Norman, while I agree with you to some extent. 1: Have you tried running the XP -> Vista upgrade? VERRY Messy - resulted in a re-format for me.
2: 4 Years! Something must be keeping you with us :) There are a lot of issues with Windows & Mac & Ubuntu and various other distros. Some of them really annoying, some of them you just learn to live with. I have to deal with Outlook crashing on users machines at work every day. Me personally - my evolution crashes every day. Difference is I forked a lot of money out of my budget to pay for their Outlook (+Office)! There is no way i can debug the crash, there is no way i can fix it. Microsoft support is expensive and ineffective (in my experience). If i have free software (both meanings of free) I accept that there may be problems. There are a lot of guys/girls in the FOSS world dedicating a lot of their time (often without payment) to making things like Ubuntu what it is today - a TRULY usable desktop OS. And always remember, for every new bug there are two new features! On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 12:58 +0100, norman 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/
