Ubuntu really sucks

Stan Starinski wrote:
> He was right. You spammed here adding to MS decision to mover to Web
> interface.

That pretty much covers it. Which is sad because those web forums are
useless. Tons of the same ridiculous questions over and over, more noise
than actual info. Then with the buggy NNTP bridge on top of it, ugh.

For media player troubles this page is well worth a look...
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

I run 64 bit and (For example) flash will not normally install, but this
fixes the problem.


Please post back if you find the solution, it helps others. Thanks.

Charlie Tame



DanS wrote:
>>> You no likey; you no gotta usey. Open Source is all about CHOICE.
>> With Open Source, most choose NOT to use Open Source. Ever wonder why
>> Ubuntu is on very few desktops even though Ubuntu is FREE and has been
>> FREE for years? Maybe it's because the product sucks and everyone
>> knows it except you and Alias.
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> Yes, but have you tried the Kubuntu version ?
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> I'd have to say I'm actually quite impressed with it. Previously I had installed Ubuntu
> and then added the KDE and E desktops. This time I just installed Kubuntu directly,
> and the latest version of KDE kicks GNOMEs ass.
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> I've got both FF and TB pointed to the same profile, so when they're used in either
> Windows or Kub, they have the same data, bookmarks, etc. XNews is run
> under WINE and works great from either OS.
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> Even though I totally hate the fact that many KDE apps begin with 'K' in their name,
> many seem to be more refined than GNOME based apps.
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> For instance, I used Kdenlive to edit and create several few minute long videos, and
> it worked just like any other NLE app would, although I did need to boot to windows
> to convert them to .wmv files that stream properly from a Windows server, as it seems
> the Windows Server media extensions only support .wmv's for streaming.
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> My setup includes dual monitors, which was fairly easy to get working amid all the
> horror stories. The audio hardware all works as well, although I killed off Amarok and
> installed VLC, which is available for many platforms as well. I'm not a fan of the
> all-encompassing media application Amarok is supposed to be. Filezilla is by far
> the best FTP client out there, and is also multi-platform, so I get to use many of the
> same s/w packages between Windows and Kub.
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> It's been a quite successful experiment, as in the last 4 weeks, I've booted to Windows
> twice I think.
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