[ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Intrepid 8.10 Kubuntu - disaster

[alan c]

Alan Pope wrote:
> 2008/11/8 alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com>:
>> I have just tried kubuntu 8.10 Live CD for the first time and I am
>> deeply troubled by what I find.
>>
> 
> I just booted Kubuntu 8.10 on my Dell XPS laptop and it seemed quite
> nice. I'm no fan of KDE but I can see how it might appeal to someone
> looking at XP or Vista alternatives. Everything seemed to work on my
> hardware and the screen resolution was correctly set. I only had it up
> and running for half an hour to poke about.
> 
> I keep threatening to switch to KDE for at least one whole development
> cycle of Ubuntu - so that's 6 months at least. I'd like to try it out
> and see if it could work for me as a standard desktop OS. It would
> also give me the opportunity to be able to support Kubuntu users -
> which at the moment I can't do because I have very little clue about
> KDE.
> 
> Sorry to hear you are having problems with Kubuntu Alan, and I hope
> you can take time out to diagnose the issues and perhaps file bugs
> against the relevant packages, or ask specific questions here so we
> can help you get the systems up and running.

It seems that some problems are associated with xorg and its (now) 
lack of visible configuration. I could usually stumble in the right 
direction when xorg.conf was meaningful, even using vi,  but I am 
quite lost in the current situations, with the minimal xorg.conf.

I will be reassured if those looking for alternatives do find kubuntu 
to be attractive. People who use a PC like a toaster - it should just 
work......  may still get confused by the avant guard facilties.

Does XP have configurable Widgets?
-- 
alan cocks
Ubuntu user
Linux user #360648