January 2012
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Wow, Unity sucks.
I really like the idea of a search-based interface. I use it in Windows all the time.
Of course, the Ubuntu version feels like it was created by people who don’t understand what search is, and are just cargo-cult-copying their competitors’ features without comprehend what makes them good, and then, of course, removing every other avenue for finding things, because...
December 2011
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I have my home server set to auto-login, specifically so that it will mount all external drives at startup. It no longer mounts drives at startup. Whyyyyyyyyy
Anonymous asked: I can't install anything. It gives me the source files and no commands to actually install anything whatsoever. I'm probably just being an idiot but I'm going to tie my laptop to a grenade and throw it at a child soon.
Anonymous asked: after installing linux (lubuntu) on my netbook I wanted to kill myself.
November 2011
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Anonymous asked: a typical scenario on a ubuntu support forum. "Hey how do I change my _____" Answer: Oh it's very simple just open terminal type config amd corg xde4 then specify your values, then open up commander and download synpatic package version 10.1 (don't get version 9.4 or lower, it will cause your harddrive to corrupt itself) then install that run terminal again display prompt type...
Anonymous asked: ubuntu/lubuntu/linux ruined my netbook. thank god it's old and not worth much but still. a usable computer now turned into buggy trash. fyi, the lubuntu can't display images well... you get these black spots on almost all pics. it's so weird.
xn--lhutemoc-skbd asked: Well, if people ask you questions about Ubuntu or Linux support, they won't get far.
Anonymous asked: How do i remove lubuntu?! omg... i hate this so much. i partitioned it so i am supposed to have windows still, but i can't boot it. i also tried pressing f11 for system restore, but lubuntu overrode that too! WTF?!
June 2011
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Ubuntu, now with more bugs!
More new bugs with every release! You never know what will stop working for no explicable reason next! Collect them all!
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/754297
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How is it that there are 150 GB of data in my .local/share/Trash that isn’t being deleted when I empty the trash?
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Now the only reason I use Ubuntu on a daily basis is as a home network server. You’d think it would be good at that, since Linux is all server-y and everything, but no. Samba, the one thing I’m really depending on, just stops working for no fucking reason.
May 2011
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To install GNU ddrescue
In order to use GNU ddrescue, you’ll need to install the package gddrescue.
Do not install the package ddrescue. That will install dd_rescue, instead, which is totally different and obsolete, but still included in the package repositories under the name of its successor.
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Bluetooth keyboard
does not work.
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But oh, look, it’s a solved problem! All you have to do is edit the source code for the kernel and recompile it. What could be easier.
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Display not recognized
operating in low graphics mode >:(
March 2011
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The end?
I’ve been running a Thinkpad with Windows 7 on it for most of 2011. I have very few complaints. Nothing’s perfect, of course, but it’s leaps and bounds better than Ubuntu, and any complaints I have aren’t even memorable enough to create i-hate-windows-7.tumblr.com.
Like, the built-in backup system asks me to manually delete old backups to make space for new ones,...
December 2010
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Anonymous asked: Why not just get a different distro instead of hammering on Ubuntu just because YOU had problems?
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Anonymous asked: Are you an experienced linux user or just a starter linux user?
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Anonymous asked: I also HATE Ubuntu now. I cannot keep an internet connection with it to save my life. It does not work. I hate Windows, but hate Ubuntu even more.
I hate Ubuntu too!
Due to some stupid problem with my graphics card I was recommended by a friend (who is a professional system administrator or something) to install Ubuntu. I used to run windows xp as its my old trashy pc and that was far from perfect. At first I was like wow! This is really fast and stable. But after a week I am so done with it. Then it wont stream movies, then it wont mount external hard...
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crazymthrfckr asked: If you hate Ubuntu so much, what do you not hate?
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November 2010
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Tangerine music sharing only works intermittently. Apparently if it can’t handle 1 song, it shuts down completely? >:[
And half the songs have the wrong name transmitted over the network.
September 2010
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Anonymous asked: A) Why are you running 10.10? Its not been released yet.
B) Care to pass over your system information so we can all try to give you a hand?
B) Care to pass over your system information so we can all try to give you a hand?
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With Compiz enabled, the “Show Desktop” button doesn’t actually show the desktop. The first click opens some windows in front of what you’re doing, and then the second click shows the desktop.
The normal Gnome desktop button, while identical in appearance, behaves as you would expect.
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Anonymous asked: You realise your screenshots are symptomatic of hardware-level failure, right? That looks like an overheating graphics chip ya got there. Now, it's possible the drivers on linux could still be responsible (not scaling back the clock speed when your laptop gets too hot, say), but most likely windows would be just as fucked on that system.
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Also, cropping an image in F-Spot is terrible.
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Firefox is now crashing reliably every time I visit certain Wikipedia pages.
Bus error (core dumped)
Free culture FTW!
August 2010
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July 2010
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Often, I’ll click “Reboot” and it will begin to shut down. The window decorations and toolbars will disappear, but then it will just stop, with decorationless windows still open and nothing happening. Eventually I’ll do a Ctrl+Alt+1, login, and sudo reboot now.
No, I don’t know why, either.
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mattack asked: 1. Having the largest market share doesn't mean it's the best, see VHS vs Beta, among others...
2. I didn't say the fix for window buttons was easy. I said the *instructions* to fix the problem were *simple*, and they are. Simply copy and paste a command into a terminal. Any competent computer user should know how to do that. I was trying to be helpful, not play semantic...
2. I didn't say the fix for window buttons was easy. I said the *instructions* to fix the problem were *simple*, and they are. Simply copy and paste a command into a terminal. Any competent computer user should know how to do that. I was trying to be helpful, not play semantic...
blyat asked: it makes me sad you've been having such a bad experience :(
ive had similar linux idiot moments where you just hate the thing tremendously (like when i tried to install a theme and instead overwrote all of gnome and started removing essential packages). the stability though... there's something to be said about this computer no longer crashing all the time, or having to configure...
ive had similar linux idiot moments where you just hate the thing tremendously (like when i tried to install a theme and instead overwrote all of gnome and started removing essential packages). the stability though... there's something to be said about this computer no longer crashing all the time, or having to configure...
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mattack asked: Two things:
1. If you hate Ubuntu so much, why do you use it? There are other flavors of Linux or even other operating systems...
2. Simple instructions on how to move the window buttons back to the right: http://met.al/3uq
I think a lot of your complaints are unreasonable.
1. If you hate Ubuntu so much, why do you use it? There are other flavors of Linux or even other operating systems...
2. Simple instructions on how to move the window buttons back to the right: http://met.al/3uq
I think a lot of your complaints are unreasonable.
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NTFS drivers are hogging the CPU, preventing me from doing anything
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How to watch YouTube videos in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
Flash worked fine in Karmic, but not in Lucid.
Firefox drops down a plugin installer notification, and I use it. “Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page.”
“Wouldn’t you rather install a half-assed, buggy, experimental Flash player like Swfdec or Gnash instead??” Fuck no.
It starts to install Flash, then says… it’s...
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