A Thankyou Post

Hello Ubuntu friends, I'm posting this up because recently I was looking at a post in spanish in another ubuntu site and the dude was leaving ubuntu and linux because was basically having ptoblems with multimedia (VLC, Elisa, HTPC, Converting music and because he couldn't get to setup his printer, an epson 6200L)

Link for those who can read in spanish

So even though he said thanks for the support he just made a complete removal... Anyways I'll get to the point.

So far I've had a lot of problems with ubuntu (not as many as with mandriva, which I removed for being unstable on my laptop) and being a n00b in the linux world I've been able to get around those problems and you all know why?

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU IN THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY

I'll admit that ubuntu is definetly more technical than windows, but heck! Much more stable! and we all know it, which is why I'm using it right now. We have almost all multimedia options available on windows and mac annd something else we have: Better players!

So a very big THANKS! for helping me when I needed help setting up my soung on my desktop box.

and Finally: Thank You for making newbies stay (or at least dualboot) in ubuntu.

• Thank You for helping me out when I was worried about my wifi in my laptop
• Thank You soooo much for helping me out when I needed help disabling my touchpad.
• Thank You for helping me when I needed a workaround in previous versions of ubuntu to get my USB port getting friendly with my Flashdrive
• Thank You for helping me out when I wanted to have a nice desktop.
• Thank You for everything I've learned here, now I use the console more often.
• Thank You all for suggesting me solutions to hardware problems
• Thank You for being part of this community and for making this the greatest when it comes to support in ubuntu
• Thank You for being there for other users when we need it and without even asking for a penny.
• Thank You for making this the best OS!
• Thank You for offering me Design software options
• Thank You for haleping me to install photoshop on previos versions of ubuntu because Adobe apparently will never care about us.
• Thank You for making me have a wonderful experience as a newbie
• Thank You for makking it easy for me

Thank You so much Ubuntu community!!!

Sincerly, A proud ubuntu user!!!

You're welcome. :D

xrecar said:

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• Thank You for being part of this community and for making this the greatest when it comes to support in ubuntu

Thank You so much Ubuntu community!!!

I really think that the single biggest asset of the Ubuntu distribution is the community. Thank you xrecar, you are part of this community.

I really think that the single biggest asset of the Ubuntu distribution is the community. Thank you xrecar, you are part of this community.

+1. Thank you, xrecar.

I agree that the community here is amazing. I mean, look at the number of people who continue to post here even if they've moved onto other distros!

Daveski said: I really think that the single biggest asset of the Ubuntu distribution is the community.

I Agree :)

So thanks to you too xrecar for joining our community!

It's not every day you see someone say, "You know, I had a *whole bunch* of problems, and thanks for the help!"

Normally people just want to whine and cry and vent about how program x isn't as good as program y on windows. It's nice to see someone acknowledge problems and thank others for helping with the solutions in the same breath.

This has to be the least hypocritical post I've ever seen on these forums. :P

:D

Daveski said: I really think that the single biggest asset of the Ubuntu distribution is the community. Thank you xrecar, you are part of this community.

It's a huge factor. There are a number of quality Distros knocking around but none are as well supported as Ubuntu.

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Comhra said: It's a huge factor. There are a number of quality Distros knocking around but none are as well supported as Ubuntu.

+1 to that. The community is what makes Ubuntu so popular.

za.zen said: +1 to that. The community is what makes Ubuntu so popular.

I also agree. That also explains why we have more than just regular users, we also have people dedicated to this OS, and this is why many people around the world, myself included wait until 12:01 AM to get their new and fresh distro every 6 months!

This community rocks!

xrecar said: I also agree. That also explains why we have more than just regular users, we also have people dedicated to this OS, and this is why many people around the world, myself included wait until 12:01 AM to get their new and fresh distro every 6 months!

This community rocks!

It does.

I've never waited til 12:01 to get the latest distro (most of the time you'd have to be glutton for punishment to install a new release the day it comes out), but I usually install the latest eventually, even when I said I wouldn't.

For instance, I'd been running HH for a while after Ibex came out, swearing I was sticking to the LTS release. Then I tried Kubuntu Ibex and had no trouble (of course, I didn't notice any differences, since Kubuntu was as new to me as Ibex was).

Then Kubuntu committed suicide on me, so I'm back to Ubuntu, this time with 8.10...and it's cool. The new themes blow, but they're programers, not artists, so what do you expect? I only see a few changes to menu structure here, and no increases in performance.

That is, no performance increases until you go to shut it down. Using the "Shut down" option is faster than unplugging it, I think. I was blown away by how quickly it shut down last night. :P

As for the community though...it rocks on. :)

jrock612 said: It does.

Then Kubuntu committed suicide on me, so I'm back to Ubuntu, this time with 8.10...and it's cool. The new themes blow, but they're programers, not artists, so what do you expect? I only see a few changes to menu structure here, and no increases in performance.

haha, true with the themes part, but I rarely use ubuntu default themes so I don't mind much. And on the Kubuntu part, I actually installed KDE and after the last update is much more stable and a bit less buggy, but Gnome is still recommended until all the plasma bugs are addressed, or at least the important ones.

jrock612 said:

I've never waited til 12:01 to get the latest distro (most of the time you'd have to be glutton for punishment to install a new release the day it comes out), but I usually install the latest eventually

Me Neither, but I was really hyped about II since it addressed wireless communications and video drivers which were major concerns for me before installing it into my laptop. Plus, It was very fun while we were all waiting in the forums, I remember seeing around Thousands of persons waiting that night...

I still remember when the release started leaking before even being published on the main site that post was soooo much fun! It was impressive that after some members (me included) confirmed the working links it took around 30-45 mins to have over 300 seeds on my version (64 bit) of the distro :lolflag:

That I will always remember!... Again!.. This Community Rocks!!!

And thank YOU for having the patience to work through the issues you faced. Lots of people wouldn't do that and would say "Linux isn't ready for the desktop" (just wait until they've tried installing Windows from scratch).

xrecar said: haha, true with the themes part, but I rarely use ubuntu default themes so I don't mind much. And on the Kubuntu part, I actually installed KDE and after the last update is much more stable and a bit less buggy, but Gnome is still recommended until all the plasma bugs are addressed, or at least the important ones.

Yeah I don't use the default themes either, but I was still hoping for something cool to give me a reason to *start* using them. :) As for KDE...I liked it a lot, but I've found that things that *didn't* work for me with Kubuntu (like upgrading to OOo3) are working with Ubuntu, and the only difference is the DE.

xrecar said:

Me Neither, but I was really hyped about II since it addressed wireless communications and video drivers which were major concerns for me before installing it into my laptop. Plus, It was very fun while we were all waiting in the forums, I remember seeing around Thousands of persons waiting that night...

I don't use wireless, so those "upgrades" weren't much concern for me...but I like that the ATI Catalyst Control Center gets installed now with the restricted drivers. The video performance isn't any better, really, as far as Compiz and ATI go...but I like having the CCC installed. :)

Next time there's a release, maybe I'll hang out here on the forums and join in the fun. No way I'll install a new release the day it comes out, but I might watch everyone else have fun with it. :)

xrecar said:

Again!.. This Community Rocks!!!

No arguing with that. The community here is - excepting a few bad eggs - very awesome. :)

Cheers!