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I'm getting really fed up with this sort of rubbish!
What has this got to do with Linux? This is not an OS fault it's a
manufacturer's fault for not supplying an decent driver installer.
How can it be Linux's fault if the peripheral manufacturer doesn't
supply a Linux driver installer of equal quality to the one they supply
for Windows?
So tell Nvidia you won't be buying their products if they don't make
Max Siegieda wrote:
> My 2 pence (correct phrase?) on this issue is as follows.
> I once had an install of debian, it wasn't the easiest thing to use but
> I managed. Since I am a gamer by heart, I wanted to install a Nvidia
> driver so that I could use my graphics card to full gaming effect, and
> the following happened:
> had to download package
> had to run setup script
> had to modify Xorg to get it to use the new driver (these were Nvidia's
> own instructions)
their installation work on Linux like to does on Windows.
No! This should say "Now compare the driver installer for Windows with
> Got through most of it ok until an error occured
> Could not find any mention of this error anywhere on the internet (which
> is a weird thing nowadays)
> gave up, restarted and found myself sat in the middle of a CLI as Xorg
> had failed
>
> Now compare this to windows, where we simply download an exe, run it,
that supplied for Linux" (assuming there was one!).
> restart, bingo the job is done. Linux in general needs more configuring
> towards the average Joe, who is nowadays a complete moron. Ubuntu goes
> partway, but not far enough.
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:30 PM, <jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> kevin writes:
> > What do you use for Music on Windows?
> > If I have a specialized app I need to run I usually go for a
> Distro just
> > for that purpose. It can run off the "live Cd" to test it, so you
> don't
> > spend hours setting up hardware or breaking your current setup.
> > After 15 year s of nix I have just one app i run on windoze
> (can't live
> > with it, Can't live without it)
> > ie Debian64 Studio
> > Or the various Fedora, Ubuntu dostros that just do Multimedia like
> > MythTV or http://dynebolic.org/ (love the funky penguin)
> > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 22:55 +0100, jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--> <mailto:jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Paul Sutton writes:
> >> > Tom Potts wrote:
> >> >> its so much easier...
> >> >>
> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/software-installation-in-linux-is-difficult/
> >> >> Tom te tom te tom
> >> > Good article. Upgrading ubuntu is nice, and apt-get is
> excellent, ok
> >> > you get the occasional issue but I don't think this is ever
> that serious.
> >> > they do raise a few valid points, regarding upgrading
> software but for
> >> > the most part as long as you can install various updates, I
> am sure if
> >> > some minor issues can be sorted Linux can continue to be a
> success.
> >> > I do agree with is sometimes there is too much choice, and
> this can
> >> > cause issues. e.g sound drivers. But that is something that
> can be
> >> > solved in time.
> >> > Paul
> >> ...the thing is, I do like Linux. I have Ubuntu on a laptop now
> but for what
> >> I want from a computer I am beginning to feel let down by it.
> When I began
> >> using Linux it was off the beaten track and interesting but
> there is a
> >> program for Windows callled Ableton 'Live' that isn't ported to
> Linux. I
> >> asked about alternatives here and was informed of all of the
> various music
> >> making programs for Ubuntu, of which there are lots! The thing
> is I went
> >> through all of the programs I have installed with Synaptic and
> 75% of them
> >> just didn't work. the other 23% worked but were for the most
> part useless
> >> and the remainder is the 'Audacity' which is a nice open source
> recorder and
> >> editor. Forgive me for saying this but I have had similar
> experiances with
> >> other kinds of software. There seems to be so many projects that
> are at some
> >> stage of development...but not developed, esoteric to the point
> where only
> >> the developer and a handfull of people might ever be able to
> work out how to
> >> use them or usefull and finished programms but that require
> extensive
> >> knoweledge and time to set them up...phew!
> >> I would just like to add here that I am a very average
> ability computer
> >> user and probably have more difficulty than most would in
> understanding and
> >> using Linux and that my opinion counts for very little really...but
> >> unfortunatly this, at the moment is how I feel about Linux.
> Sorry to have to
> >> do that here. I would be chuffed in fact if anyone can prove me
> wrong and
> >> illuminate some good (Ableton standard) music programs for
> Ubuntu....
> >> Again, apologies....Jon
> >>
> >>
> >
> ...I use this;
> http://www.ableton.com/live
> which is widely used at profesional level in the industry and is a
> really
> easy to use and good sequancer. AFIK there is nothing that comes
> close for
> LINUX...
>
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