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The Official Ubuntu Book
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The Official Ubuntu Book

by Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Corey Burger, Jonathan Jesse, Ivan Krstić
August 2006
Beginner content levelBeginner
448 pages
9h 22m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 6. Support and Typical Problems

DESPITE THE FACT that the Ubuntu developers work tirelessly to make the Ubuntu user experience as fluid and problem-free as possible, there are always going to be bugs, glitches, and errors in software. This is nothing unique to Ubuntu; it is a characteristic that is applied to all software. Anything created by humans is subject to error.

One of the many benefits of the Open Source development process is that errors and bugs are typically reported, found, and fixed in a far shorter time frame than is the case with proprietary software. This ensures that the software included with Ubuntu is far more solid and stable than some ...

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