On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 22:43 +0200, Mathew Carley wrote:
Here's why I'm a bit frustrated at the moment with Ubuntu:
I think it's a bit short sighted to blame your problems on a Ubuntu when the problem is caused by a non-free application being distributed in binary only form. The blame should be appropriately placed with Skype.
I wanted to install Skype. Skype is a KDE app, (and it looks ugly in Gnome - there are workarounds, but aside from that). It requires libqt3-xxxxxxxx.
Firstly, I was trying to install it from the .deb package distributed on skype.com (skype_1.2.0.18-1_i386).
Luckily, as fulfilling as it is to be a Free software zealot and say it's all Skype's fault there are more pragmatic members of the community who are happy to put time and effort into make non-free software like Skype work seemlessly. To get Skype working nicely on Ubuntu you need to look no further than the Ubuntu Guide (http://ubuntuguide.org) which links to nicely built .debs for Ubuntu that I've used successfully from Warty -> Hoary and now for Breezy. See specifically http://ubuntuguide.org/#skype After reading the rest of your email and the packages you installed I'm surprised that your box still works at all! Regards -- Matt Brown matt(a)mattb.net.nz Mob +64 275 611 544 www.mattb.net.nz