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It's a problem because your wife comes along and switches on the computer, goes and gets her cup of tea and then starts screaming about this strange alien thing that has taken over her nice cosy setup. You then get dragged away from the ultra important things that you are doing to fix it. I came across this for the first time on Edubuntu this week. A damned great flag obliterates the screen saying an upgrade is available and that it will improve the working of your computer and that if you don't upgrade the aliens will come and get you. I had put Mepis on the front of the menu and the upgrade left the menu as it was but stuck the 3 Ubuntu options on the front again. After a few upgrades it must be the longest boot menu in the world. This sort of activity is one of the things that drives you mad in Windows. I control my operating system and unasked for interference is not wanted, thank you very much. Ubuntu is in the bin. George On Friday 15 February 2008, Julian Hall wrote: > Robin Cornelius wrote: > > If Debian can do it right but Ubuntu screws your boot, file a bug > > against Ubuntu, its broken. I've never had any such trouble with Debian, > > i still don't know why it perceived as difficult to use. > > > > Robin > > All LILO based dual boots I've ever used always set the new Linux distro > as the default option on the menu. I honestly don't see the problem > with this as the user only has to select the desired option with the > cursor keys. Even a Windows user should be able to work that out. > > Kind regards, > > Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html