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   From: Toby Newman    
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   Subject: Re: I love Ubuntu, but...   
   Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:19:32 +0000   
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   On 2007-01-20, Fred  wrote:   
   >         I have been using Ubuntu for over a year, an up to date version of   
   Dapper.    
   > I really like the philosophy and the spirit in which it is being developed,   
   > but the time has come when I need certain things to work, for instance, I   
   > coukld ude a good video editor for regular DV and for High Definition.  I   
   > am breaking into the TV Production field and I need that desperately.   
   >         Today I tried to copy some high school yearbooks for an archive   
   effort,   
   > before they turn to dust and I found that Xsane freezes any time I try to   
   > scan.   
   >         My internet applications all work well.  The games play well,   
   allbeit they   
   > are mostly tiny games like solitaire and so on, but when it comes to doing   
   > anything serious, Ubuntu just doesn't seem to have things that are   
   > reliable.  I can get sound out to my good speakers, but since I bought my   
   > new computer I have never been able to record anything.  That, could be the   
   > hardware, but how would I find out?  It just never works.   
   >         I hate to say it but I may have to go back to Mandrake.  I've just   
   got to   
   > get stuff working.   
   >   
      
   I would start a thread for each specifc problem and explain them in   
   further detail with a meaningful subject for a start:   
      
   http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html   
      
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