I hate paying for stuff that doesn't work, and they won't give a refund.
So I don't...
OK, fuck this. I'm installing XP in about 7 minutes + the amount of time it takes to burn the ISO.
So many simple little things just don't fucking work, Linux is still an amateur and unpolished attempt at a desktop OS.
Linux/ubuntu issue.
How do I stop the Grub list from ever appearing?
It usually doesn't, but after a crash or power failure it sometimes does meaning I have to go in the attic just to press enter, it doesn't seem to count down as I would've expected.
OK, but I have found the opposite. I have used Linux since about 2004, starting with Knoppix. My first install was Mint Bianca and have been with Mint ever since.
The biggest issue for me was always printing, because all I ever had was a stupid Winprinter. I got my Brother printer to fairly work by fiddling with drivers for hours upon end, but that all came to a halt (the printer fiddling anyway) when I bought a real printer, a Xerox Phaser.