I hate Ubuntu >:(

Mar 09

“You typed the wrong password” would be too straightforward?

“You typed the wrong password” would be too straightforward?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_hell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_hell

Mar 06

So today, I turn on my computer. It shows the GRUB boot menu, as usual.  I let it automatically choose the first of several cryptic options, as usual.  It shows an Ubuntu logo, as usual.  After a minute or two, the Ubuntu logo disappears and, instead of the Gnome Desktop Manager, a console login prompt appears.  No errors, no indication that anything is even wrong.

I turn off the machine and try again, with the same result.  I turn off the machine and try again with a different kernel, with the same result.  To my knowledge, I have not changed anything that would cause this.

So I’m in Windows XP.  What do you know?  It boots with absolutely no problems, as it always has.  Of course, all the stuff I’ve been working on exists only on my Linux EXT3 partition, which Windows can’t open.  (No, Ext2IFS does not work, and I don’t trust it, anyway.)

“But Mi¢ro$oft Windoze is so buggy and unreliable!  OMG BSOD LOL!  You should switch to Linux, it’s sooo much more stable and reliable than that Bill Gate$ shit.  Did I mention Linux is freeeeeeeeeeeee?”

Fuck you.  Seriously.

Mar 03

And why the hell did they change all the program names in Karmic?  Instead of “Text Editor”, it’s “gedit”.  Instead of “Gnome Partition Manager”, it’s “GParted”.

Is this part of some campaign to make things more difficult to find?

Mar 02

Another day with Ubuntu, another headache.

Another day with Ubuntu, another headache.

Feb 25

Clicking on a link to a media file in Firefox is infuriating.  Totem (which sucks) is the default media player plugin.  It plays the file using the entire Firefox viewing area.

And no, MPlayer is not any better.

Pidgin often crashes for no apparent reason.

Feb 24

Gnome Don’t

Gnome Do has has the ability to run “Home Folder”, which opens your home folder.  Except not really.  You run it and nothing ever happens.

This bug was reported three releases ago, can be solved by adding a space and a dot to a text file, yet it still hasn’t been fixed.  This is the norm in the wonderful world of Open Source.

So if Pd is running, Nautilus and Totem refuse to play any sound, but if Totem is playing sound, Pd refuses to play sound.  Also, running Pd apparently causes Firefox to lock up.

Neither produces any error messages or explanation, of course.

Trying to run it through padsp is even better, with glitches and stuttering galore.

I thought PulseAudio was supposed to fix Linux sound, not make it worse.

Feb 23

As usual, I have no idea why it does this. I plug in the camera and turn it on and it works fine. If I turn it off and then turn it back on again, to bring up the import window, it doesn’t work. It says it’s “already in use”. Even if I turn it...

As usual, I have no idea why it does this.  I plug in the camera and turn it on and it works fine.  If I turn it off and then turn it back on again, to bring up the import window, it doesn’t work.  It says it’s “already in use”.   Even if I turn it completely off and unplug it from the computer.