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Ubuntu: Linux for Human Beings. My arse. They say that noone ever got sa=
cked
for choosing Windows, but even more importantly, they don't get grief from =
their
significant other about how annoying their computer is if its Windows.
"Why do weird things happen when I move around using the touchpad?"
Oh, the synaptic touchpad's not well configured, I kind of mainly know =
how
to move my fingers in the right way, but otherwise it fires a click event w=
hen
I lift my finger, it's badly configured and I don't know how to fix it yet.
"Why can't you call me with Skype?"
Oh, well, on my laptop, I worked out after reading the wiki pages that =
I
just need to kill the Enlightened Sound Daemon for it to work. Oh, and the=
n
switch the mixer settings to enable microphone input, and it works as long =
as
I have the OSS mixer selected and not the ALSA one, though that works bette=
r
for other stuff. The only disadvantage is that I can't have another progra=
m
that makes sound working at the same time, so I can't receive calls when I'=
m
listening to mp3s. And if I've listened to mp3s in the meantime then I jus=
t
need to kill that Sound Daemon again. And though it doesn't work from my P=
C at
work at all, I'm sure I'll get that fixed in the next couple of days.
"Why are you rebooting your computer?" (gf uses a Mac rather than Windows)
Oh, the power ran out, and there's no ACPI event that I can find that t=
ells
it to sleep when it's about to run out of power.
OR ALTERNATIVELY:
Fuck! The fucking thing won't wake up from sleep mode. Usually if I've
closed the lid rather than explicitly sending it to sleep, I only have to p=
ress
Ctrl-F7 to wake up the GUI window (because the script doesn't enable the vi=
deo
terminal like it should do) and everything's ok, but sometimes it doesn't a=
nd
refuses to do anything at all, the bag of shite.
OR SIMILARLY
When I set it to sleep and then unplug it, the battery icon doesn't
realize that
it's no longer connected to the power supply, so it didn't tell me
it's about to die.
If only I'd remembered to 'killall gnome-panel' that would have
restarted it. Silly me!
"Why can't you download pictures from your phone?"
Oh, Nokia doesn't supply a CD to connect to Linux. But there's a commu=
nity
based one called Gammu, only that won't install with Ubuntu because it need=
s
a later version of libbluetooth which clashes with the one that's there, so=
I
think I have to compile it myself, only I'm not sure how.
"Why are you shouting abuse at your laptop when you're supposed to be worki=
ng
from home?"
I can't a) connect to the wireless network in the flat, or b) connect t=
o
the VPN. Despite having done both tons of times before.
"Why can't you use the scanner or your memory card reader?"
I can't find the drivers/get the drivers to work.
"Why do the fonts look so ugly?"
Oh, that's just Linux.
"Why are you using this stupid system then?"
Oh, Windows is completely broken.
For programming, the Unix command line, apt-get/Synaptic, ssh keys, and vir=
tual
desktops make my geek knees wobble, but there's still a way to go to impres=
s me
as a human.
No, telling me Linux used to be more annoying doesn't help.
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