Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu

[Pat Brown]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

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> if 9.10 worked why not just leave it in the computer', I don't update that
> often. I got the hint that 10.04 is buggy so have not bothered...
>
> Bob
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>
>
> On Wed, 26 May 2010, ABSDoug wrote:
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>  Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: ABSDoug <absdoug at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>>    <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu
>>
>> It's been an over 1-year "love affair". I've told all my friends about it
>> (none tried it). But now I've reached a point... what am I doing? I've spend
>> endless hours trying to get torrents to work on Ubuntu Netbook 10.04.
>> Torrents work fine with XP, stock settings on uTorrent, so let's not start
>> in with the rounter, or that I need to turn down the # of connections,
>> that's all been done. Version 9,10 worked. At this point, why would I fool
>> with this anymore? None of the dozen computers I maintain for friends run
>> Linux. In fact I don't know anyone personally who does. The only person (non
>> professional) that is better at computers than me in using Windows 7. The
>> concept seems REALLY cool, but Linux JUST DOESN'T WORK. Skype has always
>> been a disaster. People complain MS is glitchy... a reboot usually fixes
>> that. People complain of viruses... stop runing with Admn rights & MOST of
>> your problems are solved. So what AM I trying to accomplish with Linux? It's
>> faster, yes especially since I've got a netbook... but I use torrents a
>> LOT. This should JUST WORK & if it doesn't... I'm gone.
>>
>>
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> I haven't upgraded from 8.04 LTS and I'm perfectly happy. I don't see any
reason to jump to a new version just because it's there.


Pat Brown

http://www.pabrown.ca
Award winning author of the L.A. crime novels.
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