Comments on: A Few Reflections on Ubuntu http://philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu Web Development, startups, entrepreneurship, books, art, and other stuff Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Phil Crissman http://philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu#comment-328 Phil Crissman Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:10:31 +0000 http://www.philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu/#comment-328 I've had no segfault trouble for awhile... I'm not sure what would have fixed it, though, so that's not too comforting, yet. The crashing seemed to occur when I was using and OpenGL screensaver -- since I stopped using one, it hasn't crashed. That's a little disappointing, though, as there is no reason that using an OpenGL screensaver should cause your machine to crash... It's been working well since I wrote the above post (so, for about 2-3 days now), so I'll give it another chance and see how it does. I’ve had no segfault trouble for awhile… I’m not sure what would have fixed it, though, so that’s not too comforting, yet.

The crashing seemed to occur when I was using and OpenGL screensaver — since I stopped using one, it hasn’t crashed. That’s a little disappointing, though, as there is no reason that using an OpenGL screensaver should cause your machine to crash…

It’s been working well since I wrote the above post (so, for about 2-3 days now), so I’ll give it another chance and see how it does.

]]> By: mrben http://philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu#comment-327 mrben Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:47:42 +0000 http://www.philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu/#comment-327 Strange - I've not had any serious problems with Ubuntu on my laptop, nor on the desktop that my wife used to have. And hibernate is working fine since Breezy came out. Never had it segfault on me - it does sound like a hardware fault - perhaps overheating? Strange - I’ve not had any serious problems with Ubuntu on my laptop, nor on the desktop that my wife used to have. And hibernate is working fine since Breezy came out.

Never had it segfault on me - it does sound like a hardware fault - perhaps overheating?

]]> By: Phil Crissman http://philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu#comment-326 Phil Crissman Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu/#comment-326 Sorry, no immediate suggestions... Gentoo has actually been, generally speaking, the best performing distro I've ever used. It isn't "hard" to install (the documentation rocks) but it does take awhile due to the "compile (almost) everything from source" methodology. I hear good things about <a href="http://archlinux.org" rel="nofollow">Arch linux</a>, and it is a pretty quick install -- perhaps look through their forums to see if your wireless adapter is supported. Thanks for visiting! Sorry, no immediate suggestions… Gentoo has actually been, generally speaking, the best performing distro I’ve ever used. It isn’t “hard” to install (the documentation rocks) but it does take awhile due to the “compile (almost) everything from source” methodology.

I hear good things about Arch linux, and it is a pretty quick install — perhaps look through their forums to see if your wireless adapter is supported.

Thanks for visiting!

]]> By: Sorin Matei http://philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu#comment-325 Sorin Matei Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:44:19 +0000 http://www.philcrissman.com/2005/12/30/a-few-reflections-on-ubuntu/#comment-325 Indeed, Ubuntu's been quite a trip for me too. From having to add the name of the host to the etc\hosts file with no access to the root account (had to use Ubuntu live), to not having access to printing and having the computer horribly stuck after attempting to hybernate, I've seen it all. It is a nice, slick distro, but not ready from prime time, yet. I am planning to write a review about it soon... Any suggestions for a good, stable, not hard to install and compatible with off the shelf wireless adapters (the only reason why I decided to use UBUNTU)? Indeed, Ubuntu’s been quite a trip for me too. From having to add the name of the host to the etc\hosts file with no access to the root account (had to use Ubuntu live), to not having access to printing and having the computer horribly stuck after attempting to hybernate, I’ve seen it all. It is a nice, slick distro, but not ready from prime time, yet. I am planning to write a review about it soon… Any suggestions for a good, stable, not hard to install and compatible with off the shelf wireless adapters (the only reason why I decided to use UBUNTU)?

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