I was walking to work, fiddling with the iPod controls when my phone slid right out of my left hand. For a second I hoped the headphone jack would catch it long enough for me to snag it with my hand, but it popped right off and hit the concrete sidewalk just as my left foot was coming forward. I kicked the phone while it was still vertical and it went skipping along the sidewalk over the crack and scraping to a stop. The only damage is a couple of minor scratches on the chrome area around the frame, and the case is slightly ajar on the side with the volume rocker. It won't survive another beer being spilled on it, but for now it's function is perfectly intact.
I love Ubu. I love Linux. I especially love it on my web server and firewall. I don't love it on the desktop.
Problems I encountered:
After finally getting suspend working, I cannot get the wireless adapter to come back after resume without physically unplugging it and reinserting. It uses the rt73 chipset which Ubu comes with drivers for. Not a huge deal, but annoying.
Playing DVD's and video files either flat out doesn't work, or is very choppy. This is with VLC and mplayer. Unacceptable.
CD/DVD burning almost completely broken. Burn coasters every time.
Windows 7 recognizes all my hardware, suspends and resumes without any problems, including bringing my wireless adapter back up and joining my network properly.
VLC player under Win7 works perfectly. No chop. DVD's are fine, etc.
I haven't tried burning a disk yet, but I bet
that Infrarecord is going to work just fine with it.
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I was walking to work, fiddling with the iPod controls when my phone slid right out of my left hand. For a second I hoped the headphone jack would catch it long enough for me to snag it with my hand, but it popped right off and hit the concrete sidewalk just as my left foot was coming forward. I kicked the phone while it was still vertical and it went skipping along the sidewalk over the crack and scraping to a stop. The only damage is a couple of minor scratches on the chrome area around the frame, and the case is slightly ajar on the side with the volume rocker. It won't survive another beer being spilled on it, but for now it's function is perfectly intact.
Next time I get the itch to switch, I'll give it a try. Thanks!
Problems I encountered:
Windows 7 recognizes all my hardware, suspends and resumes without any problems, including bringing my wireless adapter back up and joining my network properly.
VLC player under Win7 works perfectly. No chop. DVD's are fine, etc. I haven't tried burning a disk yet, but I bet that Infrarecord is going to work just fine with it.