> Sounds like you should hate DVD drives instead. Nawh, that wasn't the problem. I didn't have blank DVDs. I live in the middle of the boondocks and it is an hour-and-a-half round-trip journey to go get them. Of course that if I had known then what I know now... ET > On Jun 21, 2014 11:10 AM, wrote: > >> I hate Unity too... >> And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. >> Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of >> support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. >> But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred >> the system to my real box, fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new >> Xubuntu. >> No sound... >> Darn... >> After fiddling with it for a day I decided: screw it, I'll go Debian Xfce. >> So I got my trusty net-install CD and... >> It said that it needed 'proprietary firmware' from Realtek, but WAIT! >> It also said that I could install from the 'proprietary firmware DVD'! >> Which (of course) I could not burn either... >> So I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box, >> fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Debian! :-) >> No sound... >> And not second monitor... >> Darn... :( >> After fiddling with it for a day I decided: screw it, Mint worked before, >> I may as well give it a F$%#ING try (I *NEED* a box!)... >> Of course I could not burn the DVD!!!! >> So I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box, >> fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Mint 17 Xfce. >> And now everything works! >> But I am hard headed and now I am facing years (I installed LTS) of hating >> MINT!!!! >> Grrrrrrrrr... >> 3 wasted days later, and with a fully functional system that I hate, I am >> seriously considering to end it all and hang myself from a pumpkin tree... >> I warned you that it was a useless and meaningless rant! >> So there... >> ET >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss