Older Computer and 8.04

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/09/2010 04:13 AM, chris wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 15:51 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>    
>> I have a DVD/CD device, USB port devices and a older replacement of
>> the floppy disk space with a multi memory stick reader. These are not
>> working reliably on 10.04 and I have been testing to see why.
>>
>>       When I gave up and tried version 8.04 I was surprised that all
>> these devices are working fine on this version. Went back to 10.04 and
>> the same problems. It looks as if I might need a newer hardware for 10.04?
>>
>> 73 Karl
>>
>> -- 
>>      
> 10.04, like all Ubuntu new releases, is buggy and released too soon.
> Wait until July for 10.04.1, when the developers have sorted all the
> bugs, and by then it should be stable
> The problem is that the developers insist on releasing a "new" version
> every six months.
>
> This system does not make for stable releases.
>
> Cheers the kiwi
>
>
>    
         Thanks! That is what is happening :-)

Right now the DVDmovie is working fine. It didn't this morning :-(

I will keep trying and if I need a function not working yet, I will go 
back to 8.04 and do it :-D


73 Karl


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