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- phidelt930, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21I am no fanboy but I am running ubuntu on three of my machines here, there is definitely a reason ubuntu is so popular - sudo apt-get install ANYTHING YOU FREAKIN WANT... amazing! Setting up a network drive using ssh, built into Gnome... amazing! Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera... I know some of you jaded people may not be very impressed but I think ubuntu is the best thing to happen to desktop linux since... well... ok maybe I am a little bit of a fanboy :P
- daradib, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Jpeg images for the charts? Use PNG instead for the charts. (Or SVGs).
- benanzo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I'm an Ubuntu fanboy as well, but it's important to realize that APT isn't an Ubuntu creation, nor is GNOME virtual filesystems. There is so much wonderful technology in Free software that it's often hard for distros to make decisions on software/solutions for users who have no idea what they want or even how to go about finding out what they want. That's why, frankly, Ubuntu and GNOME are so popular. They both make decisions to implement, extend and support a limited amount of concrete solutions that "Just Work." Of course, the more enterprising user can always do whatever they want. Ubuntu and GNOME's ease-of-use and functionality is why Dell is selling them. Most-all technology in Ubuntu can be directly attributed to a over a decade of volunteer Debian development. They deserve the credit. Ubuntu just ties it all together and wraps it up with a bow on top and makes it ready to rumble. This is why Free software works. Even now it never ceases to amaze me.
- stmiller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9This was surprising to me:
Fedora 6%
Gentoo 7.2%
More desktop Gentoo users than Fedora users in this survey. - ShogunWarPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I completely agree, even though ive been using various distros over the past two years, when I switched to Feisty Fawn mid-summer I was HOOKED. Ubuntu is just elegant. Although the reason may be that this is the first computer that I am able to run Compiz-Fusion on, which is the most awesome thing ever.
Anyone know whats going on with the Compiz-Fusion repositories lately if your also having problems? - tylerjames, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8what are you trying to install?
for almost everything you just have to open synaptic, search for the thing you want, right click on it "Mark for Installation" then click "Install" and you're good to go
no pushing "Next" 50 times, no EULA - ren1999, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12I'm a KDE fan. Gnome just looks ugly to me.
- ZephyrNinety, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6apt-get is the best thing ever. Say you want GAIM. Instead of going to the site, choosing your OS, finding the right version, getting it, installing it...all you do "sudo apt-get install gaim" enter your password, BAM! You have GAIM installed.
- makario, on 09/03/2009, -0/+6You can install Pidgin by downloading .deb packages from http://www.getdeb.net . They're kind of like .exe files. If it's not in Synaptic, I try getdeb.net, and then I try google to see if anyone has a precompiled deb (or a repository).
- Shootfast, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Ubuntu's ".exe" is a ".deb", and they're what are downloaded through synaptic or apt-get
- jhodapp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I guess to each his/her own, that's a big reason why I don't like KDE, it's ugly. :)
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Awesome :)
- pooptaster, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I don't use Ubuntu or any Debian distro, but I am pretty confident you don't need administrative rights to search the apt cache. You don't need the sudo there.
- cquilliam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I was. I've used suse/opensuse for years and know full well why its so popular. Just about everything works out of the box, and it looks very nice. It's only downfall is its package mangement system which is easily fixed by installing Smart.
Don't get me wrong, I know why Ubuntu is in top spot, but i'm not surprised that suse is in second. - xspinkickx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6technically its debian for the win, that 44% of people using debian. Remember without debian there would not be ubuntu. my distro of choice is ubuntu however give credit where its due. However that being said without ubuntu, debian and debian based distros would not be as popular as it is.
- WhereAmI, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4http://www,ubuntuguide.org
All you need, dweeb79. - kuyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Debian is rather spartan under the standard config, so you're right in that way. However Ubuntu adds a lot of improvements on Debian other than more preinstalled software, making it feel like a better experience all in all (better wifi support until this last version, better hardware support through dell's cooperation). Ubuntu also ships with a slightly different kernel compilation than Debian does.
- Chandon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Right. Hence why they separately asked about desktop environment in the survey.
- makario, on 09/03/2009, -0/+4I too am having problems. I believe they're revamping the settings manager.
- makario, on 09/03/2009, -0/+4getdeb.net, search for pidgin.
I know I made the comment above, but I had comment trouble....I don't know WHAT I did.) - tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I just tried it and you're right. User rights are sufficient.
- weizbox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3yea.. its funny.. Gnome is customizable enough that you can make it look like Windows.. but getting Windows to look like gnome would be a pain in the ass.
Vista makes it even worse by not allowing the users to drag toolbars out of the taskbar.... retarded - dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Thanks it appears that could be more helpful then this book. This book at page 120 is going over background images and that is not what I want at this stage. I want to use programs hehe :P The ultra basic stuff like colors and background image is easy its everything else that makes an OS.
Much appreciated - beermad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'd suggest that a fair number of the people using text-based browsers are blind or partially-sighted so graphical browsers are no use to them.
