Maybe that's it. I can now see why someone described this whole process as dependency hell.
It is a frustrating tail chasing exercise. Bye Bye Linux. I'll be back when you are ready. On 7 Nov, 21:13, Timmy <mullins....@gmail.com> wrote: > try it on a different computer > > sounds like your hardware is incompatible > > On 4 Nov, 23:00, Microbe <xxxmicrobe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey folks, > > > I thought I would share my experience installing Ubuntu. As > > background, I am the guy friends, family and neighbours call when they > > have trouble with their Windows PC and am pretty good at it. I can > > also find my way around a Linux terminal OK. > > > Having read about how good desktop Linux is nowadays I thought it was > > time to give it a go. > > > The install of 9.10 was easy as you could want. The whole thing works > > well and boots and shuts down quick smart. > > > I should add that the computer I was experimenting on is in my shed > > (don't ask!) so not much at stake. All i do is listen to music, Skype > > sometimes and look up something about my latest tinker project. > > > Well, the first problem was listening to music. MP3s were associated > > with the movie player. I managed to sort that out easy enough but > > even when I pointed MP3s at Rhythmbox, no go...it can't play layer1 > > MP3s or something. Not a good start. > > > OK, let's get Skype going. I downloaded the proper version only to > > have the install fail with the friendly message about a dependency > > needing dbus >= 4.3 I think it was. At this point I can imagine the > > average mug giving up and I wouldn't blame them, but I was > > determined. > > > It took me a while to find dbus to download but I did it. Oh shucks, > > it depended on something or another XML. I grabbed that and guess > > what...on and on it went. It was just too hard. > > > The long and short of it is that I never did get skype or music > > working and can only assume that the idea that Linux is ready as a > > windows replacement for the average punter is someone's fantasy. > > > It is a shame really because there needs to be an alternative (apart > > from a Mac) but right now, this isn't it. > > > This is not meant as a troll, I am genuinely disappointed and look > > forward to hearing from people about what you think...maybe even some > > solutions, but I fear it is going to be ongoing dramas every time I > > try to install something. > > > Which reminds me, a couple of games I from the built in installer? > > Guess what.... > > > Over to you, penguins. > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
