Re: Ubuntu = Crapware
  By: MIKE POWELL to IBANEZ on Tue May 16 2006 04:03 pm

 > >> What's worse is that the damn thing does not give you a
proper root accou
 > >> or even properly-working su capabilities (and the
"destuctions" on their 
 > >> site to do either are not correct) ...
 > >
 > > Hmm, yeah, I'll stick with Gentoo... :)
 > 
 > I actually figured out how to get it to work properly, despite the
 > instructions on the site.  It was like they sent me in the right general
 > direction, but I had to ignore a couple & figure it out myself.  However,
 > when trying to re-set everything up, it suddently wasn't such an easy way
 > to find on my own.  ;-)
 > 
 > I've not yet had to set up the root account after the reinstall.  For
 > things that need root/su privaleges, it prompts for you to retype your own
 > (non-root) password.  That didn't work the first time, which is why sudo
 > also would not work, and why I had to figure out how to set up the root
 > account with their hit-and-miss instructions.  This time, it seems to work
 > the way they intended it.  That is one good thing, I guess.  ;-)
 > 
 > Mike

I've never run into any problems like that. The only problems I've ever hit is
being the early adopter for new releases and discovering some compiling
issues... They usually fix it in a couple days and I can grab the new stuff and
go at it.

I don't even use full install guide anymore... I use the quick ref version. ;)




- Ibanez

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