<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> On 06/09/2012 02:41 PM, Chris wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4FD398CA.5080607@makeworld.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 6/9/2012 1:36 PM, Michael Comperchio wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> On 06/09/2012 01:29 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Michael Comperchio <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:compercm@gmail.com"><compercm@gmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I am pissed (and not in an intoxicated kinda way). I am going to put a LOT of thought into the next couple of paragraphs.... so it might be a few minutes... Seriously... who in their right mind could possibly recommend Linux as their operating system? The shit blows up every day!!!!... I have to reboot 12.04 just to make it see my interenet dongle! and you guys think this is a good thing? I wrote serious software for NASDAQ SCO Unix as the platform.... I absolutely no concept of what the hell you people are trying to sell with Ubuntu... the thing just STINKS </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">You should have thought a bit longer. With so many Linux installations, including the majority (over 50%) of web servers, your experience must not be typical. We're not that masochistic. I'm quite sure the problem is at your end. You don't give enough information for me to even hazard a guess as to exactly where, except that with problems so severe, I would suspect hardware over configuration but cannot be sure. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">The just sinks. Sorry but it does. -- Michael Comperchio <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:michael.comperchio@gmail.com">michael.comperchio@gmail.com</a> 860 387 2650 44 Eagle St, 3 fl Torrington, CT. 06790 */Computers were created to help people become more productive... then someone invented the internet./* </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> A serious reason indeed! How does a Posi Traction work ... IT JUST DOES ! </pre> </blockquote> Hardware... i7 920 GTX 260 9g ram 2 tb storage and I CANNOT reboot it without turning it off first after installing the last round of updates the top panel refuses to go to the top of the window. There's an inch there. 50% of the time the mouse will not let me click and drag a window... this is not esoteric hardware .... the stuff should work <div class="moz-signature">-- Michael Comperchio <div style="color:red"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:michael.comperchio@gmail.com">michael.comperchio@gmail.com</a> </div> 860 387 2650 44 Eagle St, 3 fl Torrington, CT. 06790 Computers were created to help people become more productive... then someone invented the internet. </div> </body> </html>