Rohit, Lets summarize what you said, you were an Ubuntu user. Your bluetooth didn't work so you thought, oh well, lets switch to debian because it'll solve all your issues. You claim you did your homework. I say you didn't. You wanna know why I say that? Its simply because you went ahead and installed Debian *Etch* or the more proper name would be Debian STABLE.
Now had you done your "homework" you would know Debian STABLE is NOT MEANT FOR END USERS WITH SHINY NEW MACHINES. Heck its not even meant for machines from 2 years ago. Did you even care to check what kernel version it was running? I'm sure it must be running 2.6.18 because thats what STABLE branch ( Etch ) is running. Did you care to check what version of kernel was Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex was running? NO you DIDNT. Its running 2.6.27. Now lets check out what version of X server Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex is running and compare it with Debian Etch's X server. I dont have the numbers off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure that Etch is still running Xfree86 while Ubuntu Intrepid is running Xorg's most bleeding edge branch. Now in the light of all these facts lets review: 1. You claim you did your homework. 2. Facts show that you didn't. There are only 2 valid conclusions: 1. Either you did your homework and your purposefully posted such a post complaining that Debian Etch doesn't support your screen resolution. 2. You didn't do your homework and whined about your screen resolution. Take your pick Mr.Bhute. Which one will it be? In both cases you're tarnishing the well earned reputation of a distro such as Debian. Had you done your "homework" you would've atleast thought of installing Lenny or Sid rather than fooling around with Etch. Thats the reason I called your claims PREPOSTEROUS. And to shed some more light on your issues, Debian Testing or Unstable is _not_ going to solve any of your issues. Ubuntu is by far more bleeding edge than Debian in all respects. You should try Fedora or some other distro to resolve your issue. If bluetooth is so important then might as well install a VM and some previous version of Ubuntu ( 8.04 maybe? ) in which bluetooth is functioning fine and then use it. do that. But I handle maybe 2 drives in 4 years while there are people Now lets come to this little piece of post that you made. Mr.Bhute I'd like to inform you that if you had done your homework on even this particular topic you would've known that SATA controllers aren't that well supported as are IDE controllers. Power management support for SATA a dicey topic. Hence you would've perhaps thought of investigating it further and posted some REAL question rather than posting something like "ooh...does Linux do this?". > If you think that I am complaining, being ungrateful or parasitic, I > apologize on this LUG itself. In the future I will try to live up to the > LUG standards. > Thanks to your post which has now gotten archived, Linux's reputation as an operating system has reduced a little. People all over the globe dont know what they're doing and often blame the software for their incompetency. I have nothing personal against you. I was probably in your position and I have NOT forgotten that. But atleast I made attempts at understanding what I did wrong before I went around blatantly blaming the software I was using. Such irresponsible behavior is NOT expected of a Linux supporter. If you would step into #debian on freenode with such a question I'd see you being kicked and banned in a blink of an eye. Maybe I'm the one who sees such posts as threat to Linux's desktop reputation. But I certainly will not stand by while some n00b tries to install the WRONG VERSION of Linux and then blame it on the distro. That is wrong on all levels. -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
