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Stephan Rose
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:55:30 +0200, Alias wrote:
> pyles69@gmail.com wrote:
>> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>>
>> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
>> it belongs.
>> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
>> market.
>> Linux sucks.
>> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
>> 3.1.
>
> Not on my machine.
>
>> The help system is non existant.
>
> Existent ... existent.
>
>> The fonts are terrible.
>
> Learn how to download fonts.
He shouldn't have to.
That said, I never had a problem with 7.04 font rendering, it looked
perfectly fine to me...7.10 though *does* somehow do something different
that does make them look better. I can't quite put my finger on what
exactly it does different, but it does...
>
>> The graphics support is terrible.
>
> Works great with my nVidia card.
>
>> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
>
> So what? What uses that?
>
>> The interface is crude and slow.
>
> Not on my machine. It's much faster than XP was on the same machine.
>
>> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
>
> Buy an HP printer and get over it.
I suspect he never bothered adding it. I checked into the printer driver
list and I found a very long list of Lexmark printers that are supported.
>
>> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
>> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
>
> Learn how to configure your video card. It's three clicks.
Difficult though to make the 3 clicks when one can't see the mouse
pointer, isn't it?
>
>> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
>> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
>> Amarok is.
>
> I'm using it right now with no problems at all.
>
>> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
>> time.
>
> Try using a Ubuntu native burner like GnomeBaker.
K3b *is* a native burner...and for all you know, he was running the KDE
desktop which means that K3b would be the default burner.
>
>> This is with a high end Plextor drive. Why don't Plextools work with
>> Linux?
>
> You used the wrong program, of course.
K3b is not the wrong program. It's not my choice either, but it most
certainly is not wrong. And for all you know, he was ru
>
>
>> And the list goes on.
>> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
>> go.
>> At least Vista works.
>> Linux?
>>
>> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>>
>> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>>
>>
> Gosh, I didn't have any of those problems and I am listening to Amarok
> as I type, great program!
That doesn't make his problems any less non-existing Alias. A "It works
on my system so the problem can't exist" response is about as useless as
it gets.
Now I'll say that some of his problems are just out of plain ignorance
from expecting Linux to be identical to Windows. However, he does have
some, even if only very few, actual genuine issues that I can understand
without a problem. Issues that releases such as the upcoming 7.10 release
in October addresses. So if Ubuntu Developers feel that they need to
address such problems, they must exist don't you think?
--
Stephan
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> pyles69@gmail.com wrote:
>> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>>
>> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
>> it belongs.
>> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
>> market.
>> Linux sucks.
>> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
>> 3.1.
>
> Not on my machine.
>
>> The help system is non existant.
>
> Existent ... existent.
>
>> The fonts are terrible.
>
> Learn how to download fonts.
He shouldn't have to.
That said, I never had a problem with 7.04 font rendering, it looked
perfectly fine to me...7.10 though *does* somehow do something different
that does make them look better. I can't quite put my finger on what
exactly it does different, but it does...
>
>> The graphics support is terrible.
>
> Works great with my nVidia card.
>
>> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
>
> So what? What uses that?
>
>> The interface is crude and slow.
>
> Not on my machine. It's much faster than XP was on the same machine.
>
>> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
>
> Buy an HP printer and get over it.
I suspect he never bothered adding it. I checked into the printer driver
list and I found a very long list of Lexmark printers that are supported.
>
>> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
>> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
>
> Learn how to configure your video card. It's three clicks.
Difficult though to make the 3 clicks when one can't see the mouse
pointer, isn't it?
>
>> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
>> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
>> Amarok is.
>
> I'm using it right now with no problems at all.
>
>> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
>> time.
>
> Try using a Ubuntu native burner like GnomeBaker.
K3b *is* a native burner...and for all you know, he was running the KDE
desktop which means that K3b would be the default burner.
>
>> This is with a high end Plextor drive. Why don't Plextools work with
>> Linux?
>
> You used the wrong program, of course.
K3b is not the wrong program. It's not my choice either, but it most
certainly is not wrong. And for all you know, he was ru
>
>
>> And the list goes on.
>> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
>> go.
>> At least Vista works.
>> Linux?
>>
>> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>>
>> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>>
>>
> Gosh, I didn't have any of those problems and I am listening to Amarok
> as I type, great program!
That doesn't make his problems any less non-existing Alias. A "It works
on my system so the problem can't exist" response is about as useless as
it gets.
Now I'll say that some of his problems are just out of plain ignorance
from expecting Linux to be identical to Windows. However, he does have
some, even if only very few, actual genuine issues that I can understand
without a problem. Issues that releases such as the upcoming 7.10 release
in October addresses. So if Ubuntu Developers feel that they need to
address such problems, they must exist don't you think?
--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6
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