[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Unity Stability Issues

[Quintin van Rooyen]

On 29 July 2012 12:08, Wikus <mazal.wikus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can't help with your iBurst problem , but what I can tell you is that
> Kubuntu is even more unstable.
> I had many random crashes and bugs with it. Novell , I totally dislike
> that.
>
> Why not try Xubuntu ? I used that when Unity first came out and couldn't
> get used to unity.
> So I used Xubuntu for 2 years and were very happy with it. There were very
> few issues that I can recall.
>
> He could even give Puppy a try. It has the Ubuntu underpinnings and (imo)
is more feature complete and resource friendly than Xubuntu. It also has a
HUGE dedicated community, which should help with any questions he has.
Puppy is the way to go on limited hardware.



> Another option is to use Ubuntu but with the classic look.
> (gnome-session-fallback) I think it is called.
> I use that at work on a 6 year old 512mb laptop and it works and is
> actually very stable.
>
>
> - Wikus
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> On 28/07/2012 20:36, Nico Michael(iBurst) wrote:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> I have had bad experiences with the last 2 versions of Ubuntu
>>
>> Every  second or third update breaks something in my Linux
>> I seem to be continuously looking at the Ubuntu Community pages trying to
>> fix another problem
>> Is there a way to permanently disable updates  and use a more Stable
>> Ubuntu.
>>
>> I cant use my iBurst any more on my Ubuntu so I am sending this email
>> from my Windows Laptop using my iBurst modem.
>>
>> My wife's machine has the Pre-Unity Ubuntu I never upgraded it since I
>> installed it and she has no problems.
>> My file server is an older Ubuntu Workstation also a version not
>> supported any more and I am very happy with it.
>>
>>
>> Last night I took a New Ubuntu CD and made a VM it was so unstable I
>> could not use it  It kept on crashing. I thought Ubuntu is built on a very
>> stable Kernel yet it crashes.
>> I tried OpenSUSE although it was stable I found that distro is not as
>> user friendly as it could not automatically find my Laser printer on my
>> network. Which was the reason I moved to Ubuntu
>>
>> Is there a way to get Ubuntu to work with out the tears. Remove the Unity
>> ?
>> Or should one  move to Kubuntu?
>> Can you get Kubuntu to install with the Gnome desktop ?
>>
>> Some of my friends are talking of other Debian/Ubuntu  Distros I like
>> Ubuntu as its South African and wish to support it
>>
>>
>> What say you how do I fix my problem?
>> Novel has two versions a open source version and a stable commercial
>> version a bit behind the Open version but very stable.
>> Does Ubuntu do that ?
>>
>>
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