Grub problems Lucid 10.04

[Tom H]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
>
> @Go lip, Thanks for the suggestion. However, I've read so many disasters
> happening with grub2 that I don't know if it is a good idea. For my simple
> requirements up till now grub worked without problems. I assume that the
> coming LTS (12.04?) will require grub2 but I have read so many disastrous
> stories about unity that I seriously consider another distribution. I
> started with simple Linux (1991 0,99) then via Red Hat Suse and Fedora
> coming to Ubuntu. However, I currently have the impression that ubuntu more
> and more goes the KISS way just like Microsoft and Apple and hide the
> controls behind many layers to make it more difficult for technical users to
> control their system. Have you ever tried to fathom the intricacies of
> pulseaudio?? I rest my case.

Even though this is OT for this particular thread:

1. I presume that grub1'll be removed from the repositories at some
point, whether it's for 12.04 or 12.10 or ..., we'll see.

2. grub2's become quite good, especially with (from what I remember) a
plain-vanilla install like yours.

3. If you don't like Unity, you'll probably not like GNOME 3, so
switching distributions wouldn't be particularly helpful and you're
better off trying Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or Lubuntu.