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I downloaded and installed 11.x a few months ago onto an old desktop that I wanted to use. It worked fine and I was happy with it. I was so happy with it that I then decided to upgrade my dear mum's pc with the same. What a disaster. First ti told me Unity wouldn't work, which was fine, but then I couldn't see large parts of the gui. I tried to reinstall but to no avail. After a Saturday of grumbling and swearing at the computer, I went down the road and purchased a family pack Windows 7 HP and installed that - perfect. Seeing as I had this family pack, I then installed it on the working Ubuntu desktop. Ahhh...so easy, and it works. 3 hours to do both computers including updates. Free isn't always free, if you include a sunny Saturday spent inside.
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