Ubuntu Hardy Heron won't be suitable for work use on release
Apr 22, 2008 by Joseph Reeves
Because there's a bug that stops you accessing password protected Windows shares; it just don't work.
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Hey, Vista is arguably not ready for use in a work environment a year down the line, and you're complaining about Hardy pre-release?
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Posted by Chris Puttick on April 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM BST #
Of course, Microsoft's CEO doesn't even think Vista is ready for anything, so there's really no hope for that failing piece of software.
But Ubuntu? Unlike Microsoft's offerings I really like it, but they've broken a tiny little piece that I really need for work. So I can't come to the party :(
Posted by Joseph Reeves on April 24, 2008 at 02:56 PM BST #
You could always use konqueror, dolphin, or some other apps like smb4k that allow you to access password-protected shares too.
But yeah, it sucks.
Posted by AC on May 23, 2008 at 08:46 PM BST #
I'm currently running Kubuntu 7.10 at work, so I could just upgrade and everything would be ok. I want to go back to Ubuntu, however, and I'm a bit annoyed that this was broken in the latest release. Sure, I could install half of KDE and it would work, but I thought the point of a distribution was that everything was there and working without needing extras? Especially in a LTS release. The last thing I want is two file managers for different tasks; try explaining that to Windows users in the office, you'd soon be told that Ubuntu is not fit for purpose.
It seems to me that Ubuntu is going to take off by working better than Windows does in mixed environments like our office. At the moment, however, it fails in one crucial error. How did it even get released like this?
Posted by Joseph Reeves on May 24, 2008 at 09:01 AM BST #
Latest patchset includes a bunch of smb fixes - time to try it again? Although Kubuntu has worked all along - the FD (as well as the CIO) is managing to use it as his desktop OS...
Posted by Chris Puttick on June 04, 2008 at 03:13 AM BST #
Now that Oxford Archaeology's use of Ubuntu is described within every Ubuntu installation (I wonder how may times that PDF got downloaded today...Could be a good blog post in itself), this issue is even more frustrating. I'll try again with the "security = user" option.
Posted by Joseph Reeves on June 04, 2008 at 05:40 AM BST #