The guy couldn't get a program installed, so he is going back to Windows. WOW!!!
The guy couldn't get a program installed, so he is going back to Windows. WOW!!!
You'd be surprised how frustrating one experience can be.
If that one program was really essential... It makes sense. If it was one with a bunch of good alternatives, it doesn't.
imagine you went to a completely new operating system and the first thing you do is try to install an app like you've dont thousands of times on windows, but now in ubuntu it does t work at all. Wouldnt you think that everything is going to be that difficult if you couldnt even install 1 program. Alot of people go to linux because people brag about how easy it is, but if you see its not easy as soon as you start of course you would be inclined to go back to what you know.
i've invested at least 20 hours into getting my sound card to work, and it's still dead. no rest for the wicked.
some people find time the most valuable resource they have, so spending it on learning something new for doing something very familiar may not be an option they are willing to consider
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Don't you worry, he's already infected.
Let me tell you, i tried linux *several* times before i got stuck, but the thing is, i always came back.
I can understand if someone gives up early. Imagine you're stuck at a crappy resolution, and X wont let you go over 60Hz in refresh rate. I promise you, i give it 5 minutes then i reboot before my eyes bleed to death. I might give it another try, but there's always that timeframe.
Another issue is; no sound. I get sick, *literally* if i can't fire up a media player and listen to music while i'm at my computer.
- "though It seems that I know that I know, what I would like to see Is the I that sees me, when I know that I know that I know" / Alan Watts
if it's the post i was trying to help him with (gsopcast), well, these are things that normal people don't want to deal with. can't blame them really, although, the program in question is not even in synaptic so there's some terminal "work" involved.
linux isn't for everyone no matter how easy you make things.
Sure when I made the move to Ubuntu, I was about to cry, with the apt-get, and all the terminal things. But I am learning and the other day I loaded up Windows 2000, and my eyes started bleeding because the refresh rate wouldn't go over 60. Soon as I was done, I plugged back in the Ubuntu box, and just said lovely. But to know I am secure and can almost do anything I want, I love it. Sure I had problems getting my Nvidia card to work, but when the Final Release came out, and I downloaded Envy, they Installed like a dream and are working fine. Sure it is hard but, just got to listen and learn. Any problems come here and check to see if there is someone else with the same problem. But for one program I would never go back to Windows.
What's everyone talking about their eyes bleeding when the refresh rate isn't over 60? Mines at 60 on Debian here. I'm not sure about what it is on windows, but I don't notice a difference either way.
Everyone has a threshold of pain or tolerance. A neighbor of mine many years ago wanted to go biking with me. It wasn't just any regular bike ride. It was six miles up hill and no flat ground along the way; not for the faint of heart. She was out just after the first mile. I can't blame her. She just reached a level of tolerance that she couldn't pass. I have mine. For instance, you'll never catch me jumping out of a plane. I don't care how safe you say it is.
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