Sounds like you should hate DVD drives instead.
On Jun 21, 2014 11:10 AM, <
kitepilot@kitepilot.com> 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
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