On Jul 11, 7:23*pm, Adrian C wrote:
On 11/07/2011 13:41, alexander.keys1 wrote:

I've just installed Ubuntu Linux 11.04, because Windows kept crashing,
and we didn't get a backup disc with our PC.

There are two problems so far: the 'Time and Date' dialogue box will
not appear, Ubuntu's website is useless as it says you need to get the
box up first to enable time setting... obviously they're staffed by a
typical incompetence of engineers, telling you their product does
something when it plainly doesn't.

*From the tone of that, I'd suggest you visit a computer shop and simply
buy a PC that has the operating system already installed, or just *pay*
someone to find the PCs original windows software (or Linux if you are
keen) and install properly it for you. Wasting your time otherwise.

We've done that before, paid somebody to do a Windows reload, but the
trouble with Windows is that it keeps getting corrupted and crashing,
and we have anti-virus software too, at least we did have until the
latest crash.

Distributions of Linux are made for technical fiddlers who enjoy and
share their experiences of experimenting at the (b)leading edge of tech.
Ubuntu 11.04 has a new desktop to it and unavoidably new bugs. It is not
an out of the box experience that can be compared to switching on a
computer that has been bought from a shop. Maybe Ubuntu 10.04 LTS could
be for you but the coders of that work for free, calling them
"incompetant" from your perspective of a spoilt spoon fed windows
consumer is not nice ...

They should still do the job properly, volunteers on preserved
railways work for free, but the job has to be done to professional
standards, or else bad things will happen.

Last line of Dirty Harry,

* * * * A man's got to know his limitations....

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Adrian C