Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu

[Nils Kassube]

ABSDoug wrote:
> I've spend endless hours trying to get torrents to work on
> Ubuntu Netbook 10.04. Torrents work fine with XP, stock settings on
> uTorrent, so let's not start in with the rounter, or that I need to
> turn down the # of connections, that's all been done. Version 9,10
> worked.

If 10.04 isn't working and 9.10 worked, you could return to 9.10. 
Granted, that isn't easy because it is more or less a fresh install. Or 
you could first try one of the other bittorrent clients available for 
Ubuntu. After all you are not forced to use one particular application 
because there are many bittorrent clients available. Search for 
"torrent" with your favourite package manager and try each of the 
programs you find. Personally, I can recommend ktorrent because I know 
it works - I used it to download Ubuntu isos when 10.04 was just 
released.

> At this point, why would I fool with this anymore? None of
> the dozen computers I maintain for friends run Linux. In fact I
> don't know anyone personally who does. The only person (non
> professional) that is better at computers than me in using Windows
> 7. The concept seems REALLY cool, but Linux JUST DOESN'T WORK. Skype
> has always been a disaster. People complain MS is glitchy... a
> reboot usually fixes that. People complain of viruses... stop runing
> with Admn rights & MOST of your problems are solved. So what AM I
> trying to accomplish with Linux? It's faster, yes especially since
> I've got a netbook... but I use torrents a LOT. This should JUST
> WORK & if it doesn't... I'm gone.

I can understand your frustration if things don't work as expected. But 
whining on a list where volunteers try to help others to make things 
work, certainly doesn't help anybody. If you want to leave Linux and 
return to Windows, so be it. There's nothing wrong with that, IMHO. Use 
the tools that work best for you.


Nils