Not to mention the £60 odd licence in the first place, and the fact XPs support WILL end, meaning to get support, you'd have Vista, which, assuming it's not a new PC, you'd need another £200 odd for a new PC!!! (Plus yet another £60 odd for the Vista license) On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 01:12:41PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: > i think i would sacrifice 2 and halfs for 6 months of no virus scanning and > pop ups!!! > > On 06/08/2008, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have used Ubuntu for almost 4 years and, from to time, there have been > > discussions on how to encourage the wider use of the package. The common > > recurring theme refers to ease of use and reliability and, after all > > this time, there are still most annoying defects rearing their ugly > > heads. > > > > Yesterday I decided to update my granddaughters computer from Edubuntu > > 7.10 to Edubuntu 8.04. No problem, I hear you say, just start Update > > Manager and take it from there. The process started telling me what was > > to happen and indicated that it would take about 2 1/2 hours. Great, > > files were downloaded and the installation process got underway until > > there were about 4 minutes to go then, everything ground to a halt. > > > > I am not very computerate and know very little about the ins and outs of > > Linux so what should I do? The first thought is to start again but I am > > not sure how to do that and, in any case, it would mean another 2 1/2 > > hours with no guarantee of success, the second thought is to scrap > > Edubuntu and return to Windows. However, I am an obstinate sort of > > person so I posed the question on the Ubuntu-users list. Within a very > > short time there was a response by someone giving the following > > reference:- > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/249340 > > > > There you have it - a very, very important procedure had a bug which > > prevented the final stages of the upgrade process and which has been > > known for some time. Is this way to gain confidence and attract new > > users? I was able to follow the various suggestions without which my > > granddaughter would be using Windows XP Pro today. > > > > OK, I have sounded off but this sort of thing should not be allowed to > > happen and I would be grateful if someone, who knows their way around > > the Canonical set up, could bring this to the attention of someone who > > cares about the future of Ubuntu. > > > > Norman > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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