[ubuntu-za] Quantal chaos

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Jan 12.10 is by far the worst and most buggy and most unstable ubuntu I 
ever used.
After 1 week I went back to 12.04 and am very happy I did. 12.10 is just 
not worth all
the hassles and problems.

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On 11/12/2012 07:24, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Thanks Lee, I have backed up and gone for a fresh install of 12.10 but 
> merely because I do not have a 12.04 CD.
>
> The first time, I went for a re-install keeping my files  and then my 
> mouse cursor froze so I again did a fresh install, this time deleting 
> everything.
>
> The first thing that happened after the second fresh install (before I 
> even touched the system) was a message that Compiz had closed 
> unexpectedly.
>
> My impression is that Quantal comes with chronic bugs that need 
> sorting out.
>
> Jan
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> On 11/12/2012 02:09, Lee Sharp wrote:
>> On 12/10/2012 04:49 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>> Hi everybody, now, in addition to Skype, my Firefox also does not
>>> launch. The system tells me Firefox is already running, but it's not. I
>>> tried uninstalling, reboot and re-install, same result: Firefox is
>>> already running.
>>>
>>> Then I tried to install Google Chrome, "serious problem" reported to
>>> developers. I have never had any feedback about problems automatically
>>> reported, do not even know if they get anywhere.
>>>
>>> My launcher icons also disappear when I reboot, and compiz goes 
>>> haywire.
>>> I am now reverting to Precise 12.04.
>>
>> Create a new user and reboot.  Log in as new user and see if things 
>> launch...
>>
>>             Lee
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