Leaving Ubuntu back to Windows

[Verde Denim]

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net>wrote:

>  On 07/03/2010 04:44 PM, rbv wrote:
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> May be Ubuntu is not for people like me, with very limited or no knowledge
> of software technology.
>
> Brasaro has spoiled my DVD RW, all types, Blanking them has left them
> unusable again anywhere.
>
> Would not read USBs,  USB mouse hangs every now and then, i have to unplug
> and plug again and again in different USB ports, suddenly in one of them it
> will work for some time.
>
> Browser crashed often, after the latest update.
>
> Machine makes a lot of grinder noise, when i insert an ordinary movie CD or
> DVD to play,
>
> It is its wim and wish, to read or not to read any CD or DVD.
>
> I have been not been able to install my nVidia graphic card, when i
> activate it the system would not start. It simply hangs, with a curser at
> the right corner of the screen blinking happily forever. I have to cut the
> electric supply and retry again to the same effect, forceing to start with
> live DVD and reinstall all over, formatting my hard disk. It is pathetic i
> cannot use my graphic card.
>
> Lot of Java problems.  NSEindia.com.
>
> I am afraid , the forum is not for people like me, but only for experts in
> software.
>
> By paying some money i get a Fit it and Forget it OS in Windows, am i
> wrong.
>
> I may be asked for details, only to be rediculed, about my lack of
> knowledge.
>
> Most of the applications MAY be updated and not supported or certified by
> Ubuntu. For Windows, there are any number of Free software for any task.
>
> My children can not play any of the game demos even.
>
> I may be called childish, but for a simpleton like me, do i have a choice.
>
> regards
>
> Rbv,  You are not childish or a simpleton.  This can be hard if you are not
> software savy at least in the beginning. It is worth the starting hassle.
> Once you get it working you will still be agravated at times as I am.  IF I
> were you I would buy Windows and get the help to to dual boot system on your
> computer.  You can fall back to windows when you are trying to get some
> project done that is temporarley over your head in linux and you don't have
> time to learn.  As you gain experience you will find you will go back to
> windows less and less and you will feel alot of pride as you become more
> proficiant with Ubuntu.   I am 76 years old and learning comes hard at my
> age. It's not about being smart it's a matter of hanging in there.  In
> Ubuntu you have the advantage of using every concivable kind of program to
> do almost anything that can be done on a computer. You have a program that
> is safe and a program you don't have to buy a virus program for every year.
> I have Cinelerra on my computer and I did not pay one red cent for it.
> though I think I did offer make a small donation.  I guarantee you it will
> be continually upgraded not become obsolete. I had Premier on Windows it
> cost a pile of money and a few years ago when I up graded to XP it would no
> longer work.  Every time I get hot around the colar and even concider going
> back to Windows I think about that.  Not only that it is a wonderful thing
> to use software that users have helped to write, many of them  as a hobby.
> If were you I would do what I need to do to get done what you need to do,
> but I would stick with Ubuntu and for that you will be paid back many times
> over in satisfaction and good service from it.
>
>
>
>         Doug
>

Rbv - what are the specs of the system you're running and what version of
Ubuntu are you trying to load? With a little background and some of the very
knowledgeable people on the list I'm sure we can find a solution as to the
nature of th eproblem(s) you're experiencing... One step at a time...

Regards
Jack

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