[OmleteDuFromage]

Well my attempt at running Ubuntu 12.04 convinced me that Ubuntu is Satan:

- Both network and wireless drivers weren't working, so I had to go to a different machine and dig up some some sources from some obscure blog, copy them to a pen drive, go back, compile and install.

- What's that, you want to update anything? Well fuck you, I'll rollback the network drivers you installed.

- What's that, you're trying to watch more than 5 youtube videos in a row? Fuck you, Compiz has crashed!

- While you were sleeping last night, I threw away all the stuff that you had on your desktop. Also, you can't right click on it anymore. What's that, did you right click more than 5 times in anger? Fuck you, Unity has crashed!

- You're trying to search the web for solutions to all these crashes? Fuck you, Compiz has crashed! Also, your mouse and keyboard don't work anymore. Have fun rebooting by holding your power button.

- What's that, you didn't pay attention to me for more than 5 minutes and I went to sleep? Well I'll just replace your screen with gibberish.

- What's that, you want to step out without people replacing your desktop background? Well I'll just hide this password prompt and show you a nice picture of your desktop background instead.

- What's that, you're trying to listen to music? Don't you just miss the old days when the cd would skip on a regular basis? I sure do! Besides, I don't like your music so as a bonus, Compiz has crashed!

- What's that, you're in a dark environment and you want to reduce the brightness? Well fuck you, everything has crashed. But here, I'll just run this awesome flashlight app that maximizes your brightness. Have fun going blind, asshole.

This last occurrence is the moment when I decided to format this hellspawn and go back to Mint.

In short, you simply appear to be an active-aggresive douchebag. Just because something works for you, doesn't mean it does for everyone.

[DanBC]

I've installed a variety of Linux distributions on a variety of machines.

The experience has been similar to that of Windows. Some combinations are really easy. Others are fucking awful.

I've never had the problems you describe, and I'm an idiot.

[SkyMarshal]

You still have to actively check Ubuntu's hardware compatibility list [1] before buying/building new PC's, and avoid hardware that hasn't been confirmed. Sounds like some or all of your system - the network drivers especially, maybe video too - didn't have support yet.

Definitely still a user experience problem inexperienced Linux users, but on fully supported hardware the user experience is good as Windows.

>In short, you simply appear to be an active-aggresive douchebag.

Yeah, a lot of that going around these days, isn't there.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport

[OmleteDuFromage]

I was using an i7-3770k with an HD4000. It doesn't get any more generic than that. I'm not going to go out of my way to check if hardware is "Ubuntu cerftified", unless I'm going to lose my mind someday. There simply is no benefit in doing so, as long as other distros such as Mint (at least for me, I've heard of people having lots of issued with Mint too) or Windows work pretty much flawlessly

[wtallis]

That Ivy Bridge processor may be completely mainstream now, but it was released after the code freeze for the distribution you were trying to install. That basically guarantees that you'll have at least some driver related issues, either due to immature drivers or undiscovered quirks in the new hardware. But you can also expect things to get much better in only a few months time.

[SkyMarshal]

>I've heard of people having lots of issued with Mint too

It's based on Ubuntu, so probably shares some of the same problems, especially when it comes to driver support.

Network and audio hardware is most often the main culprit, lots of no-name brands out there that mobo makers toss on to keep costs down, unlike CPU's and GPU's where there are only a few well known, well-supported options.

[warfangle]

Sounds like you're using a motherboard that isn't supported, TBH.

[girvo]

I run Ubuntu daily, on hardware like yours, and have had none of your issues. Weird.