[ubuntu-uk] [soslug-list] Re: WARNING? Ubuntu Karmic and openshot

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Some more disquieting news about karmic koala from another soslug member

derek (SoSLUG)

Stephen Pointer wrote:
> Dunno about everybody else but I was extreamly disappointed with Karmic
> Koala:
> 
> 1) compiz fuzion screwing up my keyboard mapping
> 
> 2) the GDM login theme is fugly (IMHO)
> 
> 3) false alerts that my disk has bad sectors when a S.M.A.R.T scan
> showed none
> 
> 4) what is that closed source cloud storage signup (Ubuntu One) doing on
> the desktop edition and the closed source remote manager software
> (Landscape) on the server edition (I though this was open source)
> 
> 5) a local deny of service vulnerability (avoidable) which I have
> previous been through the bugfix process with their kernel team is back
> again. Grrrrr!
> 
> I uninstalled after that and changed distro, that erlease is not ready
> for prime time, should be called Ubuntu Vista
> 
> Steve
> 
> delboy wrote:
>> Received this message from chaz smart today regarding openshot software
>> for Karmic Koala please review and investigate before installing this
>> software and be aware they may be problems with it. Chaz message follows
>> below.
>>
>> derek(SoSLUG)
>>
>> Chaz Smart wrote:
>>> Hi Derek Please warn anyone using karmic to stay well away from a
>>> video editing software called "openshot" .
>>> The problem as far as i can tell is that they have just given it a
>>> major revamp and upon install it changes amongst other things the
>>> karmic version of ffmpeg  (others as well but i dont have the list).
>>> This will leave most your multimedia playback dead in the water
>>> especially VLC and totem player  and once installed is a pig of a job
>>> to put right.( i had to re install Ubuntu).
>>> Can you warn all soslug members so they dont get caught by this.
>>>
>>>                                  Thanx    Chaz.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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