Comments on: Ubuntu Linux (Gusty Gibbon) Disappointment

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:38:55 +0000

@ Cliffystones

“Jeff,

I had the same problem with PCLOS. It overwrites the XP MBR and you have to go in and fix it and manually tell PCLOS to install the boot loader into another partition.

Now to those who would call you or anyone else for that matter stupid, it would seem that writing the OS install program to include preventative measures for this would be a no-brainer buy now.

So who is more stupid, the person who assumes that such a basic problem would have been eliminated by the 7th OS version, or the arrogant programmers that keep overlooking it? All the while copping the attitude, “It’s Linux, you should be able to fix it!””

And what do you think will happen when you install windows on a hard drive with Linux? I bet 100 bucks it will over right the MBR without even saying anything about it. And on top of that it wont even give an option to boot any other OS at all!! Now what programmers sound smarter, the ones for MS or the ones for Ubuntu?

By: biyouboogie

biyouboogie — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:52:07 +0000

I have not had any problems with my version(s) of Ubuntu (Gnarly Gnome and Gusty Gibbon). But I have not tried to dual-boot. Is there any particular catch to loading both operating systems (Windows -yuch , and Ubuntu)?

I really prefer Ubuntu over any version of Windows, but I do have relatives and friends who just HAVE to have Windows on my PC.

What’s the procedure for dual booting? I have different partitions for both OS.

By: Idiotonuni

Idiotonuni — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:48:31 +0000

I have never had a problem with Ubuntu but i only use the final release and i research before i try anything new. anyway it could be vista’s fault (lol jk).

By: ajustwar

ajustwar — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:47:01 +0000

I installed ubuntu for the first time recently and had no problems with the dual boot xp ubuntu setup. all the hardware worked fully except the wireless card would not connect to a network. trying to get it fixed.

By: subixonfire

subixonfire — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:48:59 +0000

sory but i hawe to say that ubuntu is best distro of all & i em using it sice the bigining. OK some problems with hardware can hapen especiali high end hardware but the solution allwais exist & the best way to faind is “Google for ubuntuguide” end search there, there all is wery simple end well explained so a beginer canfix all problems easly.

Sory for my bad english!!

By: martymas

martymas — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:31:49 +0000

for the last 3 weeks ive tried to
upgrade to gutsy gibbon
twice from ubuntu 6.6 to 7.4
now from kubuntu 7.4
and they have all been a disaster
first i had trouble with display drivers
my v-card wasent compatable with
the kubuntu sys
and at the end of the install
all i got was a black and white screen
and as i didnt know what to do other than
go back to windows
and delete those kubuntu partitions
since then ive tried 3 times
and now in the fourth install
this is an up grade from the kubuntu 7.4
disks
at the moment the sys is an over bloated
not very good
sys that will never be user friendly
until they decide it is people who use it and not
technology
ive used linux for some time now
and tho i have a lot to learn
this b—-t has turned me off
martymas

By: raihan hasnain

raihan hasnain — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:13:53 +0000

I have installed ubuntu 7.10 on 4 machines, including a hp laptop and a dell laptop.

no issues.

By: C.A. Carpenter

C.A. Carpenter — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:14:59 +0000

Tried installing the Ubuntu 7.10 final release on 2 PC’s. The 1st will install the Std ver fine, but if I try the Alt ver it crashes every time on the S/W Install section (have tried 8-9 times) (kind of a red screen of death).

On the 2nd PC, the Alt ver installs fine, but have found out after 3 attempts, that if I enable rotating desktop cube, on the next boot…X will not start & my monitor does not get a signal, goes into standby (you can hear the HDD loading though). Both PCs using Ath X2 w/Nvidia cards (7950GT & 8800GTX).

Would love to get off the MS bandwagon & I’m not at the point of working with bash, installing packages/source…just trying to get thru the install without losing a whole weekend….which I usally leave to MS, sitting on the phone getting a 48 digit activation code to replace the activation code I already paid for.

By: Igaveuptomuchwork

Igaveuptomuchwork — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:41:18 +0000

I had the exact same thing happen with 7.04. After 2 hours of searching and trying to look for the fix, I gave up. This is not ready for primetime. I’m just an average user, too much work.

By: freaktech

freaktech — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:22:29 +0000

I have been using Ubuntu for about 3 years now and have had no problem what so ever. But I also make sure to do some research on compatible hardware and not purchase anything that has known issues. It is a well known issue that Ubuntu does not work well with ATI and that is because ATI does not develope drivers for linux as Nvidia does. I am currently running Gusty and everything works like a charm.