up.
launching applications takes too much time for it ! Come on i wanted to launch firefox not the cia database !!
After that apps were frozen (gray window) very often.
I can't download torrents because of that (tranmission was frozen!!! lol)
This is ridiculous i got the feeling that i have a 2000 old pc.
I have 8gbytes of ram and 3.0+ghz dual core intel cpu.
Ubuntu and maybe in general linux just sucks, dont loose your precious time with nonsense.
It doesn't have any professional apps =its ok for me
It hasn't very good hardware support (for some kind of hardware for example usb tvtuners)= It's ok for me
But being so slow without any reason no!
Seriously though, which part doesn't work? The above steps just outline how to select a session - you're not uninstalling anything.
Still, it takes some getting used to, and not everyone is going to like it. For me though, its a welcome addition to my desktop.
Don't upgrade to 11.04. resist the impulse, especially if you've got an older computer running well on 10.04 or 10.10.
Won't hurt to wait at least two months after a new release.
Plus with everyone wanting to upgrade, servers are slow.
Also i dont think this release includes gnome3.
But this is a good post for those who have taken the plunge. thanks.
and for those who really want the newest stuff no matter what the cost, remember to back up your important files before you upgrade. Or your whole partition, in case you want to revert to the way you set up your computer before.
Helpful comment too, Michael.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10744544&postcount=10