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Re: A return to Ubuntu

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On 5/7/14, 9:37 AM, in article lkdngo$ms1$1@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:

> On 14-05-07 10:23 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>> On 06/05/2014 18:23, Silver Slimer wrote:
>> 
>>> However, there is a strange bug I found in Ubuntu. If I physically eject
>>> a DVD from my laptop, it doesn't eject in the OS. This small problem
>>> prevented me from ripping one DVD after another in Handbrake (until I
>>> realized it). It's not a big deal since I can just eject the CD icon
>>> afterwards, but it's a strange thing that the operating system wouldn't
>>> NOTICE that there's no disc in the drive anymore.
>> 
>> I have recently had the same issue with openSuse.  It looks like an
>> issue with udev/udisks2:
>> 
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks2/+bug/1168742
> 
> It's not a terrible bug by any means but I guess it's just a matter of
> time before Snatch the Clown calls on the world to boycott GNU/Linux
> entirely as a result of it.

This shows how little you understand of me. I support desktop Linux as a
choice and am happy it exists - I just wish it competed better. Boycotting
it would be completely against my views and wishes.

> It just forces me to eject media the OS X way which is not my preferred method
> but whatever. 

I think OS X handles this poorly. It is a shame given that the first example
of the "modern" way most OSs handle this was, I think, the Apple IIgs with
its floppy drive. You could eject it from the OS *or* the button on the
drive - as you can with Windows and Linux now. OS X does not work like this
even with third party drives that have a button. To me that is just wrong.

> Other than that though, I can't help but notice that I enjoy
> using my computer a lot more with Ubuntu installed than I did with Windows 7.

Good for you. Use what you like.

> This is a purely subjective thing but I just love Unity.

Curious: what things do you like about it?

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A return to Ubuntu Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-06 09:00 -0400
  Re: A return to Ubuntu GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-06 09:44 -0600
    Re: A return to Ubuntu Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-06 13:23 -0400
      Re: A return to Ubuntu Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 13:41 -0700
      Re: A return to Ubuntu White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-07 15:23 +0100
        Re: A return to Ubuntu DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-07 10:44 -0400
          Re: A return to Ubuntu Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-07 12:46 -0400
          Re: A return to Ubuntu Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 10:19 -0700
        Re: A return to Ubuntu Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-07 12:37 -0400
          Re: A return to Ubuntu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 09:53 -0700
            Re: A return to Ubuntu Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 13:15 -0700
  Re: A return to Ubuntu Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 09:57 -0700

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