Ubuntu 8.04 = Problems

So since today I’m home sick with a fracking cold, I’ve decided to upgrade my home desktop to Ubuntu 8.04… Boy that was a mistake… Rei was already saying that he had some problems, but since this was already my forth installation I thought everything would go well. I was wrong…

Decided to format the root partition (somethings were wrong already so why not a clean start), so I booted the Ubuntu CD. I thought it was strange that the system detected my disks and partitions in the wrong order, but I didn’t pay that much attention. After the installation was complete, rebooted, and was presented wih GRUB Error 17. What a nice clean way to tell you to greet you after you installed a LTS version! Apparently the detecting the disks and partitions in the wrong order was a big deal since it f*cked up the GRUB config file. Booting the LiveCD again and re-running the GRUB setup didn’t work either… Fortunately I found this guide which worked well in my computer.

But now that I have the boot fixed, I still am encountering problems… In previous versions, every mount point located inside /media would show up in the Desktop as an icon with the mount point as the name. Now they show up as xxxGB Media… Since I have 3 disks with the same size how the hell am I supposed to figure how which is which. I suppose this is just a matter of changing some configuration, but if it was working so well why the hell did they change it?

I’m giving Ubuntu 8.04 until Sunday to win me over. If not, I think I’m reverting to 7.10 for the time being… And no, Fedora, OpenSUSE and all that crap is not an option…

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5 Responses to “Ubuntu 8.04 = Problems”

  1. BUGabundo Says:
    April 30, 2008 at 17:25

    poça, tas com uma serie de azares.
    Tenhu vindo a fazer uma serie de instalações com o Hardy e tem corrido kase td bem (o da minha namorada n tem som).
    mm eu re-instalei no passado sabado, e foi 5 *

  2. Bruno Says:
    April 30, 2008 at 20:22

    “All that crap”? What a f*cking sad remark… do you like NetworkManager in Ubuntu? It started in Fedora. Do you like AppArmor? It has been donated by Novell to the FLOSS world. Do you like PulseAudio? The main dev is being payed for by RedHat.

    Check your facts - Linux is multifaceted, and the last thing we need is dumb users hurting the movement!

  3. oscar Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 11:09

    Ubuntu = Problems. No matter what version. Ubuntu = Crap. I know because i used it. never again.

  4. Rogério Says:
    May 5, 2008 at 21:54

    Não vejo motivo para chamar ao fedora e outras distros alike.. de crap :\
    Nem mesmo ao Ubuntu como tambem já aqui chamaram. Veem todos do mesmo… não há necessidade de extremismos na diferenciação.
    Ubuntu é uma boa distro de linux. Eu passei do 7.10 para o 8.04 sem quaisquer problemas. As vezes é questão de sorte no hardware. Uma coisa é certa.. tou-me a cansar do ubuntu e provavelmente nos próximos tempos irei mudar para Fedora ou Mandriva. Este último já experimentei e devo dizer que está bastante bom.

  5. BUGabundo Says:
    May 6, 2008 at 13:32

    @Oscar: care to explain how did i survived for the past 2,5 years using Ubuntu only?

    Its a great distro, and that is shown by the rising number of users.

    Of course, as with any OS, it aint the best for EVERYONE.

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