On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Joseph Zitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Y'see, I'm a big Linux aficionado, but this is the kind of thing that really > bugs me about Ubuntu (and Linux in general). There's the big drumroll > leading up to the release, the excited reviews about how wonderful things > are, the excitement of downloading and installing the new versio... and then > it doesn't work, and I ask questions, and I get "Well, yeah, that's really > buggy. Go back to the old version." > > I understand that Ubuntu has a widely touted process of alphas and betas and > release candidates and all that... but we have these failures all the time. > > What can be done so that there's a dependable testing process? Does anyone > take pride in and ownership of the new releases? Do we really expect to > reach World Dominiation if the user experience has these hurdles? > > My unfortunate experience is that when I want excitement and to feel like > I'm Doing The Right Thing, I use Linux. But when I'm facing deadlines and > need productivity without either excuses or detours to work around stuff > that I can't aford to have broken, I have to depend on something else. > > How can this be made better?
It's open source, if it's buggy you can always submit patches and bug reports :) > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Patrick Best <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> @Joe, >> >> First of al.. yeah.. politics suck. That's why ive stayed out of ALLLL... >> of these convos. anyway... I have the Asus 1101HA (GMA500 Poulsbo GFX card.) >> Even bigger pain to run on 10.10. Go with 10.04. I am using that just fine >> with one of the most linux unsupported graphics cards in the Asus line.. SO >> PaulTag is very much so right. 10.10's unity interface is extremely buggy. >> I'd give it at least a few months before trying it. Also, you can always try >> googling Asus EeePC ubuntu 10.10.. and see what pops up. >> >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Paul Tagliamonte <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Heyya Joe, >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > First, my apologies for posting outside the key topics of politics or >>> > dentistry. >>> >>> Dude, we all hate politics. No worries. >>> >>> > >>> > I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition with the Unity interface on an >>> > Asus >>> > Eee 1001P. [0] >>> >>> Oh no. I see where this is going... >>> >>> > >>> > The system has some quirks, such as starting with the keyboard >>> > NumLocked >>> > (which led me to think that i couldn't log in at all until I realized >>> > it) >>> > and not supporting an external monitor well. >>> >>> :( >>> >>> > >>> > It also sometime grinds effectively to a halt. I hear it continuously >>> > accessing the hard drive, but can't do anything. This sometimes happens >>> > when >>> > I revive it by pressing a key after it's been idle for several hours, >>> > but >>> > also see it in some other less well-defined circumstances. (One thing I >>> > found was that opening the Files and Folders screen, so I don't use >>> > that >>> > anymore, sticking with Gnome Commander.) When this happens, all I can >>> > do is >>> > forcibly power down then power it back up. >>> >>> This is more Unity then anything else. Since Mutter does not support >>> hardware acceleration, it renders via software. BOO! >>> >>> I was trying to backport netbook-launcher to no avail. :( >>> >>> > >>> > I seem to remember there being scripts, and possibly even software >>> > packages, >>> > that straightened this stuff out, but I'm not seeing them anymore. >>> > >>> > BTW, I hated the Unity interface when I first experienced it, but have >>> > grown >>> > to like it. With the help of Gnome Do, a bunch of Firefox plugins, >>> > Dropbox, >>> > and a few other tools, this is a surprisingly useful little PC. >>> > >>> > So... does anyone have any pointers on getting 10.10 to work better on >>> > this >>> > Eee? >>> >>> Switch to 10.04. I know it sounds backwards, but 10.10's unity >>> iterface is really really REALLY buggy. I've switched off of UNE >>> because of it >>> >>> :( >>> >>> > >>> > [0] http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=5AH8HAdGuhiQIXgg >>> > -- >>> > Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>> > Post to : [email protected] >>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> > >>> > >>> >>> Let us know how it goes!!! >>> >>> -Paul >>> >>> -- >>> All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. >>> >>> #define sizeof(x) rand() >>> :wq >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com > -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
