Hello
I have been using kubuntu for about a year now, some of that time as my
primary desktop os. I would rate my knowledge level at high, although I am
not a linux kernel hacker or any such thing...but as far as computer
experience in general, it is higher than much of the general public.
As such, I have one major complaint, and one or two suggestions.
First complaint. I upgraded to 6.06 lts from 5.10. I did it by a full on
install, due to replacing my hard disk. 6.06 has been very stable for me,
and although I keep it up to date, I find myself not using it as much, as
some of the things that I wanted it for, don't work anymore.
I originally wanted to do video editing on it, due to the generic
windows applications I had laying around, all were either crippleware or
just plain didn't work. So I downloaded the library packages for Cinelerra
and had it working until they broke it for Ubuntu by using a library that
outstripped that available for ubuntu, and then it uninstalled itself due to
a break in packages. So I waited a while, meanwhile installing anything in
Adept that said 'video' or 'edit', but really nothing besides Kino works,
and it isn't really useful fo me, because it is primarily a capture program
(at least that is what I have heard) and the KDE applications don't work for
video editing. They just fail and die.
So recently I discovered that you were feeding software to us through
another source, because I guess the packages for the applications had
outstripped 6.06 lts. Hmmm. Funny how that works. Lives works from that
source...although it has its issues.
SO to my complaint. After buying the 6.10 alternate upgrade cd, the
Kubuntu cdupdate just flat does not work. I am told I have to use adept to
do it, but read on the news lists that people have crashing systems all over
by doing it that way. So after buying a copy from linux cd source in
France, I am not going to mess with it. I will use the cd to install on a
new system or two, but would like you all to know that there is some very
valid feedback on this point in your mailing lists, and it is vital.
Basically there are reasons people have gone to Ubuntu family. And you are
letting those people down now.
The technology looks good, but there are other people doing similar
stuff. Personally Diabolix multimedia edtion with Open Mosix is looking
good right now... or Knoppix. But your Kubuntu has been very usable and
overall stable (even though I have to spend a certain amount of time at the
command line to get it to do what I want. But you won't be able to have
your general users do this. So beware.
Laptop support.
Kudos for being so full of support for laptops.
I have an IBM 600e that had a pentium 2 in it, and Kubuntu runs pretty
well on it. It recognized my aetheros wifi card natively in 5.10 with no
problems. 6.06 had some problems. Wifi not working very dependably. But I
did add a pentium 3 500 mobile processor to it, and that could be messing
with the power management.
One thing I could wish for would be the ability for the OS to recognize
its a 686 or 386 or Athlon and install that kernel natively. Turn on the
cache automatically.
Having the sources natively for the kernel on the cd would be nice, in
case we have to compile a video driver such as the NVIDIA one.... and no
internet connection is available. (say we have it on the hd already or a
cd, but no Internet).
Linux does not recognize the cache on my upgraded Laptop due to the
Bios not recognizing the p3... so the cache doesn't run without hacks. So
far I haven't been able to get it to speed up in Kubuntu.... but I have
taken some time off on the problem. For what it is it is quite usable
(although slow) for a 100$ laptop. I spent a whole summer out on the road
driving truck long haul using it at motels and wifi hotspots to communicate
with friends and home. Thanks.
Well thanks for the ability to feed back to you. Keep up the good work. I
am interested in Open Mosix, so I hope you guys will continue to support the
2.4 kernel for awhile yet, as their 2.6 kernel support isn't really ready
yet.
As far as comiz and beryl... that stuff is neat, but please focus on
upgrades, stability, and problems with software.
Thanks again
--
Monty
Oregon USA
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The sail, the play of it's pulse so like our own lives: So thin and yet so
full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient
when least effective...
Henry David Thoreau
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