Farewell, Ubuntu

[dartrod]

Thanx for the reply, I will file a report.

*Update!!!* tried to report a bug and neither Ubuntu 8.04 or Hardy Heron 
is recognized couldn't get any further, yet another problem!!!!

Don't get me wrong I am looking for a *superior* replacement for Windows 
that the average user can Install and use out of the box.

I am not looking to switch one set of problems for another.

My wife daughter and grandson would also be able to use Ubuntu if they 
were provided with a perfectly functioning computer, that's my point.

As to Ubuntu sound problems, Google"Ubuntu sound problems" and see what 
you get. Sound in Ubuntu 8.04 is a huge problem. I am surprised this 
issue wasn't addressed immediately.

I am not giving up on Ubuntu yet, I am going out of my way (buying a 
computer specifically for the purpose) This isn't even a dual boot machine.

I sure don't agree with your last statement at this point, except that 
Vista is a giant step backward.

I agree that Unix and Linux have been used in the back end to great 
success, however I am talking about the desktop.

I am looking forward to the next iteration of Ubuntu. Hopefully my 
expectations will be met.

Ralph Janke wrote:
> dartrod wrote:
>   
>> 1. Printer installation was not as straight forward as it should be, but 
>> eventually resolved.  Not a user friendly experience.
>>   
>>     
> Well.. that can happen with Windows as well. Especially Vista is
> very bad with supporting old peripherals.
>
> On the other hand, I just bought an HP All-in-one printer here (my
> usual one is still on the way). I intended to install the driver and
> was positively surprised. Ubuntu 8.04 informed me just after
> plugging the printer in the usb port that I could use it. There
> could not be any better usability for this particular printer.
>
>   
>>  
>> 2. Lack of display control from the desktop.  Resolved by switching 
>> monitors until I found a monitor that was satisfactory.  Again not a 
>> user friendly solution.
>>
>>   
>>     
> I had similar problems with Windows before. Again, I agree
> we need to work harder to resolve the remaining issues, but that
> does not put Ubuntu or Linux in a worse spot than Windows.
>   

>   
>> 3.  Sound doesn't work.  I have searched for a solution that doesn't 
>> involve rebuilding whatever.  Again not user friendly and a show stopper.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Again, I personally have not found any hardware yet to have this
> problem with Ubuntu. I have with Windows. However, for both 7.10
> and 8.04, I have seen a lot of support requests and bugs for this
> issue in the Ubuntu database.
>
>   
>> I am awaiting the next version hoping the sound problem will be 
>> addressed.  I know, I know, that hacking the distro and hardware could 
>> likely solve these problems.  All that would prove is that Ubuntu is not 
>> ready for the average user.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Well, if we would get the information on how hacking the distro would
> solve the problem, we would include the fixes and therefore over time
> disprove your statement that Ubuntu is not ready yet for the average
> end-user.
>
> Btw. My wife (not a computer geek) and my 10-year old son are using
> exclusively Ubuntu for the last 4 years. Given, I have installed their
> computers, but then, you do not buy a PC without installed OS anyway.
> Given that if you would be able to buy your computer in the shop already
> configured and installed, you would have the same experience as with
> the Windows computer you get currently (very likely even better). Adding
> additional software on Windows PC causes often far worse problems than
> with Ubuntu. Under this perspective, Ubuntu is far more ready for the
> average end-user than Vista is.
>
>
>   
>> If the sound problem and other problems are not solved with the next 
>> version of Ubuntu it will be Bye Bye Ubuntu and I will not recommending 
>> Ubuntu  to anyone.
>>   
>>     
> Well, in contrast to Windows, you have the opportunity to
> support the efforts to resolve these issue. Please
> file a report with all the necessary details on
> http://answer.launchpad.net
> or http://bugs.launchpad.net , and maybe test possible fixes if they are
> announced.
>   
>> Windows has it's problems but they can be resolved fairly easily by the 
>> average user and if not there is a ton of expertise readily available.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Well, I am an IT professional for 25 years and I have never had more
> problems
> with any system but Windows. Some say, it is supposed to be like that
> because
> that means that I could always have a job. However, I believe Linux is
> the future.
> Also, compare Ubuntu with Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 not with Windows XP.
> Linux
> has not even half the lifetime as Windows has, but already a comparable
> user-friendliness
> as Windows with a far superior stability (I vever ran a Windows server
> for 3 years without
> reboot).
>
> And the biggest plus for Linux is, everybody can participate in making
> it better. I understand
> that it is often frustrating when issue that happen to you personally
> are not resolved
> within short time, one can get very frustrated. On the other hand, there
> is a lot of
> expertise available for Linux and Unix systems. Otherwise, it would not
> be the case that
> world-wide the financial industry are changing their back-office systems
> to Linux, while
> almost all high-availability systems in the telecommunication industry
> are Unix systems (in
> the future likely to be Linux or Open Source Unix).
>
> Therefore, again my plea. Please report your issues at the central place
> for ubuntu, that
> we can take care of them.
>
> Thanks for your help in making Linux better every day!
>
> - Ralph
>   
>> My configuration is:
>>
>> AMD Athelon 64 LE 1640 2.6 GHZ 45 watt L2-1MB AM2
>> AMD Athelon 64 original Stock Fan and Heatsink
>> Kingston DDR2 PC2-5400 1GN/667 MHz
>> BIOSTAR MCP6P-M2 (NVIDIA GF6150, SATAII, RAID, DDR2-800
>> NVIDIA GeForce 6150 GPU Memory share upto 512MB
>> Onboard High Definition Audio
>> Onboard Network Card
>> 450W ATX Power Supply
>> Western Digital CaviarSE 160GB 7200RPM SATA
>> LG DVD-RAM GSA-H55N
>>
>>
>> Ralph Walker
>> Calmar, Alberta
>>
>> 2  PC's and 2 laptops in the house.
>>
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