![]() So much in fact that it asks you to installĮxtra stuff, although it's already installed and that checkbox does not really do much. There's virtually no difference from the standard Ubuntu installer. In the application menu and the top-panel integration. Now, I don't haveĪnything personal against the language, except that it is not really efficient, as text-to-voice ratio isįairly low, but it should not show up on a system that is not designed to display French. Opera menu world, only partially exposed by that hideously cropped button.īut we're talking multimedia here, so please:Īlas, I cannot let bad styling and integration be. Options you might expect, like Bookmarks, Tools, About, and whatnot are hidden somewhere in the eight-dimension On the top panel, File only reads Quit, in French again. For me, the OCD champ, this is equivalent to murder. Letter O that cannot be resized in any reasonable way. The most jarring issue is the combined-menu button in the top-left corner. But let's say it's a one-time glitch, as you will never want to visit that page again. The homepage display a portion of the next slide image because of the resolution incompatibility, naughty, ![]() Pear OS ships with Opera, which might be ok if the end product looked well, only it does not. To play Flash, you need to launch your browser. You do get Flash and MP3 support out of the box, which is nice. For some reason, half the menus and optionsĪre in French. Except, it's just a fancy frontend for APT, in French. #PEAR NOTE MAC SOFTWARE#Indeed, Ubuntu Software Center turned Mint Software Center turned Pear OSĪppstore. Looking goodĪll right, but Apple's people might not like this.Īnother controversial coin phrase. #PEAR NOTE MAC MAC#It's the classic file manager, with some Mac colors. It will not find anyįiles for it, but it will launch Nautilus. Running, as I am not sure what the correct shortcut is, but using the Super key does not work.Īnother thing you may notice is the very Mac-like first icon, called very Mac-like Finder. You will have to use your mouse to get it To launch programs, you actually need to click on the second icon from the left in the bottom dock, which isĬalled Launchpad, not to be confused with Ubuntu's Launchpad. The system menu on the left, represented by the pear symbol is the system menu that Natty and Oneiric offer on the far right side in the shape of a cogwheel. Resolve the usability issues that people may have had with Gnome 3 and Unity. All in all, it looks like any modern Gnome desktop, with a dock at the bottom, which should The controversial installation icon uses bad color contrast given theĭefault wallpaper. Anyhow, the button is there, we will use it They tested in a virtual machine? Aha! More about that later. #PEAR NOTE MAC INSTALL#To install Pear OS from the live session, but in my case, the button is there all right. The desktop background has a rather vague motif, unless those are pear treeĪnd the installation icon is right there! Surprised? You might be, because some people reported not being able The top panel revealing application-specific menus only when selected, the bottom dock, and powering it all, The desktop combines elements from three distinct desktop environments. It showed two options, live CD and direct install, as expected. I was unable to boot from USB, so I burned the image to CD and powered on my test machine, the venerable, Live session - Take my arm, but not my eyes! Anyhow, I'll be doing my usual stuff, which is everything. Now I promised not to test any more Gnome 3.X distros, but this more sort of falls under the hat of Ubuntu thanĪnything else, so I believe I can be excused. ![]() Supposedly tons of usability, a unique branding, and an app store. #PEAR NOTE MAC PLUS#And you still get the Gnome Shell underneath, plus Using yet another bitten fruit as its logo, use the top panel contextual reveal-as-needed menu and a bottomĭock much alike the copycatted operating system in question. Is based on the latest Ubuntu, which is quite neat. Like Kororaa, Pear OS came up on my TODO listįollowing a squall of emails. ![]()
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