I hate Ubuntu >:(

Firefox is now crashing reliably every time I visit certain Wikipedia pages.

Bus error (core dumped)

Free culture FTW!

Switch to Linux and be free of all those crashes and lock-ups!

Switch to Linux and be free of all those crashes and lock-ups!

Huh.  The hacky kludge that Ubuntu used to allow us to run Firefox 3.5 in Jaunty (sorry, I mean “Shiretoko”) has left a redundant folder called firefox.3.0-replaced in my home directory.   But don’t worry, it’s only wasting 600 MB of space.

In Windows, I can upgrade to Firefox 3.5 (the single piece of software that I use more frequently than any other) or Thunderbird 3.0 the day they are published.

In Ubuntu, I get to wait 4 or 5 months for it to trickle down with the next release.

(Of course, you should never upgrade on the day of an Ubuntu release.  How naïve!  You have to wait at least a few more months until they iron some of the bugs out.  (But not all of the bugs.  Those will have to wait until the next release…))

This pops up constantly. Not in Windows, of course. Just in Linux.

This pops up constantly.  Not in Windows, of course.  Just in Linux.

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.

  • It always stutters and glitches when it starts playing.
  • There’s no way to rewind it and start over.  If you’re quick, you can grab the slider and move it, but it just ignores the position of the slider and keeps on playing, no matter what.
  • There’s no way to replay the file after it’s played once.  The Play button is now grayed out.
  • It always shows its extremely shitty visualization while playing sound files.  No, you cannot turn it off.

And no, MPlayer is not any better.

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.

If you’re running “Shiretoko” (because there’s no way to actually upgrade to Firefox 3.5), and you miss the target while middle-clicking, you get this. It’s not annoying at all.

If you’re running “Shiretoko” (because there’s no way to actually upgrade to Firefox 3.5), and you miss the target while middle-clicking, you get this.  It’s not annoying at all.

This is what happens if you try to read the release notes during installation. Why is it even trying to open Firefox? It can’t display text in a pane of the installer?

This is what happens if you try to read the release notes during installation.  Why is it even trying to open Firefox?  It can’t display text in a pane of the installer?