From ubuntu-users Sun Nov 07 22:57:35 2004 From: bpizzuti () optonline ! net (Bryan Pizzuti) Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:57:35 +0000 To: ubuntu-users Subject: Well, it was fun while it lasted... Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=ubuntu-users&m=139114885636362 (Back on Windows for now) Sure. Trying to add anything to the subfolders of the Applications menus doesn't work, even as root (which I enabled). The launchers simply fail to be created, no matter what user I use (And there seems to be no other way to edit the menus in GNOME). Secondly, NONE of the news clients work...tried them all. This might not be an Ubuntu problem, since they're also not working in Debian Sarge, which Ubuntu is based off of. I'm currently working to figure out if a non-Debian based distro will have the same problem for me or not (Since MandrakeMove isn't working right under VMWare, I might have to install Slack or Mandrake under VM)...if so I have to have a chat with my ISP. But there doesn't appear to be anything interfering with the connection on the machine or my network up to my WAN interface, and my Windows box isn't having any trouble retriving newsgroups, so it's not like the server was down or the port was blocked on my router. I found a possible fix for Quicken on Crossover Office/WINE so that might not be too much of a problem. But I've also discovered that KDE has MUCH more (and more granular) support for variable power states needed for something like a laptop, and without having to resort to scripting. Comparitively, GNOME is a bit deficient in this area, even though it has a better display manager and beter and more options for "task tray" applets and icons (MUCH better than KDE, come to think of it...I wish they'd all just work in both). GNOME is also a cleaner interface....I have to "dumb down" KDE before I can stand to use it. ;) So basically, even if I stick with Ubuntu on the Thinkpad (I haven't re-formatted it yet) I'm going to end up pretty much using KDE on it...which kind of defeats he whole purpose of using Ubuntu, doesn't it? No distribution is perfect...if there was one such distribution, then the rest of them wouldn't exist, right? I keep about 5 different Linuxes around to recommend to people for desktop use, and Ubuntu made the short list (SUSE and Xandros for those wanting a commercial distro; MEPIS, Knoppix and Ubuntu for the free ones...Ubuntu displaced Mandrake, and I previously mentioned some problems with MEPIS). Incidentally, Debian DIDN'T, nor would I recommend Slack to a client, since they're just to difficult for anything but a power user, but that's me, an admin type, versus my clients, who are point-n-click user types for the most part. -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Matvei Kliuchnikov Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:59 PM To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Well, it was fun while it lasted... On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:27:00 -0500, Bryan Pizzuti wrote: > It was fun working with you guys; Ubuntu is a good distro, and still > one I'd recommend to my clients and friends. I just can't get it to > do everything I'm looking for > Care to post further details about your specific problems? Perhaps with a little work you might actually use the distro you're recommending to others ... -- M.E. Kliuchnikov -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users