Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I wouldn't generalize based on your experience because Mint hasn't >> become a very popular distribution by being broken. Same goes for >> Ubuntu. > > I don't have to generalize, I go to the forums and see all the issues > -- often the same issues I'm having when I upgrade. What's frustrating > about it is that, usually, there are no solutions. You often get the > same advice I used to get when running Windows... "upgrade your > hardware." I often wonder if these Ubuntu issues are why Linux hasn't > been more widely adopted on the Desktop. A lot of people come to Linux > via Ubuntu. If an upgrade kills the video driver -- or the sound quits > working -- or it doesn't even boot anymore, then their impression of > Ubuntu (which many equate with "Linux") is not going to be too good. > Ubuntu is cutting edge, kind of like Fedora. I don't use Fedora > because I prefer stability over cutting edge features. I choose CentOS > over Ubuntu/Mint for the same reason I chose it over Fedora several > years ago. > +10000 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos