I got a solution to all this bickering: Run Mandriva. Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 06:43, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think that I was disrespectful. I was describing the > behaviour and not an individual. I call them as I see them. It is > ridiculous IMO to base one's own behaviour on the experiences of one > person's past experience. You can find one squeaky wheel for just > about anything. If you listen to them then you may be missing out on > much as a result. However, I do apologise if you interpreted it as a > personal attack. That was not my intent. > > Not everything Ubuntu is rosy. I also call that as I see it. Karmic > was a bad release as was Jaunty, IMO. Many people were frustrated with > continuing sound and wireless problems, but these releases also added > the frustration of graphics card problems. I was apprehensive about > Lucid so I tested it with more rigour than previous releases and found > it hard to find fault. I don't care about button placement or the > music store. I do care about performance and things working properly. > Most sound issues and many wireless issues are behind us. I thank > kernel developers for much of that. Canonical should be congratulated > for implementing Plymouth and doing away with HAL with little in the > way of problems. Plymouth introduced many potential problems as any > Nvidia and Fedora user can attest to. The fact that HAL's removal went > under the radar of most people confirms that this was successful. > Plymouth gave some problems for me early on with no compositing but > this was achieved with beta 2. > > There are several good reasons to install 10.04. Performance is much > better. The new kernel gives better hardware detection and more > drivers. Sound problems are far fewer. There are enhancements such as > the music store, MeMenu and many newer applications plus you get three > year support due to it being LTS. What is there not to like? Button > placement is easily fixed BTW. > > I look forward to 10.10 even more in the hopes that Mono will be gone > from the default installation. So far F-Spot is to be replaced with > Shotwell which leaves only Tomboy and Gbrainy as the only two Mono > apps left and Tomboy can be replaced by Gnote. That should save lots > of CD space for other goodies! > > Each person needs to try out 10.04 for him or herself and make up > their own mind. I don't like scare tactics used by some to spread FUD > and people giving into it which is why I responded strongly. > > Roy > > On 28 May 2010 22:29, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, pretty much. I run two businesses and homeschool two kids and > chase > > a toddler around while supporting my husband's farming business. > Schedule's > > pretty full & I don't sleep much. I belong to groups like this to save > me > > time because it's my most precious commodity. I'm pretty smart and can > > figure out almost anything, but time limitations make troubleshooting an > > as-needed activity. Screwing around w/ Linux for curiosity's sake? That > > was so ten years ago for me. > > Note that I used the word *hassle* -- I believe Karmic can be installed, > but > > jumping needless hurdles? Nah. Not right now. > > I'm sure you feel differently, and I'm sure you're more respectful of > others > > than you came across to be in this post. > > ~kari > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Do you roll over for everything this easily? So one person reports and > >> bad experience and you will not upgrade? That is ludicrous. I have > >> used Lucid since Alpha 1 and replaced Karmic with Lucid on both my > >> systems when Beta 2 came out. It is one of the best releases from > >> Ubuntu yet. > >> > >> Roy > >> > >> On 28 May 2010 09:08, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I'm glad to know this. Thanks for saving me the hassle of the > upgrade. > >> > ~kari > >> > > >> > > >> > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Vyshakh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I'm back to KARMIC. > >> >> LUCID disappointed me a lot. > >> >> Please check the attached screen shots. Do anyone face problem like > >> >> these in Nautilus???? > >> >> These patterns and colors are irritating.... > >> >> > >> >> One more thing... > >> >> Even though I've installed lucid several times, I could not see the > >> >> new boot screen completely. it was never shown fully. Sometimes the > >> >> grub boot loader failed to install also. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > Users > >> >> Group. > >> >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >> >> To unsubscribe, send email to > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> For more options, visit our group at > >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > Users > >> > Group. > >> > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >> > To unsubscribe, send email to > >> > [email protected] > >> > For more options, visit our group at > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > >> Group. > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > >> For more options, visit our group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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