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I should have guessed it wouldn’t be any good, being Ubuntu 9.10 based.

Yes, I have mobile broadband, but no printer, no pc suite for my phone, fonts won’t install, & documents can’t be read, etc., etc., etc. I don’t even want games on my machine.

The GUI was better on the surface only. Underneath, its the same old garbage that won’t let you install anything, but won’t tell you how you can. Create a directory, then try to find it! Try installing using the ‘gDebi Package Installer’! Try terminal commands! The terminal doesn’t recognise the commands suggested by the Ubuntu forums, & there are dozens of variations suggested by the denizens of that realm.

There’s a constant denial of priviledges & permissions. WHAT?!

IT’S MY @*&^%%$# COMPUTER! WHY SHOULD I NEED PERMISSION?! AND WHY THE CONSTANT PASSWORDS?

In XP, I can hack out what I want, I can install what I want, & the machine does what it’s told, when it’s told! Try that with anything Linux based. When they come up with a install procedure as straightforward as Microsoft’s, then I might give all the blurb about ‘freedom’ & ‘towards humanity’ some credit.

I started with Ubuntu 7.04, then 9.04-9.10, etc. (see above), each time, as now, going back to XP for the same reasons: software & hardware incompatibility. Wine is not good enough: what is needed is installers & clear instructions so that people can use the things they want. What is so wrong with ‘plug-in-&-play’?

The hippies never changed the world!

Ylmf have a lot of work to do if they’re going to convince people. My opinion, but surely they could have based the OS on a better, more user-friendly system, or even written their own, as Pardus did?

But what can one expect from the Debian/Ubuntu-based world?

YO, I think you’ve missed my point. In fact, I think you didn’t actually read what I wrote.

I’m sure Ylmf works fine in a netbook, if all you do is browse, chat & download, etc., & you seem to be a straightforward consumer who wants a total pre-install. It seems that your idea of ‘freedom’ simply means ‘not using Windoze or Mac’. If this is the case, then you’re just another ‘Luser’ who’s ‘bought’ the ‘freedom’ myth.

So the install was seamless – AND? – you get this with most alpha releases (try installing Bluebottle: it does it in under 2 minutes!).

Have you tried installing any hardware? Have you ever wasted 6 hours in terminal on what should take 2 minutes? Do you have any documents/artwork, etc., that weren’t composed on Ubuntu? have you ever tried getting any kind of consensus/sense out of the elitist ‘Linux’ forums? I find Ubuntu 9.10 next to useless, for aforementioned reasons, as well as the fact that it seems to crash by default! I think the idea behind Ylmf (& ‘Linux’, for that matter) is great, & I quite like the pseudo-XP desktop (anything is preferable to the ghastly GUIs offered by Ubuntu). But why base it on Ubuntu? Gnome must be the worst file system, ever.

I’m not familiar with OS X, but ‘Linux’ certainly IS NOT Windoze, so you got that right: congratulations! My main OS is a 2005 (originally) XP pro, from which I’ve hacked the bloat, the unwanted standard software, the unnecessary registry keys, updates, etc., & now have an OS that is faster & more efficient than any ‘Linux’ offering I’ve tried, & it rarely crashes (Why? Because I have total administrative control over it). I can install/uninstall what I want, when I want; & I have some excellent software libre such as VLC, Open Office (why would anyone EVER buy MS Office?), Firefox, etc., ALL of which work better on my hacked XP than they ever did on ‘Linux’.

If XP is SO bad, then why are there SO many unofficial versions/clones of it available, including, as far as I know, versions of XP cloned by the very same people who brought you Ylmf? (By the way, I don’t use Wine, obviously; & if you do use Wine, then you certainly need AV).

So I need to use AV & a firewall? We all do, simply because there are dickheads out there who think it’s cool to #### other people’s computers/lives up, & who should be treated like criminals or terrorists (my opinion)! A hunter-killer anti-virus that got back to source & utterly destroyed the virus-writers’ systems would be worthy of sainthood! Do not believe for a minute that Linux is virus-proof! Furthermore, removing/disabling unwanted/unused registry keys & certain processes (especially updates) is effective against viri, because the normal pathways no longer exist.

Best of luck with your monolithic consumer product. For your sake, I hope Ylmf don’t do the same thing as Ubuntu & upgrade to the latest ‘stable’ release every 6 months (I hear that Ubuntu 10.?? is already available).

Oh, and DO be careful with the synaptic package/update manager that only lets you install what your OS dictator wants you to have (‘freedom’, huh?). A ‘virus’ is not always deliberately written malware: it can simply be a badly-written programme or application: it can even be something that gives you access to your own computer’s OS. And remember, if something wrong does get in, a ‘Linux’ system won’t alert you; it’ll just crash!

If you really like ‘Linux’, then take a look at Pardus. If you’re serious, then take a look at OpenSolaris. If you want slower than Vista, then try PC-BSD. If you’re really keen, take a look at Haiku (which is neither ‘UNIX’, ‘Linux’, nor NTFS).

Yeah, man: world peace!

Kris, that’s not enough information for a clear answer, but it may be a problem with your service provider, or the reception in your locale.

I don’t use it anymore, but I have a 1998 Ericsson GA628 brick (box & all, with interchangeable colour-coded fascias & aerial rings!) that still works fine!

So unless your phone is actually damaged, it may simply be a network problem, especially if you’ve moved recently or your provider is upgrading their network. Check with your provider: they may have a locator section on their website that will give you an idea of the reception in your area.

Hope this helps.