Ubuntu GNOME 14.10

Compared to what I remember of Ubuntu GNOME 13.10, it's a lot smoother.

Testing went pretty fast, as there wasn't a whole lot.

The Iris icon set doesn't work, which was partially expected.

The "When Laptop Lid is Closed" seems to appear correctly, but the options don't work.

Synaptic Package Manager isn't installed by default, as I'm sure Ubuntu is pushing Ubuntu Software Manager.

It's feasible for a backup distribution, but I really know how to use openSUSE a lot better - namely searching for packages with terminal.

Debian GNOME Part 2

I installed Debian again on Triela, trying to make a custom Xfce colour scheme to use for Taiga and Sae, but ended up with GNOME instead.

Installing FGLRX just broke the system, so I had to manually install the open-source Radeon driver, which did work.

GNOME 3.4.2 was installed, so it definitely isn't viable yet, though GNOME 3.14.0 is in testing, so it'll be the next stable when it does, and so I may do some actual testing then.

openSUSE 13.1 and Touchscreen Part 2

My best friend recently won a laptop with a touchscreen, so I was able to test some of the stuff again.

Not much is different, besides the touchscreen being more accurate. I also found that selecting text looks like Android a lot, but instead of long-pressing the highlighted text to copy/cut/paste, it pops up after a couple seconds.

I forgot to test the long-press and the on-screen keyboard with YaST. If I get a chance to today, I'll test these.

Though the cursor doesn't appear, the last key on the virtual keyboard stays in the depressed state, so again, it's not much different than before.