Problems with Ubuntu 9.1

[Chris Jones]

>>Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:40:45 +1100
>>From: Peter Goggin <petergoggin at bigpond.com>
>>Subject: Problems with Ubuntu 9.1


>>I use XP home with programs such as Power Producer for video editing
>>and
>>DVD creation. At the beginning of the year my mother board died and a
>>new one was installed with a clean installation of XP. So far I have
>>not
>>been able to get Power Producer to work. The manufacturer of the
>>software says it is a driver issue, even though the l;ates drivers for
>>all the periperal cards were installed. Windows experts point to the
>>software.  No one wants to own the problem and so I have had to
>>purchase
>>other programs.

>>I am gradually putting equivalent application on my Linux box and when
>>I
>>can find a video editing program like VideoReDo , a good genealogy
>>program and a photoediting I will thankfully wave goodbye to Windows
>>and
>>Microsoft.

>>Regards


>>Peter Goggin


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Peter, I can understand what you are saying here.

I dual boot both Linux and Windows. I'm currently running Fedora 11 but
my views are the same whether I'm running Ubuntu or Fedora.

I still use Windows XP for work as I do a lot of work from home as I
work in the photographic industry. And despite how good The Gimp is,
it's just not possible to do a lot of the tasks I do via The Gimp. And
anyone who works in the imaging industry and takes their work as serious
as I do, knows this. Hence me falling back to Windows XP. The main apps
I use Windows for are Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Publisher
2007 and Power Producer. Plus a few others.

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I have no issues at all when installing software on Linux. If you do it
properly and follow any required directions, then it should all work
properly.
The people who run into problems are usually the ones that have no idea
what the hell they're doing and refuse to admit it. And therefore they
refuse to do a simple Google search to find out how it should be done.

With Ubuntu, I've found that 9/10 packages are in the repos somewhere
and you should rarely have to dig outside of those.
Currently, with my Fedora 11 system, I have to dig around for some
things as the Fedora repos are nowhere near as vast as Ubuntu's. One of
Ubuntu's great strengths!
But that doesn't bother me because I'm quite an experienced Linux user
and I do know what I'm doing.
So basically, the information is out there, but at the end of the day
it's up to the user and make some effort to source it instead of sitting
around waiting for everything to be handed to them on a silver platter.
I mean, you do get your operating system for free after-all!

Regards



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Chris Jones <chrisjones at comcen.com.au>
Photographic Imaging Professional
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