Re: Ubuntu = Crapware
  By: MIKE POWELL to ALL on Sat May 06 2006 01:19 pm

 > Well, you can remove me from the Ubuntu believers camp now.
 > 
 > The day before I really need the damn laptop for something, Ubuntu tells me 
 > has updates.  So, I look them over & let them roll.
 > 
 > Well, one of the updates was a new kernel, which it said it needed for
 > security purposes.
 > 
 > Now the damn thing won't boot... not with new kernel, not in
"recovery mode,
 > not with old kernel.  "Kernel panic."  Yeah, it ain't the only one.
 > 
 > So basically it did a real fine job of autoconfig-ing itself when installed,
 > but once it came time to update the kernel, it "Windowed" me.
 > 
 > I know some wise ass is going to suggest that I compiled it wrong, but I
 > didn't do anything except let it install a "security
update."  It did it all
 > itself, and now won't even boot so that I can try to fix it.
 > 
 > What's worse is that the damn thing does not give you a proper root account,
 > or even properly-working su capabilities (and the
"destuctions" on their www
 > site to do either are not correct), so there is not much that can be done
 > but a full re-install, just like damn windows.
 > 
 > Great.
 > 
 > Mike
 > 

wow, I thought only windows could update itself to death...

This message has ended, go in peace...

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