kubuntu 7.10 is really suks to install ! (marc)

[Christophe Guilbert]

>
> I've tried two upgrades with Kubuntu on a laptop: Badger to Dapper and 
> Feisty to Gutsy; both have been poor, and both have required reinstalls.
>   
Yes you are right , upgrades never worked for me also and I really try 
to install my soft with adept only , but that's all right because I like 
clean installation anyway.
> I have decided to stick with the LTS versions in future where a 
> reinstall over such a period isn't so painful.
>   
Its exactly my conclusion.  I have 6.06 LTS version at work and love it, 
I plan to change it when the next LTS will be out. But sometimes, having 
the last  kunbutu installed is great  for many reasons:  latest program 
like  open office , better support materials for my laptops. video card 
multimedia alway easier to install , scanner support, etc etc ....

> The reinstalls work fine, but the upgrades have been poor.
>   
Yep
> I apologise for the folk on this thread that have accused you of being a 
> troll. It's really okay to recount bad experiences with Kubuntu,; it's 
> only by acknowledging them that things will improve.
>   
Thanks guys for ... alleviating my "troll" tag  :-P , It all right 
thought , people will go over it including myself !!!
At least, I had the chance to learn what troll means ;-)
I may have "trolled" a little bit in addition to share my experience and 
see if  people were experiencing the same kind of problems I had 
installing gutsy. I had no problem installing 7.04 and 6.06 in the past 
on the same computer.
I am a heavy linux user , Kubuntu in my only tool for working.  I 
installed it on every single PC I have (6) and 2 laptops, I do 
everything with linux programing with kdevelop, heavily used of 
openoffice ( my seminar are done with oo presentation with linux), video 
editing with kino , gimp, wengophone,  work  from home using NX 
nomachine, EVERYTHING  !!!.  I converted to kubuntu my friends , my 
parents , even my 3 year old daughter got her edubuntu.

Just because we are not part of the Linux developers team does not means 
that we can't share our experience and frustration. Linux is community 
based for people to people. I am not the one who advertised and claimed  
that nowadays , Linux in general and Kubuntu in particular are as easy 
(if not easier) to install than window$.  Let's face it , X server  may 
crash , openoffice crash if heavily used , material configuration may 
not be easy to setup for scanner , wireless , webcam, ... just the fact 
of selecting  a new screen resolution could be a pain in the past ....
Beginners may  lost  their envy to try free software when the install 
does not run flawlessly  , the experiences Linux users like me may loose 
their cool when you spend hours googling any info to write scripts to 
make your materials working and start over again when you upgrade Linux. 
Sure its my choice to install Linux and I love it because it is the most 
reliable OS (once every thing works). However it is not perfect and one 
should not be offended if some users complained about it and want to 
share their experiences with others. Anyway if you red my broken English 
that far, here is my users kubuntu content question, so I won't be 
treated (too much) as a "troller"  ;-)

Why the newest Openoffice 2.3 can't be update in 6.06 using adept ? , I 
can install it by hand of course , but it would be much more convenient 
using adept ? what' s the Ubuntu policy  when it comes to decided which 
packages to update or not. it would be nice to have those latest 
softwares installed during the LTS life span.

Chris

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