Linux getting user friendly? Pfft.

[Cuchulain]

I don't know who made that lie up. I downloaded the wubi installer for Ubuntu 10 today, ran it, tapped in the password and it gave me some odd error about a log file and exited, ran it again and it then said it couldn't install as the Ubuntu directory existed, deleted the directory, ran it again and it installed.

Logged in, got a message about proprietry drivers for my Video card, clicked activate and it froze, had to restart.

No message this time about proprietry drivers, god knows how I get them now, so ignored them for the time being, downloaded Skype, ran the install, the window froze when trying to download additional files.

Not a good start, I have a working internet connection as I can use firefox etc but it seems to hate downloading packages, any idea's before I uninstall it and forget linux for another few years?

 

[Cuchulain]

Why are you using alpha software as a new comer? you want ubuntu 9.10, as it's the current stable version.

Download the proper iso image, burn at slow speed onto a quality CD, check against the checksum.

Put disk in drive with windows running and run wubi.

Sorry, it is 9.10, Wubi installed it over the internet, I'm just trying to fathom why it won't download packages, I assumed the terminal view would show it wgetting or something but that shows nothing either, the window just sit's at 0% and freezes.

I'm also not a newcomer and even if I had installed 10, it's not in Alpha, it's in Beta and is due for release next month.

 

[Cuchulain]

The drivers were for your display, they will stop things being as slow as crap. The other reason things are slow as crap is because you're running it in a virtual filesystem on top of ntfs. Try a USB or live cd version.

2 things, learn to read and then read up on how WUBI actually installs *buntu.

 

[Cuchulain]

So, anyone who actually has a clue about *nix have any idea what could be causing my download issue?