Comment 4 for bug 977618

Like Kevin, "my first time going to the launchpad site" -- and if I was Winduhs user having a first look at Ubuntu, after the trouble I've had, I'd walk away and never look back.

From a newbie's point of view, an install that crashes is "oh well, stuff happens, I'll give it a fair shot" and let the info gathering for the bug report go, and then OK, I will follow along -- to provide additional information, whatever, only get to the new account page and jump through hoops including the damnable captcha and the never-to-be-seen email "we're sending". That was very late last night, maybe I should have known better. But being stubborn I am pursuing this, because I'm not a newbie, was dual-boot from the time someone gave me a warty disk, got jacked with XP about Feisty time and been only ubuntu on the desktop (here) since.

Yeah, I know it was playing Sisyphus trying to install 11.10 from a linux magazine distro on an EeePC701 (16 GB SD card) but I like a challenge (the little beast was bought with XP on it, no other option here at the time).

I assume the bug report went through -- saw it leaving here as the ADSL flashed but for all I know, it went to a cyber black hole.

The point is, the whole process is a real downer from a newbie's POV.