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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Y'see, I'm a big Linux aficionado, but this is the kind of thing that really
> bugs me about Ubuntu (and Linux in general). There's the big drumroll
> leading up to the release, the excited reviews about how wonderful things
> are, the excitement of downloading and installing the new versio... and then
> it doesn't work, and I ask questions, and I get "Well, yeah, that's really
> buggy. Go back to the old version."
>
> I understand that Ubuntu has a widely touted process of alphas and betas and
> release candidates and all that... but we have these failures all the time.
>
> What can be done so that there's a dependable testing process? Does anyone
> take pride in and ownership of the new releases? Do we really expect to
> reach World Dominiation if the user experience has these hurdles?
>
> My unfortunate experience is that when I want excitement and to feel like
> I'm Doing The Right Thing, I use Linux. But when I'm facing deadlines and
> need productivity without either excuses or detours to work around stuff
> that I can't aford to have broken, I have to depend on something else.
>
> How can this be made better?

It's open source, if it's buggy you can always submit patches and bug reports :)

>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Patrick Best <pkbest@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> @Joe,
>>
>> First of al.. yeah.. politics suck. That's why ive stayed out of ALLLL...
>> of these convos. anyway... I have the Asus 1101HA (GMA500 Poulsbo GFX card.)
>> Even bigger pain to run on 10.10. Go with 10.04. I am using that just fine
>> with one of the most linux unsupported graphics cards in the Asus line..  SO
>> PaulTag is very much so right. 10.10's unity interface is extremely buggy.
>> I'd give it at least a few months before trying it. Also, you can always try
>> googling Asus EeePC ubuntu 10.10.. and see what pops up.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Heyya Joe,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > First, my apologies for posting outside the key topics of politics or
>>> > dentistry.
>>>
>>> Dude, we all hate politics. No worries.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition with the Unity interface on an
>>> > Asus
>>> > Eee 1001P. [0]
>>>
>>> Oh no. I see where this is going...
>>>
>>> >
>>> > The system has some quirks, such as starting with the keyboard
>>> > NumLocked
>>> > (which led me to think that i couldn't log in at all until I realized
>>> > it)
>>> > and not supporting an external monitor well.
>>>
>>> :(
>>>
>>> >
>>> > It also sometime grinds effectively to a halt. I hear it continuously
>>> > accessing the hard drive, but can't do anything. This sometimes happens
>>> > when
>>> > I revive it by pressing a key after it's been idle for several hours,
>>> > but
>>> > also see it in some other less well-defined circumstances. (One thing I
>>> > found was that opening the Files and Folders screen, so I don't use
>>> > that
>>> > anymore, sticking with Gnome Commander.) When this happens, all I can
>>> > do is
>>> > forcibly power down then power it back up.
>>>
>>> This is more Unity then anything else. Since Mutter does not support
>>> hardware acceleration, it renders via software. BOO!
>>>
>>> I was trying to backport netbook-launcher to no avail. :(
>>>
>>> >
>>> > I seem to remember there being scripts, and possibly even software
>>> > packages,
>>> > that straightened this stuff out, but I'm not seeing them anymore.
>>> >
>>> > BTW, I hated the Unity interface when I first experienced it, but have
>>> > grown
>>> > to like it. With the help of Gnome Do, a bunch of Firefox plugins,
>>> > Dropbox,
>>> > and a few other tools, this is a surprisingly useful little PC.
>>> >
>>> > So... does anyone have any pointers on getting 10.10 to work better on
>>> > this
>>> > Eee?
>>>
>>> Switch to 10.04. I know it sounds backwards, but 10.10's unity
>>> iterface is really really REALLY buggy. I've switched off of UNE
>>> because of it
>>>
>>> :(
>>>
>>> >
>>> > [0] http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=5AH8HAdGuhiQIXgg
>>> > --
>>> > Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com
>>> >
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>>> >
>>>
>>> Let us know how it goes!!!
>>>
>>> -Paul
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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>
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>
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>



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