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Re:Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux... by collyw on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @11:20AM (#11667822)
Its not just Linux. Macs have problems, and Windows too.
Re:Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux... by zxcvcxz on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @12:48PM (#11668571)
For me, Windows is the worst of them all. It's the one that's supposed to work on every machine flawlessly then you buy a new laptop with Windows 10 and it won't wake from sleep unless you open and close the lid twice and then when it does wake from sleep the wifi is broken and won't work until you reboot.

This was my experience on a new laptop from dell. And it's not uncommon, just go to the windows 10 forums and you can find people with thousands of hardware issues even on brand new systems that shipped with Windows.

Re:Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux... by beamatronic on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @05:01PM (#11670629)
What's even more sad is that I expect that kind of experience with a brand-new consumer Windows machine from the store. In the corporate world, a "clean" install is done and you don't see these kinds of issues.
Re:Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux... by sametmax on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @12:48PM (#11668573)
Yes, my goal is not to make a * context, just answering to the fact it's no suprise people are stating "cool it works". They do so because:

- often something doesn't; - it's nice share the experience and will help people to decide wether to install or not; - they are not thinking about comparing it to something else like BSD, but to previous experiences of the same kind of product.

Re:Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux... by beamatronic on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @05:00PM (#11670617)
You may have heard the term "snow crash" which originally referred to CRT monitors. I have only seen a snow crash once in real life and it was on a Mac Mini.