[ubuntu-za] Quantal chaos

[Jan Greeff]

Hi all, I have dished out all my 12.04 Precise CD's, is there someone 
who can please let me have one? My P O Box is 3575, Bela Bela 0480.

Best wishes,

Jan Greeff


On 11/12/2012 09:19, Wikus wrote:
> Jan 12.10 is by far the worst and most buggy and most unstable ubuntu 
> I ever used.
> After 1 week I went back to 12.04 and am very happy I did. 12.10 is 
> just not worth all
> the hassles and problems.
>
> - Wikus
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> |J E S U S|
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> On 11/12/2012 07:24, Jan Greeff wrote:
>> Thanks Lee, I have backed up and gone for a fresh install of 12.10 
>> but merely because I do not have a 12.04 CD.
>>
>> The first time, I went for a re-install keeping my files  and then my 
>> mouse cursor froze so I again did a fresh install, this time deleting 
>> everything.
>>
>> The first thing that happened after the second fresh install (before 
>> I even touched the system) was a message that Compiz had closed 
>> unexpectedly.
>>
>> My impression is that Quantal comes with chronic bugs that need 
>> sorting out.
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2012 02:09, Lee Sharp wrote:
>>> On 12/10/2012 04:49 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> Hi everybody, now, in addition to Skype, my Firefox also does not
>>>> launch. The system tells me Firefox is already running, but it's 
>>>> not. I
>>>> tried uninstalling, reboot and re-install, same result: Firefox is
>>>> already running.
>>>>
>>>> Then I tried to install Google Chrome, "serious problem" reported to
>>>> developers. I have never had any feedback about problems automatically
>>>> reported, do not even know if they get anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> My launcher icons also disappear when I reboot, and compiz goes 
>>>> haywire.
>>>> I am now reverting to Precise 12.04.
>>>
>>> Create a new user and reboot.  Log in as new user and see if things 
>>> launch...
>>>
>>>             Lee
>>>
>>>
>>
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