[citation][nom]Teeroy32[/nom]ojas, how long has it been since you used Ubuntu, first one I used was Lucid Linx, and all versions since then you just plug the externalhardrive in and a file browser window just opens, and drivers, vast majority are already built into the kernal, and if it isn't you just load the extra hardware app and it detects and downloads and installs for you, anything else the manufacturer are assholes and not worth supporting. The last major bug bear I could thing off was the drivers for broadcom chips, and as of a year or so ago they came onboard and their drivers are in the kernal. Id things are still playing up you have seriously messed up your install. Unless you actually know this and your trolling like Loverock Davidson on cnet and other sites like that[/citation]
No, not trolling. Haven't used it for too long, but it was supposed to go into a basic work machine. I just hope i'm not making the wrong choice, and till now i've felt a bit uneasy with it. Stuff seems too hidden away in the name of security, you can't partition the disk from within the OS, i have to mount partitions as paths that i'm not familiar with (i know what \home is for, but it's like, i don't want an entire partition for \temp! and what does \usr do exactly? where are the programs installed? etc.)...what's wrong with drive letters? i just kept sudo bash-ing all the time...change refresh rate? no, can't...re-postion the dock? no, can't...
i don't mind getting running the console at times (feels kind of cool 😀 ), but for so many things...