grub2 = beta?

Murray Colpman muzerakascooby at gmail.com
Thu Dec 10 08:40:43 UTC 2009


2009/12/10 Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Alvin <info at alvin.be> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 09 December 2009 21:18:29 Jerry Lapham wrote:
>>> Just got a grub2 update for karmic which seems to indicate it's a beta.  Is
>>> it?  If so, why did Kubuntu 9.10 make it the default?
>>
>> - yes, it is beta. It's not only the default in kubuntu, but in ubuntu-server
>> as well!
>> - Honestly, I have no idea. I have never experienced more boot issues in 7
>> years of Linux.
>>
>> I like the fact that the GNU people are giving us a better boot loader, but I
>> don't mind waiting for more stability.
>> In this case (Ubuntu), it was pure hubris to change the boot loader to a beta
>> version AND pushed upstart at the same time.
>
> Kubuntu and it would seem Ubuntu have made this mistake over and over
> again. We now have a bunch of software that has been shoved down our
> mouths that is beta or beta quality. We have Dolphine, KDE4.0, GRUB2,
> PulseAudio, the networking stuff. When are they going to learn that
> this distro is for newbies and for pros that want it to just work. We
> are not beta testers.
>
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What's wrong with dolphin? It's certainly better than Konqueror as it
has a terminal that follows you around, whereas Konqueror doesn't.
Unless I've just missed the option.




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