Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?

[Duncan Lithgow]

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 14:32 -0500, Ken N9VV wrote:

> (a) find a graphical editor for menu.lst used by Grub?
xfce has one if I remember rightly
> (b) installed a new Dell with an ATI X600 video card?
that's a hardware manufacturer problem - not supplying a Linux driver.
> (c) tried to dual boot a PC only to find that you have to figure out 
> the "--root-directory=" command in grub-install.
> (d) tried to get your ZyDAS WiFi zd1211b USB device working?
that's a hardware manufacturer problem - not supplying a Linux driver.
> (e) looked for a trivial program that will import your bookmarks 
> (from Firefox) and periodically watch the websites for changes?
Aren't there web services for doing that?
> (f) tried to play with comiz and the innovative 3d desktop?
Do you mean compiz? Isn't beat software, don't _expect_ it to work.
> (g) last week (August 1, 2006) I used Synaptic to get the latest 
> updates and now my system will not successfully boot into Ubuntu 
> without using the rescue option.
Did you use Automatix or some other auto configuration tool at some
stage. They can really screw up your system.
> (h) tried to find a way to totally refresh my Ubuntu 6.06 LTC O/S 
> while keeping my /home dir?
Do you mean 'reinstall'. That's easy to do, you just point the new
install to use the existing /home partition (or one you've made for this
purpose) as /home, and to not reformat and leave data intact. I've done
it several times.

I understand the frustration, but let's remember that the hardware
manufacturers have responsibility for drivers.

Duncan

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