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I hate Ubuntu, there is no support for it. Tried it twice already. They need to go back to the drawing board.

by u48998 16y ago

rfugger 16y ago
An overview of support options, which are mainly free: http://www.ubuntu.com/support http://www.ubuntu.com/support If you need live human support for a consumer desktop system, you can purchase it on a yearly basis: http://www.canonical.com/consumer-services/support http://www.canonical.com/consumer-services/support
- u48998 16y ago
  I wish to use Ubuntu because I have slightly older hardware, but if it renders youtube video in slow motion and if I see tons of similar complaints on the internet, than what good is an operating system competing with Microsoft which isn't even working well right out of the box? Everyone seems to be getting greedy for updated hardware and operating systems. I don't really care to upgrade my hardware every two years. If Ubuntu cannot deliver without fastest processor and video memory, than they might as well just start selling to corporate and be done with the free stuff.
  - fader 16y ago
    Youtube is rendered by Flash. Entirely. As in, Ubuntu did not write the software, has no control over it, and can't make it run any faster. Just like Apple and Microsoft can't. There are also slimmed down Ubuntu versions for older hardware, e.g. Xubuntu and Lubuntu. Those run much faster on aging systems, allowing Ubuntu to support people with newer hardware. Not to mention that nobody's forcing you to update if you don't want to. For example, 8.04 is still officially supported through April 2011 for desktops and 2013 for servers. Please feel free to continue using that if it works better for you.
rufugee 16y ago
Um....ok. At my day job pay roughly $150 a year to Canonical for support. I don't really need it, mind you, as most of the time the system operates as expected. However, it was a way to give a little back to a company who has done a lot for Linux over the years. I have used it on occasion, and aside from the rather crappy salesforce interface they're using to track cases, it works very well. The responses are quick and the engineers are very knowledgeable.

I hate Ubuntu, there is no support for it. Tried it twice already. They need to go back to the drawing board.

by u48998 16y ago

I hate Ubuntu, there is no support for it. Tried it twice already. They need to go back to the drawing board.

An overview of support options, which are mainly free: http://www.ubuntu.com/support http://www.ubuntu.com/support If you need live human support for a consumer desktop system, you can purchase it on a yearly basis: http://www.canonical.com/consumer-services/support http://www.canonical.com/consumer-services/support

u48998 16y ago
I wish to use Ubuntu because I have slightly older hardware, but if it renders youtube video in slow motion and if I see tons of similar complaints on the internet, than what good is an operating system competing with Microsoft which isn't even working well right out of the box? Everyone seems to be getting greedy for updated hardware and operating systems. I don't really care to upgrade my hardware every two years. If Ubuntu cannot deliver without fastest processor and video memory, than they might as well just start selling to corporate and be done with the free stuff.
- fader 16y ago
  Youtube is rendered by Flash. Entirely. As in, Ubuntu did not write the software, has no control over it, and can't make it run any faster. Just like Apple and Microsoft can't. There are also slimmed down Ubuntu versions for older hardware, e.g. Xubuntu and Lubuntu. Those run much faster on aging systems, allowing Ubuntu to support people with newer hardware. Not to mention that nobody's forcing you to update if you don't want to. For example, 8.04 is still officially supported through April 2011 for desktops and 2013 for servers. Please feel free to continue using that if it works better for you.

rufugee 16y ago

Um....ok. At my day job pay roughly $150 a year to Canonical for support. I don't really need it, mind you, as most of the time the system operates as expected. However, it was a way to give a little back to a company who has done a lot for Linux over the years. I have used it on occasion, and aside from the rather crappy salesforce interface they're using to track cases, it works very well. The responses are quick and the engineers are very knowledgeable.