Is anyone else disappointed with Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) to the point of considering another Linux distro?

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Tony Rave

I dare to say that Ubuntu 9.10 was more stable than 10.04!

I have a bug during the upgrade to 10.04 (I kidded you not!). Because of this problem alone, I have to reinstall Windows XP, then Ubuntu 8.04 to get everything back on track to reinstall 10.04.

Then a couple of days later, I became one of a few victims of a Linux-based computer virus that was located on a website through Wikipedia and Ubuntu 10.04 never recovered on my hard drive ever since. And to make matters worse, it also had a few negative effects on my DVD player.

I'm able to tell my story here because I reinstall Windows XP (again!). But because of my ordeal with Ubuntu, I'm really considering Linux Mint right about now. So what is you story with Lucid Lynx?

Answer
Linux Mint 9 is just as bad as it is built upon Ubuntu 10.04. It is the first Linux Mint release I have not liked since I started working with it in 2007 with Linux Mint 3.1 which was based on Ubuntu 7.04

I run Linux Mint 9 but with the Ubuntu 9.10 repositories instead and it works perfectly. Here is a tutorial of how I have achieved this

Begin with a standard installation of Linux Mint 8 and apply all updates

Linux Mint 8 Download
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=44

The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 8 (Helena)
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-linux-mint-8-helena

What I have done is taken Linux Mint 8 and replaced helena (Linux Mint 8) with isadora (Linux Mint 9) repositories so the sources list looks like this

Open the Terminal

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ isadora upstream import main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ karmic partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free

Save and Close

Back in the Terminal

sudo apt-get update

Update the Mint packages using Synaptic NOT Mint Update

Apply all updates except for

ubiquity
ubiquity-frontend-debconf
ubiquity-frontend-gtk
ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork
ubiquity-xsplash-artwork
xsplash
yelp

So their you have it Linux Mint 9 running perfectly off the Ubuntu 9.10 repositories


LUg.

How do I fix my DVD player on my laptop?

Q. I have Linux Ubuntu 10.04.
My laptop was originally set to play region 1 DVDs.
I downloaded and installed dvd::rip.
I ripped a region 2 DVD.
Now I can't play region 1 DVDs anymore.
Someone suggested regionset.
I downloaded and installed regionset.
I ran it in the terminal but it said that the region is set to 1.
Yet, I can only play DVDs from region 2 not region 1.
?????????
HELP!

Answer
you cant

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