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by bootload
5570 days ago
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"... I'm also quite interested in those who DON'T use Ubuntu and what their thoughts are on why they don't use it ..." Using Ubuntu 8.04 64AMD desktop, downgraded from 10.x. User since Ubuntu 4.x. I use the 8.04 install because a) got breach using default apache (maybe my fault/maybe not) b) because the changes in the sound system to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio means audio trouble big time. As the distro has progressed I now get c) dependencies. Why do I need to install whole slabs of applications I don't want need, then get updates for apps I never use or want? "... When first adopted by the distributions,
PulseAudio developer Lennart Poettering described
it as "the software that currently breaks your
audio".[6] Poettering later claimed that "Ubuntu
didn't exactly do a stellar job. They didn't do their
homework" in adopting PulseAudio[7] for Ubuntu "Hardy
Heron" (8.04), a problem which was then improved with
subsequent Ubuntu releases.[8] However, on October
2009, Poettering reported that he was still not happy
with Ubuntu's integration of PulseAudio.[9] ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio#Adoption
I shouldn't have these problems (sans maybe (a)). Have used linux since '96 I'd say I've got less stability in the late 9/10 releases at sub-system level. Especially sound. When I get worse results than when I configured Ubuntu 4 or Slackware or RedHat or OpenSuse or Mandriva I ask why am I using this distro? (yes I've used/installed them all and some)Moving to obsd. The 6m dev cycle is a pain but it's got gnome, is safe, secure & free of cruft of useless apps. I'll miss apt-get :( |
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I'm also somewhat tired of upgrading every 6 months just so that I can have up-to-date applications; I may switch back to Debian proper.