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My experinece with Ubuntu/linux - anyone else have any?
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<blockquote data-quote="PoloMint" data-source="post: 441835" data-attributes="member: 175235"><p>I thought I'd try out Ubuntu as it seems a popular and well supported distribution of Linux.</p><p></p><p>I had an initial problem with the boot CD not liking my SATA drive, but adding a line to the boot sequence fixed that.</p><p></p><p>The auto dual boot (with Vista) worked fine. Initially after installing it said there was no operating systems installed, but after a reboot it found everything.</p><p></p><p>While the system worked fine, it was not usable. Default graphics card drivers left me with a smudgy image, after many hours of fiddling I finally get hold of the correct drivers (having to convert them from another distribution) and got it at a decent resolution - but then the colours weren't quite right. And there was still no sound - fixing that seems an even bigger challenge.</p><p></p><p>At this point the system started crashing - seemingly for no reason. Looking this up it seemed like a common problem, perhaps connected to firefox being installed. So I gave up. </p><p></p><p>Many many hours work left me with a system that won't even run an hour without freezing, has no sound and poor graphics, all of which seem like common problems. Had this been a microsoft product it would be being ridiculed everywhere. I like trying out new things and don't mind spending time getting drivers and things to work, but I just couldn't see that ending up with a system that I could confidently use - so I'm back with Vista again.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone here actually use linux as their main operating system? Not as something they tried out one weekend or use as a file server, but as their primary system they spend most of their time on? I had thought Ubuntu might be this for me, but given my recent experience it will be a while before I try it again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PoloMint, post: 441835, member: 175235"] I thought I'd try out Ubuntu as it seems a popular and well supported distribution of Linux. I had an initial problem with the boot CD not liking my SATA drive, but adding a line to the boot sequence fixed that. The auto dual boot (with Vista) worked fine. Initially after installing it said there was no operating systems installed, but after a reboot it found everything. While the system worked fine, it was not usable. Default graphics card drivers left me with a smudgy image, after many hours of fiddling I finally get hold of the correct drivers (having to convert them from another distribution) and got it at a decent resolution - but then the colours weren't quite right. And there was still no sound - fixing that seems an even bigger challenge. At this point the system started crashing - seemingly for no reason. Looking this up it seemed like a common problem, perhaps connected to firefox being installed. So I gave up. Many many hours work left me with a system that won't even run an hour without freezing, has no sound and poor graphics, all of which seem like common problems. Had this been a microsoft product it would be being ridiculed everywhere. I like trying out new things and don't mind spending time getting drivers and things to work, but I just couldn't see that ending up with a system that I could confidently use - so I'm back with Vista again. Does anyone here actually use linux as their main operating system? Not as something they tried out one weekend or use as a file server, but as their primary system they spend most of their time on? I had thought Ubuntu might be this for me, but given my recent experience it will be a while before I try it again. [/QUOTE]
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