My Ubuntu 9.04 experience

[Derek Broughton]

Matt Darcy wrote:

> What purpose was this email meant to serve ?
> 
> I suggest you unsubscribe yourself from the list, and enjoy your
> migration to Windows migration.

Call him a troll, and then top-post...  That's smart.
> 
> 
> Steve Summers wrote:
>> My Ubuntu 9.04 experience: (8/9/09)
>> 
>> 1) Brown is ugly.
>> 2) Install took a long time.
>> 3) Screen darkened (slept) during install, stupid.
>> 4) Green line on right side of boot-up splash screen, looks bad.
>> 5) Way too many updates after install.
>> 6) Which should I install first, the updates, or the proprietary driver?
>> 7) After updates, the reminder for the proprietary driver didn't come
>> back.
>> 8) Too many boot options.
>> 9) During installation of proprietary driver, progress bar stayed at 0%
>> for a long time.  When I clicked the progress bar, it shot up to 86%
>> immediately.  Obviously a glitch.
>> 10) After re-boot, ('restart now' option should be in the driver update
>> dialog box, but isn't,) got 'out of scan range' on my monitor.

OK, so his attitude is awful, but the points are mostly valid.  So from my 
point of view:

1) Use Kubuntu :-)
2) Define "long"?  I have done many installs of Ubuntu and Windows, and 
installing Ubuntu - any flavor - is much faster than Windows.  Could it be 
faster?  Possibly, but I rather doubt you can put a full-featured OS on the 
system much faster.
3 & 4) I agree that's not good.
5) More than for installing Windows?  I think not.  You can't expect a CD 
image to have all the up-to-date fixes.
6 & 7) I've never had the option, as I don't use any proprietary drivers.
8) It's a tough call.  Your typical 'nix user wants the options.  Your 
typical "tired-of-Windows" user needs a simple "click here to install".  It 
might be a good idea to make anything else "advanced options".
9 & 10) I'd have to agree neither of those should happen, and unfortunately 
I still see too many situations where automated tools don't correctly set up 
monitors.
-- 
derek