[ubuntu-za] Quantal chaos

[Bruce Pieterse]

On 11/12/2012 17:52, Jan Greeff wrote:
> 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
>>
>>      _
>>     | |
>>     | |
>>  ---   ---
>> |J E S U S|
>>  ---   ---
>>     | |
>>     | |
>>     | |
>>     | |   My King
>>     ---
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
You can also start Firefox on the command line with firefox -P and you
can create a new profile through profile manager.

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All the best,

Bruce

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