[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Unity Stability Issues

[Nico Michael]

Thanks for your input Bruce
On 2012-07-29 18:34, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On Sun 29 Jul 2012 12:54:21 SAST, Quintin van Rooyen wrote:
>> On 29 July 2012 12:08, Wikus <mazal.wikus at gmail.com
>> <mailto:mazal.wikus at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>      Can't help with your iBurst problem , but what I can tell you is
>>      that Kubuntu is even more unstable.
>>      I had many random crashes and bugs with it. Novell , I totally
>>      dislike that.
>>
>>      Why not try Xubuntu ? I used that when Unity first came out and
>>      couldn't get used to unity.
>>      So I used Xubuntu for 2 years and were very happy with it. There
>>      were very few issues that I can recall.
>>
>> He could even give Puppy a try. It has the Ubuntu underpinnings and
>> (imo) is more feature complete and resource friendly than Xubuntu. It
>> also has a HUGE dedicated community, which should help with any
>> questions he has. Puppy is the way to go on limited hardware.
>>
>>
>>
>>      Another option is to use Ubuntu but with the classic look.
>>      (gnome-session-fallback) I think it is called.
>>      I use that at work on a 6 year old 512mb laptop and it works and
>>      is actually very stable.
>>
>>
>>      - Wikus
>>
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>>      On 28/07/2012 20:36, Nico Michael(iBurst) wrote:
>>
>>          Hi there
>>
>>          I have had bad experiences with the last 2 versions of Ubuntu
>>
>>          Every  second or third update breaks something in my Linux
>>          I seem to be continuously looking at the Ubuntu Community
>>          pages trying to fix another problem
>>          Is there a way to permanently disable updates  and use a more
>>          Stable Ubuntu.
>>
>>          I cant use my iBurst any more on my Ubuntu so I am sending
>>          this email from my Windows Laptop using my iBurst modem.
>>
>>          My wife's machine has the Pre-Unity Ubuntu I never upgraded it
>>          since I installed it and she has no problems.
>>          My file server is an older Ubuntu Workstation also a version
>>          not supported any more and I am very happy with it.
>>
>>
>>          Last night I took a New Ubuntu CD and made a VM it was so
>>          unstable I could not use it  It kept on crashing. I thought
>>          Ubuntu is built on a very stable Kernel yet it crashes.
>>          I tried OpenSUSE although it was stable I found that distro is
>>          not as user friendly as it could not automatically find my
>>          Laser printer on my network. Which was the reason I moved to
>>          Ubuntu
>>
>>          Is there a way to get Ubuntu to work with out the tears.
>>          Remove the Unity ?
>>          Or should one  move to Kubuntu?
>>          Can you get Kubuntu to install with the Gnome desktop ?
>>
>>          Some of my friends are talking of other Debian/Ubuntu  Distros
>>          I like Ubuntu as its South African and wish to support it
>>
>>
>>          What say you how do I fix my problem?
>>          Novel has two versions a open source version and a stable
>>          commercial version a bit behind the Open version but very stable.
>>          Does Ubuntu do that ?
>>
>>
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>
> You could try Pinguy OS (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pinguy-os/) or
> Elementary OS (http://elementaryos.org/).
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>
> Bruce
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Kind Regards

Nico Michael
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