Sounds like you should hate DVD drives instead. 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 >