On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 15:04 +1000, Lisa Milne wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 20:13 -0800, Microbe wrote: > > Maybe that's it. > > > > I can now see why someone described this whole process as dependency > > hell. > > > > It is a frustrating tail chasing exercise. > > > > Bye Bye Linux. > > > > I'll be back when you are ready. > > I tend to think it is more a case of you'll be back when _you_ are > ready. At present you're trying to drive a car as though it were a > motorbike, and blaming the car.
This prompted me the think about the whole Linux IS NOT Windows thing. See http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm Expecting Linux to behave the same is not correct and it should be said that there is still a need for awareness and what expectations you should be setting for your experience/needs. That document above to be a very good one to point out for anyone looking for some clarification on this issue and some assistance on what you should expect. I also wanted to point out a personal success with Ubuntu 9.10. I have this old IBM workstation that has always frustrated me because it wouldn't work with my 1440x900 monitor resolution. Only ever displayed the 4:3 ratio resolutions (ie 1024x768) and never looked right on a widescreen. Loaded 9.10 on it yesterday and lo and behold it is displaying 1440x900 from the get go. A big box full of win for me. (Note: your experiences will vary greatly, as will be the same in the Windows world too). Regards, Andrew Swinn -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
