Ubuntu 11.0 64bit on HP 6730s Laptop. (4GB RAM, Core2Duo)
My experiences so far:
1. If i need to install an app, i have to have internet, coz of dependencies.
2. My graphics card (Intel-based) STILL is not recognized.
3. My mount points have broken (Twice), so every time i boot, i have to skip some drives
4. Because of 3. above, My VirtualBox instance has broken (Twice)
5. Sometimes the display freezes on me, especially when i need to present to clients. (Probably coz of 2. above)
All in all, I am a satisfied user, coz the rest just works.
I chucked windows 7 coz of resource hogging and backup issues.
Now i have a clean Windows 7 VDI that i copy to removable disk.
My thoughts:
Linux as a desktop O/S has made strides to usability.
./Sam
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Arthur Buliva
<arthurbuliva@hotmail.com> wrote:
I thought MATE desktop environment was cool. Until I tried it too and discarded the cd and destroyed the iso.
Ps any pun in the mail unintended
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Dennis Kioko <
dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
>This seems to be an unpopular discussion, however to wrap it up, I booted
>up a live distro of Linux Mint 12 , and to my disappointment, found it
>wanting and less smooth than my current distribution. In fact , there
>wasn't much difference and I felt what I was using was neater.
>
>Again, the issue of Linux usability eludes me
>