Which is why good web design should always take account of how pages render without graphics, stylesheets, etc. - DracoFlameus, on 10/10/2007, -11/+14Ubuntu ftw! :D
- casinocasinos, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I use Linux Knoppix sometimes.
- oobuntu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If I remember correctly, it was a "tick all that apply" question (thats why the N= is more than the number of people surveyed). I think i ticked both firefox and konqueror
Maybe they should also publish results that show which product people exclusively use. - Chandon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3As a Linux guru (started with Debian 10 years ago) who runs Ubuntu, I'm not entirely sure what you have against the sudo security model. For a desktop system, it's a pretty damn good solution. As for desktop environments versus simple window managers, I can personally live with a file manager taking over my root window. I've got the RAM and I'm not really using that window for anything else.
- WhereAmI, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It did have a typo:
http://www.ubuntuguide.org
it is .org, not com though - sirhomer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yes but the foundation they are putting down for KDE4 is going to put GNOME to shame. It'll be a year after KDE4 is released tho until it will be utilized to it's potential, I think.
- kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Be very careful when adding repos from sources you don't know. There are bad men out there who like to mess up your computer.
- oobuntu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3using your example, apt-cache might give you some idea...
$ apt-cache search remote sync
backup-manager - command-line backup tool
chiark-scripts - chiark system administration scripts
cvssuck - inefficient cvs repository grabber using cvs command
duplicity - encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
...
...
rdiff-backup - remote incremental backup
rsync - fast remote file copy program (like rcp) - oobuntu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I expect the high use of Gnome is due to the ubuntu effect. Shame that these people might not ever try KDE.
Also I wonder what the split Gnome/KDE split is between US/Europe? I reckon continental europe uses KDE more heavily. - jcarlock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If you really need to ask a question, my user + 105@gmail.com. I'll give you some free 1-1 help.
- kwilliam, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6<shameless plug> All Ubuntu users should try Kubuntu! It has the same package management and hardware support that we love, plus the goodness of KDE. Ubuntu's interface is simple, but KDE has better applications (Konqueror > Nautilus, Amarok > Rythmbox, Kicker > Panel...) and lots more features. If you don't install kubuntu-desktop, at least install Amarok! It is the best music player ever. </shameless plug>
- Gavagai80, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I've been using Linux for 7 years and I still never compile software -- tried many years ago and found it full of headaches, but I realized I had no real reason for trying. As a newbie, you're making things much harder than they need to be by doing so... there's never a real need to compile, compiling is for advanced people who like to run unstable versions.
- Jorophose, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2oobuntu, KDE is more or less based in Germany; that's where it was started from what I recall, and most of their servers are there. GNOME is from south america, and though it has a lot of followers, it just doesn't beat "supporting the home product".
That said, I love and use Xfce. Light, functional, and simple enough. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2XFCE is the choice of desktop for me.Fast and Simple.
- rabidmonkey1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How could they have never have heard of virtualbox?
- sirhomer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Mozilla's CEO actually wanted to drop Thunderbird.
- vafada, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2dugg up. i just installed Kubuntu last week over vanilla Ubuntu and Kubuntu is 100x better than Ubuntu. Cleaner interface, Konqueror, Amarok, k3b, Adept, kopete, etc.
- darkchild, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I was just thinking the same thing. Its not really accurate in my opinion especially since some people posted details of the poll on the distros website and digg.
- ptFoe, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Nince Gnome & Thunderbird, hopefully this will send a signal to the money whores @ Mozilla to increase resources in Thunderbird & its Calendar project.
- phidelt930, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3my friend, here is all you need to know about installing from the command line:
to find something you want: sudo apt-cache search "whatever you are searching for"
to install it: sudo apt-get install "whatever you want to install"
or just use Synaptic under System -> Administration - dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I was playing with pidgin, today I noticed a new verison came out so I used the source since I reinstalled today after work. I did the source using ./configure and it said missing yada yada so I went through synaptic manager and installed them. Everything went smooth and I was all proud of myself till it came to running MSN Messenger. It said I needed to SSL support, I went back and installed a ton of em and couldn't find it.
- srg13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"and you don't know the name, BAM! You're completely stuck."
Well, then you couldn't you then just search synaptic? - tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Ubuntu is essentially Debian. Prior to Ubuntu, Red Hat, Suse, and derivatives were the top Linux distro's. Thanks to Ubuntu, Debian-based distro's are now much more popular. And Gnome is the most popular desktop.
- dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -7/+9I bought Ubuntu for Non Geeks 2nd Edition. Two days ago. The book is a little light on the stuff I really need like installing via command line along with all those packages that need to be gotten with the program I want to install. I already wish I had the .exe that windows so easily provides.
My goal is to make it 30 days .... So far I'm still busting a nut over beryl. (Yes I'm a nub) - tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Don't hate on Lynx, Links, Elinks, etc.
- kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Even though I use ubuntu, I donate money to debian. I feel that way I am not only helping debian by also Ubuntu and all the other distros based off Debian and Ubuntu. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling :-)
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