Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu

[Wade Smart]

Pat Brown wrote:
> 
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, <accessys at smart.net 
> <mailto:accessys at smart.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     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
> 
> 
> 
>     On Wed, 26 May 2010, ABSDoug wrote:
> 
>         Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
>         From: ABSDoug <absdoug at yahoo.com <mailto:absdoug at yahoo.com>>
>         Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
>         discussions"
>            <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>         <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>         To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>         <mailto: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.
> 

A few have said to go Debain.
Just curious - if this person did that - even though Ubuntu is built 
from that, would it be as easy to use and install? Besides stability - 
what is the real differentiator between the two?

Wade


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