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US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
Shuttleworth baby kills college dream By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in Operating Systems, 15th January 2009 01:04 GMT An American woman has told a TV station in Madison, Wisconsin that something called Ubuntu prevented her from joining online classes at her local technical college. According to WKOW TV, Abbie Schubert recently ordered a Dell laptop, expecting "your classic bread-and-butter computer." But when she unboxed the $1,100 machine that arrived, she didn't find bread and butter. She found Ubuntu. WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that runs off the Linux system." "It's been a mess," Schubert said. "I regret ordering the computer." She had never heard of Ubuntu. So she called Dell. Dell said there was still time to replace her Ubuntu. Then Dell told her not to. "The person I was talking to said Ubuntu was great, college students loved it, it was compatible with everything I needed," she explained. So she kept Ubuntu, then decided that Ubuntu doesn't always work like Windows. Her Verizon internet wouldn't load. She couldn't install Microsoft Word. And she said without Word and the internet, she couldn't take online classes at Milwaukee Area Technical College. So she dropped out of the college's fall and spring semesters. Then Dell said it was too late for bread and butter. "I'm extremely frustrated," Schubert said. "I wanted to get back to school, but I needed a computer to be able to do that." Yes, that's fall and spring semesters. At Milwaukee Area Technical College. ® |
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US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet Shuttleworth baby kills college dream By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in Operating Systems, 15th January 2009 01:04 GMT An American woman has told a TV station in Madison, Wisconsin that something called Ubuntu prevented her from joining online classes at her local technical college. According to WKOW TV, Abbie Schubert recently ordered a Dell laptop, expecting "your classic bread-and-butter computer." But when she unboxed the $1,100 machine that arrived, she didn't find bread and butter. She found Ubuntu. WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that runs off the Linux system." "It's been a mess," Schubert said. "I regret ordering the computer." She had never heard of Ubuntu. So she called Dell. Dell said there was still time to replace her Ubuntu. Then Dell told her not to. "The person I was talking to said Ubuntu was great, college students loved it, it was compatible with everything I needed," she explained. So she kept Ubuntu, then decided that Ubuntu doesn't always work like Windows. Her Verizon internet wouldn't load. She couldn't install Microsoft Word. And she said without Word and the internet, she couldn't take online classes at Milwaukee Area Technical College. So she dropped out of the college's fall and spring semesters. Then Dell said it was too late for bread and butter. "I'm extremely frustrated," Schubert said. "I wanted to get back to school, but I needed a computer to be able to do that." Yes, that's fall and spring semesters. At Milwaukee Area Technical College. ® 
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why doesn't she just install windows XP it's cheep these days and would cure all here problems. I run and use Mandriva linux and never had a problem getting on line or opening or sending word documents with sun open office which might I add is also free.
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Ubuntu is a great operating system. But, if your not used to it, or just wanting to stay with what you know best, and your software only works w/your previous system...then you should be able to stay with what you want. I feel she should have demanded to get back her Windows(even though I'm not a fan), she certainly paid enough for it. We can't let the big company's TELL you what you want.
Personally...after 30 years repair of Mac, and Windows systems, I've seen enough from Microsoft that turned me towards the Mac. If she could find the programs that would have worked for her...such as "compatible" software. All else aside...Ubuntu is not a bad system. JMO 
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A college student couldn't figure out to use a word processor and blames linux for her lack of intelligence. Gotta love it.
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Sounds like she is has such little understanding of computers, sh needs a mac.
"Her verizon internet"????????????? That tells you everything about her level. There is nothing wrong with not knowing computers. I, for example, don't know anything about brain surgeries. But, I do not attempt to perform them either. |
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there are a lot of programs that are difficult to use with ubunto and firefox. I personally know of several internet based ones which are written only for IE. My thought on that is why would I write a program to cater to 8% of the computers in the world? Not worth my time. Most ppl who run ubuntu and firefox and all seem to have enough knowlege to do it. It would be a bit shocking to someone to have a new system with no clue what to do with it...lol
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