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Bug #830404
Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 830404

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ChuckL (c-j-lingo-cox) wrote on 2012-04-05:

#14

Gentlemen,

I am tired of waiting for the bugs in Ubuntu 1010 to be corrected.
I will not use Unity,
I have therefore reverted to 10.04 LTS until I am able to find another operating system.
I shall no longer recommend Ubuntu to anyone.

The failure to provide upgrades that simply upgrade the usability and functions or the operating system without requiring that the complete system be replaced is not acceptable.

I used IBM's OS/2 WARP, versions 3 and 4 and the follow-on "eComStation" from Serenity Systems from early 1994 until IBM sold out on SOHO users, and Serenity Systems graduated to another supplier for OS/2 under a different name, but apparently only for business users. Apparently because we home users did not generate enough revenue from this extremely stable system. The continual upgrades to the operating system did not require replacement of the applications, as Ubuntu always does.

There is a fix, which I should be happy to see, but doubt that it will be forthcoming.
Separate the operating system from the applications. In this way it is possible to upgrade any without affecting the others.

You might find that following my request will also improve the use in business as your continual upgrade problems is a (fill in the expletive) which would prevent me from using Ubuntu in a business.

The problems are:
The operating system and the applications can not be upgraded individually by the user. (If they can this is a well kept secret procedure from the ordinary users.)

There are only three things needed.

STABILITY in the continuation of usage of the operating system. Complete replacement of the operating system should be possible without requiring massive upgrades to the applications.

Applications should never be arbitrarily changed by the OS supplier, but an alternate application may be offered.
When this is done, the OS supplier must provide, if the alternate app supplier does not, a conversion utility to convert data for use on the alternate app. This may not make the data useless on the original app.

RELIABILITY in the continued availability of the applications.

SECURITY OF DESIGN. This means that security must be considered in the design of the system to as far as possible thwart malware. I suggest that the administrator's password must be required to add, modify, or remove any application. This requirement may be changed by the administrator for a period of 24 hurs. The OS will then restore it.

Gentlemen,

I am tired of waiting for the bugs in Ubuntu 1010 to be corrected. 
I will not use Unity, 
I have therefore reverted to 10.04 LTS until I am able to find another operating system. 
I shall no longer recommend Ubuntu to anyone.

The failure to provide upgrades that simply upgrade the usability and functions or the operating system without requiring that the complete system be replaced is not acceptable.

There is a fix, which I should be happy to see, but doubt that it will be forthcoming.
Separate the operating system from the applications.  In this way it is possible to upgrade any without affecting the others.

You might find that following my request will also improve the use in business as your continual upgrade problems is a (fill in the expletive) which would prevent me from using Ubuntu in a business.

The problems are: 
The operating system and the applications can not be upgraded individually by the user. (If they can this is a well kept secret procedure from the ordinary users.)

There are only three things needed.

STABILITY  in the continuation of usage of the operating system.  Complete replacement of the operating system should be possible without requiring massive upgrades to the applications.

Applications should never be arbitrarily changed by the OS supplier, but an alternate application may be offered. 
When this is done, the OS supplier must provide, if the alternate app supplier does not, a conversion utility to convert data for use on the alternate app. This may not make the data useless on the original app.

RELIABILITY in the continued availability of the applications.

SECURITY OF DESIGN.  This means that security must be considered in the design of the system to as far as possible thwart malware. I suggest that the administrator's password must be required to add, modify, or remove any application. This requirement may be changed by the administrator for a period of 24 hurs. The OS will then restore it.