<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#3333ff" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On Sunday 04 July 2010 02:22 AM, Nathan Bahn wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikIIVyIxWkDo07chNCybYDakjT0tNRX7ECyvx9K@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:44 PM, rbv <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:rajaramanbv@gmail.com">rajaramanbv@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div text="#3333ff" bgcolor="#ffffff">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 </div> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote> </div> rbv-- some unsolicited advice: don't perform any financial transactions online and ditto for any sensitive info as well. I wish you the best of luck in the Window$ environment. --nb -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> & <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.openoffice.org">http://www.openoffice.org</a> (Nathan Bahn) </blockquote> nb Thank you for your advice, it is most welcome. But that is what i do everyday several times a day, financial transations, money transfer, share buying selling everything sensitive. Precisely for this reason i tried, in a new seperate machine, Ubuntu, exclusively for my personal use for these transactions. Even my son who is a MS software engineer, says he is unable to help. In his office they all use Windows he says. I am thanking you rbv </body> </html>