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30 Days With Ubuntu Linux
jkwdoc writes "Vexed by Vista's hardware requirements and product activation issues, many have claimed on various boards that they plan to 'switch to Linux.' [H] Consumer spent 30 days using nothing but Ubuntu Linux to find out if this is truly a viable alternative for the consumer. Linux has indeed become much more than the 'Programmer's OS.'"
Did I miss the 30 days of using Vista article, or has no one lasted that long yet?
Like I said, you can make any claims you want because you're the only one with the direct experience of that. But given how you use "diagnosed" I wouldn't put much trust in the veracity of your statements.
Again, your usage of "diagnosed" seems to indicate a substantial lack of knowledge.
What was that I've been saying about the veracity of your claims?
Yes, the version of the OS is important. Following the Ubuntu installation path here
If you are asking a question online, and someone asks you for more information, why would you complain about providing it?
If you act like a spoiled jerk on a community-driven forum, stamp your little feet, and absolutely refuse to try any of their troubleshooting ideas or provide them with the information they repeatedly ask for, then they probably won't help you.
Right, I didn't tell them which version of Windows it was. Of course, when it *doesn't even get to the point where it would load an operating system*, that is clearly not necessary. I had already found that the problem was a bootloader and a file associated with it.
Also, if you read the thread, you'll see that when they told me to navigate the directory and enter commands, I told them the results of that and got nothing still.
I did follow all of their advice that was physically possible. (Who recommends burning a CD from a computer that can't load an OS?)
I can't believe that he uses that thread as supporting evidence of why Ubuntu is broken.
I listed four things, none of which had anything to do with my attitude, that had to happen, and did happen, for me to be in my predicament. None of them should have happened. Ubuntu should not have recommended Grub, at least not without explaining the possible consequences. Grub should not freeze when it gets that error. The files should be where there's supposed to be. The commands to diagnose should not fail.
If any one of those had not happened, the install would have gone fine. Think about it.
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
Sure, as long as your conception of "patience" does not extend to "reading all the way to the part of my post where I say I tried re-installing", "reading my explanation of why having burned an install CD on a now-disabled box does not imply I can burn more CDs", and "resorting to proprietary solutions for a supposedly Free-as-in-ESR operating system".
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
Most people won't switch to Linux because of games.
Y DONT U JUST BUY URSELF A PLAYSTATION OR XBOX U #$%&#@&!!!
I have never bought ANY pc with games in mind. NEVER. It just doesn't pay off.
Unfortunately, you didn't follow the suggestions that could have helped. You also assumed that you knew the solution to the problem,
Um, GRUB spit out the message "Error 25". I was just following up on that.
Go ahead, I want to hear it again: "You shouldn't have followed the instructions, you idiot."
You absolutely don't need proprietary software to install GNU/Linux. You, quite unfortunately, didn't download the desktop CD. I'm not sure why,
Because the website didn't say to. It wasn't recommended, let alone HIGHLY RECOMMENDED like Grub -- which was a mistake to listen to the recommendation of. Plus, I could do everything necessary from the command line through the install CD interface, it's just that when I did do this, and it failed, and I posted the error message for that, no one did anything.
I don't suspect it was [sarcasm]
Good. Now, can we ditch the lectures about me not taking responsibility?
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
Oh, but I thought the install CD *was* the live CD -- you know, like thirty people in the story I linked, claimed?
And if their specific Live CD is necessary for troubleshooting or fixing stuff like this, why isn't the Live CD HIGHLY RECOMMENDED like Grub?
Think about it.
Apology to Ubuntu forum.