Comments on: I Love Ubuntu http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/ Code, in words. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: drakshug http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-457 drakshug Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:29:13 +0000 http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-457 I'm with devnet on this one. Those 4 reasons you gave sums up every major distro. Have you actually tried the latest Mandriva? What aout Deb or Fedora, SUSE? They are all hassle free. Seems like just another bit of Canonical marketing to me. I’m with devnet on this one.
Those 4 reasons you gave sums up every major distro. Have you actually tried the latest Mandriva? What aout Deb or Fedora, SUSE? They are all hassle free. Seems like just another bit of Canonical marketing to me.

]]> By: reptilian http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-456 reptilian Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:12:41 +0000 http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-456 If default repositories in Ubuntu are vast and up to date, then what you think about openSUSE repositories like Packman, Banshee, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Mono, Wine or other up to date optimized repos at least for past 2 openSUSE releases... IMO that is what i call long term support. If default repositories in Ubuntu are vast and up to date, then what you think about openSUSE repositories like Packman, Banshee, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Mono, Wine or other up to date optimized repos at least for past 2 openSUSE releases… IMO that is what i call long term support.

]]> By: Mohan http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-455 Mohan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:03:15 +0000 http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-455 Well I have tried other distros over the years but always came back to Ubuntu. For the same reasons you listed, it just works, on my laptop everything out of the box works (wifi, media buttons, hibernate, etc.) I really loving Ubuntu and am glad of they work the community does. :) Well I have tried other distros over the years but always came back to Ubuntu. For the same reasons you listed, it just works, on my laptop everything out of the box works (wifi, media buttons, hibernate, etc.) I really loving Ubuntu and am glad of they work the community does. :)

]]> By: devnet http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-454 devnet Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:51:19 +0000 http://codewords.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-love-ubuntu/#comment-454 You return to Ubuntu because you're a lemming. You want to be a part of the cool, hip distro. How do I know this? Because it's no more functional than any other distro. Most of the great things you think are cool about Ubuntu are just Gnome. Any Gnome distro out there would do it for you. Don't believe me? Try Fedora. Try OpenSuse. Try Mandriva. Give them an HONEST assessment. You'll find like most do that Ubuntu is average at the most with a really nice community. Most new users I show Mandriva/OpenSuse have to pick their jaws up off the floor. With Ubuntu, they look confused. All of your points fit Debian exactly. MEPIS would work for you. Debian proper would work for you. Those points you deem so necessary for Ubuntu to be THE distro for you are points it shares with almost all of Linux now. Sorry man, I call BS on this one. You return to Ubuntu because you’re a lemming. You want to be a part of the cool, hip distro. How do I know this? Because it’s no more functional than any other distro. Most of the great things you think are cool about Ubuntu are just Gnome. Any Gnome distro out there would do it for you. Don’t believe me? Try Fedora. Try OpenSuse. Try Mandriva.

Give them an HONEST assessment. You’ll find like most do that Ubuntu is average at the most with a really nice community.

Most new users I show Mandriva/OpenSuse have to pick their jaws up off the floor. With Ubuntu, they look confused.

All of your points fit Debian exactly. MEPIS would work for you. Debian proper would work for you. Those points you deem so necessary for Ubuntu to be THE distro for you are points it shares with almost all of Linux now. Sorry man, I call BS on this one.

]]>