[mythtv-users] OT: SATA errors

[Brian Wood]

On Thursday 09 July 2009 07:26:37 Matt Mossholder wrote:

>
> Ubuntu uses a patched sulogin for system maintenance to get around that
> issue. If you can't log in, it may indicate that the /etc/passwd or
> /etc/group file was damaged.

Thanks, that's good to know. I don't  use (K,X)Ubuntu regularly, but enough of 
my friends do to cause me to keep a Kubuntu system around to help answer 
questions.

I do use a modified Xbuntu on some thin clients, but they auto-connect to the 
server via RDP so I never even see that OS normally once it's set up. Xbuntu 
is great for older hardware or cases where you want to boot from a flash 
device.

Ubuntu has done well at attracting new Linux users (I think it's now the most 
popular distro), but at the cost of behaving differently from "normal" Linux 
distros. I know they have a "If you're moving from Windows" section in their 
docs, perhaps they need an "if you're moving from a more normal Unix" 
section.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org