On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Ron Blizzard <rb4centos@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
I didn't mean to imply that I didn't think that you've encountered
problems or that others don't encounter problems (I'm active on and
off in ubuntu-users so I see many of the problems that people have)
but Ubuntu and Mint wouldn't have become as popular as they have if
the majority had problems installing/updating/upgrading. People
(including me) prefer cutting-edge installs. I once saw a statistic
about Debian that claimed that the majority of Debianites run sid, the
permanent beta, unstable edition.
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