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April 2009

Apr 11, 2009
#error #upgrade

March 2009

Mar 28, 2009
#memory

February 2009

Feb 25, 2009
#GNOME
Feb 21, 2009
Feb 13, 2009
#boot #error
Feb 1, 2009
#boot

January 2009

Jan 20, 2009
#memory

November 2008

Nov 16, 2008

September 2008

Ubuntu is parking my hard drive at least 250 times per hour.  I’m sure that’s good for it.

Sep 23, 2008
#hardware

August 2008

Aug 25, 2008

February 2008

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Feb 22, 2008
#Ubuntu #fail #graphics

November 2007

I am trying to make a CD and it is taking FOREVER and giving me trouble. GRRR LINUX

Nov 21, 2007

When Linux runs out of memory, you are screwed.

Nov 10, 2007
#memory

August 2007

Aug 11, 2007
#libnotify

July 2007

When I copy a file and then paste it into the terminal, couldn’t you automatically add the quotes around the path so filenames with spaces don’t screw up my commands?

Oh right, I’m supposed to only use ASCII and underscores in filenames like it’s 1990.

Jul 5, 2007
#GNOME #Nautilus #command line #Ubuntu

June 2007

Do I really need to see a bunch of different kernel versions, each with their own recovery mode entries, and memtest and whatever else at every boot?  Couldn’t it just say “Ubuntu” and “Windows”?

Jun 10, 2007 1 note
#GRUB #Ubuntu #dual boot

If the proprietary nvidia driver fails to load, couldn’t it, like, fallback to the free nv driver?  Or some universal low-res mode that always works?  You know, like Windows does?  Those garbled BSOD X server error screens should be avoided at all costs.

Jun 10, 2007
#BSOD #Nvidia #Ubuntu

It happened again.  The system load average goes way up, the temperature goes up, but the CPU does not go up.  This time I think it was related to Totem, as Firefox was closed.  I have no explanation.

Jun 10, 2007
#CPU #media

May 2007

When a video fails to load in Windows, Media Player turns the title red and moves onto the next one in the playlist.

When a video fails to load in Ubuntu, Totem pops up a modal dialog error box.

May 20, 2007
#Totem #media #Why Windows is better than Ubuntu
Aborted (core dumped)

Gaim keeps crashing.  I don’t know why.

May 19, 2007
#crash

April 2007

WHEN YOU ARE ASKED TO SAVE SOMETHING AND YOU DON’T HAVE PERMISSION TO SAVE IT YOU SHOULD BE ASKED FOR A PASSWORD

Apr 8, 2007
#permissions #Ubuntu

October 2006

Oct 28, 2006
The Beginning.

This is around the time I first installed Ubuntu.  I had previously tried several other distros (Libranet, Mandrake, PlanetCCRMA, Agnula, Fedora, …) and all of them made me want to gouge out my own eyes with a plastic spoon.

Then I saw Ubuntu on a friend’s computer and she wasn’t having any problems with it.  I decided to try it for myself.  At first, I was amazed at how well things worked.  My hardware was sort of recognized and some of the defaults actually made sense.  I started actually using it as my primary OS, rarely booting into Windows.  I actually liked running Linux!

But it didn’t last.

Over the years I’ve gathered many screenshots and sent myself many emails about issues or annoyances that I was going to file bug reports or ask in the forums about.  But filing a good bug report is time-consuming and difficult (and mostly fruitless), and the number of things to complain about quickly overcame my ability to file reports for them (if I even knew which component was at fault). 

So in 2010, I created this “micro-blog” and started back-dating them all and dumping them here, to document all the joyous experiences I’ve had with Ubuntu since making this terrible mistake.

Yes, these are all real, and experienced by one person on two different computers running Ubuntu.

No, I’m not against open source.  It works great for Mozilla, etc. 

No, I am not a Microsoft shill.  I just want my computer to work.

Oct 1, 2006 4 notes
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