On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 16:58 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: > I too prefer KDE over Gnome. I've done fine with Kubuntu with some > caveats. > > --I have to alter the GRUB instruction file to get the @#$% kernel to > load on the Dell motherboard. This is particularly annoying since the > machine shipped with Ubuntu. > > --It took several kernel releases before Hardy would work with my > Nvidia card. > > --The screen saver won't work. It worked when shipped. > > --The KDE file viewers have a bug. If you scroll off the first > screen, they scroll right back to the top of the file list. > > --I can't get Samba to work. But that is probably due to my ignorance > of IP chains and Linux Firewalls. ---- If you're using ipchains on ubuntu...I think that is your problem as all 2.6 kernels switched to iptables and I thought all legacy support for ipchains was dropped a long time ago.
I have some Dell Optiplex 320/321 systems that grub completely fails and have had to use lilo to get them to boot...I'd be interested to know if you are also talking about these systems and what you did to get grub to work on them. I can usually help with samba configuration. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
