I hate Ubuntu >:(

Sometimes the touchpad scroll inexplicably stops working, so I have to use the arrow keys.

Sometimes the arrow keys inexplicably stop working, so I have to use the touchpad scroll.

After a while, they spontaneously start working again.

Not a huge big deal, but if I’m browsing another computer’s files through SSH, and then move them around or extract a .zip, couldn’t it tell the other computer to do the work locally instead of transferring all the files over the network and then transferring them back when it’s finished?  Super slow.

So I tried to edit one of the images on this blog by opening the location in GIMP. When I try to save, I get this error. What it really means is: “I can’t save to the location where the temporary file is stored.”
SO SUGGEST A DIFFERENT ONE!

So I tried to edit one of the images on this blog by opening the location in GIMP.  When I try to save, I get this error.  What it really means is: “I can’t save to the location where the temporary file is stored.”

SO SUGGEST A DIFFERENT ONE!

Is it even possible to copy an image and then paste it into The GIMP? It has never actually worked for me. Are the clipboards for different programs in a different format or something?
And it’s still an absolutely terrible name.

Is it even possible to copy an image and then paste it into The GIMP?  It has never actually worked for me.  Are the clipboards for different programs in a different format or something?

And it’s still an absolutely terrible name.

Since when do I need to authenticate to mount my other hard drive partitions? Why aren’t they just mounted at boot?

Since when do I need to authenticate to mount my other hard drive partitions?  Why aren’t they just mounted at boot?

Is the screen lock password box supposed to shake around erratically when you enter the wrong password?  It looks like a bug, but maybe it’s some basement nerd’s attempt at being cutesy.

Trying to play audio in Wine.  It stops for no reason after 10 seconds, the program locks up, and then it screeches a burst of noise into my ears.  It used to work fine, but now it locks up and hogs the CPU.  Inexplicable as usual.

Why is my CPU throttled-down to 1.8 GHz instead of 2.0?  Is it seriously overheating from playing a Flash video?

Why can’t I double-click on .sh files to launch them?  Or right-click and open them with some kind of launcher?  I thought there used to be a way to do that.

I set Simple Backup Suite to back up to a 1 TB drive on my other computer.  However, the drive no longer mounts when the machine boots up, so it wasn’t making backups for months, with no warning or error messages of any kind.

So then I set it up to back up to another drive with a FAT filesystem.  I checked after a few weeks and it had a bunch of folders of backups.  Great, it’s working!

Except not really.  Since it backs up everything to a single .tgz file, and FAT filesystems can only accept a maximum file size of 4.0 GiB, it’s been silently halting and leaving corrupt, useless backup files.  Smooth.