I try out Ubuntu with each release as well, and I always go back to using Windows. It's not just the name that sends me there either.
1. Installing software is a pain if its not already in one of the Download Managers 2. Daily operations are not intuitive 3. Non-daily operations are a pain in the ass that require a terminal. 4. No native DirectX support and as good as Wine is, it's still not as good of quality as REAL DirectX and it's not as fast. 5. Why doesn't Nautilus have a button to switch to admin access? Or atleast prompt for the password if I want to add/edit a file requiring those permissions, as opposed to just giving me the middle finger? 6. Mounting/Unmounting a hard drives. Why is it that when i mount a hard drive and enter the admin password, it's available for all the users on the computer? WTF? It should be profile specific. And access settings should be EASY to figure out. I spent hours trying to do this with no luck. 7. You can't create a guest profile without a password????
Ubuntu has great potential and has plenty of eyecandy now, however it is still geared for a geek with an understanding of kernels and everything under the cover. It's not for the average person, and until then it's going to have it's quirks and have a smaller user base. As an average user, I should be able to use it's full potential without EVER going into a terminal and typing. Grandma is never going to go into a terminal and type "apt get...." or "sudo....". It's just not going to happen.
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I try out Ubuntu with each release as well, and I always go back to using Windows. It's not just the name that sends me there either.
1. Installing software is a pain if its not already in one of the Download Managers
2. Daily operations are not intuitive
3. Non-daily operations are a pain in the ass that require a terminal.
4. No native DirectX support and as good as Wine is, it's still not as good of quality as REAL DirectX and it's not as fast.
5. Why doesn't Nautilus have a button to switch to admin access? Or atleast prompt for the password if I want to add/edit a file requiring those permissions, as opposed to just giving me the middle finger?
6. Mounting/Unmounting a hard drives. Why is it that when i mount a hard drive and enter the admin password, it's available for all the users on the computer? WTF? It should be profile specific. And access settings should be EASY to figure out. I spent hours trying to do this with no luck.
7. You can't create a guest profile without a password????
Ubuntu has great potential and has plenty of eyecandy now, however it is still geared for a geek with an understanding of kernels and everything under the cover. It's not for the average person, and until then it's going to have it's quirks and have a smaller user base. As an average user, I should be able to use it's full potential without EVER going into a terminal and typing. Grandma is never going to go into a terminal and type "apt get...." or "sudo....". It's just not going to happen.