I'm sorry, but it needs to be said: The new Ubuntu sucks - at least when compared to Windows Vista. Yes, it's free. And yes, it's better than the previous release, Ubuntu 7.04 "Fiesty Fawn" (Yawn?).

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I finally decided to put my OS where my mouth is. Or, at least, where my typing fingers are. I'm typing this from a Lenovo X61 ThinkPad...running Ubuntu 7.10. I'm going to spend the next week or so ...

OK. I bit the bullet and installed Ubuntu on my laptop. I have no sound at all. I found a utility in Ubuntu, alsamixer. I turned everything down to zero then turned up each device one by one and still ...

my AMD system isn't working properly from the install discs...it always happens at the same place. <BR>Running install scripts(/etc/rc.local)<BR>Anyone have any ideas ...