On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:56:38 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> <quote>
> During installation, the system offered to migrate user information from the
> Windows drive that it failed to detect earlier, but upon logging in, no data
> seemed to have been transferred. Firefox showed only the default bookmark
> entries and nothing from either Internet Explorer or the Windows
> installation of Firefox. On the positive side, Ubuntu recognized my NTFS
> partitions after boot and made them available for mounting without a hitch.
>
> Typical of Linux, hardware support remains a mixed bag, and the Ubuntu team
> can't take all of the blame. Ubuntu's default open source video driver
> wouldn't recognize a TV as a second monitor out of the box, but installing
> Nvidia's own, proprietary driver was trivial. I was less successful with a
> networked printer, however. The Add Printer wizard spotted it right away but
> couldn't find an appropriate driver, and while the manufacturer does offer
> drivers for Linux, the installation packages were not compatible with the
> 64-bit version of Ubuntu. These kinds of hardware issues remain among the
> thorniest problems desktop Linux users face.
> </quote>
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-sour...e-205?page=0,1
They are being kind......
More untested Linux slopware has been foisted on the unsuspecting public.
This time in the form of Ubuntu 9.04.
You Linux guys really need a better form of QC.
I would suggest less time playing with spinning cubes and eye candy and
more time testing your applications and install process.
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