The Old Tin Shed

Well that is the most cryptic heading so far. (quite proud of it acutally).  As you all know from previous blog posts that I have been running Linux (ubuntu) for a couple months now.  To be honest its probably good enough for most people but not for me. It has some really annoying things.  The Unity desktop is slow and painful when multitasking and the removal of the close minimize maximize buttons from right to left is just stupid.  I mean most people have been using windows for years they all know where the x button is to close a screen.  Unity is horrible they say its intuitive but its not, you are constantly having to think about how you get to the next thing you need to do.  That and a propensity to deliver pages from email and web browsing that are blank is maddening as it needs a full reboot to fix.. remind anyone of windows. Sound out of the box works fine just don't ask it to do anything complic...

Now I dont know if i should be complaining about linux or the proprietary software I am trying to install on it. Have been through every major distro, but is seems the later the version of the software the more unlikely it is to install with no issues.   For example I can install the software on version 5.6 of CentOS no worries but try to use version 6 and it crashes out with the mysql install.  The proprietary software installs its own version of all the needed MYSQL, and has major issues with the way that works on the newer distro's.  I can only assume that, that is the reason for my issues. Lots of people ask if Linux is a real alternative to windows.  The answer is both yes and no. Windows out of the box is ready to install apps and runs full multimedia devices no issues at all.  Its primary issues are based around the fact that it is realitvely insecure and you need lots of extra software to make it do what you want it to.  For exanple to ...