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- r00tus3r, on 10/23/2007, -9/+52Who the ***** forced you to click the link? What, are the Ubuntu posts getting in the way of all your funny vids and pics? ***** you, this is an IT site first and foremost, and another Ubuntu release is major IT news.
- lordtyros, on 10/21/2007, -0/+34Don't hate. Celebrate. More competition is always good for us, the consumer.
Unless of course, you work for Apple or Microsoft, in which more competition just means you have to work harder. In which case I apologize. - kjd84, on 10/23/2007, -4/+32I cannot wait to see Ubuntu in 5 years time and see what they have become after ten versions! I have yet to install 7.10 but will do it shortly! I really believe OSS will be the future in computing as more companies organisations adopt it!
- lsweet, on 10/20/2007, -5/+25He did comment. He said it looked cool. Because, get this, it looks cool!
Weird. - inactive, on 10/20/2007, -5/+21for crying out loud you fail at trolling. at lest you could have used xp. everyone knows vista is *****.
- NSMike, on 10/19/2007, -2/+18A monkey with a lot of nerve.
- frsrblch, on 10/21/2007, -0/+13Just wait until Leopard comes out. THEN you will know the meaning of the word boring.
- weir, on 10/19/2007, -4/+17Glad someone's Vista works, of the 5 computers I upgraded since release, only one of them is hasn't been rolled back to XP. If I didn't have so many Wndows apps for work, I'd be installing Ubuntu as we speak.
- Phocion55, on 10/20/2007, -3/+16You called Vista "utterly brilliant" above.
That doesn't make a lot of sense. - Disfnord, on 10/19/2007, -1/+12You have to turn it on first...
- gerryk, on 10/21/2007, -0/+11Oh, please... get over yourself. Ubuntu actually makes things easier and friendlier and, whereas, maybe not as 1337, as a distro, has done more for GNU/Linux and the FLOSS movement than any other.
- Forklore, on 10/19/2007, -2/+11But...but what are the differences... you can't tell me about the visual differences and then not show pics. Also, what about those out there that have more complex machines with newer video cards, chip sets and RAID arrays? No quad core test? I mean really this was more of an Op-Ed than a review.
- Phocion55, on 10/19/2007, -2/+11You're right. It's about what Linux DOESN'T have.....such as Vista's DRM-like WGA bloatware that brings no value whatsoever to the user.
- fuckingusername, on 10/20/2007, -2/+11 a big hefty price tag
Linux will be the future learn it love it.... - radam, on 10/20/2007, -2/+11You're right. Tsk. Short of having a lot of losers throw cash at it in exchange for overpriced software and poor quality, I guess that's a cross Ubuntu will just have to bear.
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -4/+13Now you know how we feel about OSX stories on Digg.
- kdoig, on 10/20/2007, -7/+15you suck!
- tripzero, on 10/20/2007, -0/+8You've obviously never used Linux nor ubuntu. Burried for not knowing what you are talking about.
- babbling, on 10/20/2007, -3/+10You're probably going to whinge about being dugg down for "criticising Ubuntu," but that isn't the case. The reason you're being dugg down is because your complaints are far too vague to hold any meaning.
When you say that the interface is "unpolished," are you able to provide an example? I've found the interface in Ubuntu to be more polished than any other Operating System I have used.
When you say that "the fonts suck," can you be more specific? Which font are you referring to, and what exactly is wrong with it? The fonts I've come across in Ubuntu are fine for me, and are probably fine for all the other people digging you down because your vague assertions do not match the experience they have had with Ubuntu.
The only specific point you have made is that Windows defaults to a bit more screen space for applications than Ubuntu does. I think that's a fair point, but it is also something that is configurable. If the default settings in either OS bother you so much, you will probably not regret spending the 60 seconds or so that is required to set up panels the way you like them. - evilregis, on 10/19/2007, -0/+7This is a gutsy gibbon... http://youtube.com/watch?v=1AZn5nWIj_g
- Disfnord, on 10/21/2007, -0/+7Gibbons are apes, you insensitive clod!
- DavidTangye, on 10/19/2007, -0/+6Just wait a while. As you said, the servers are overstretched. Else try to use a different server (Synaptic: settings->Repositories->Download From... If you select a slow server, cancel and try another.
- babbling, on 10/20/2007, -1/+7If you can't pinpoint what it is that you don't like, then your opinion is useless and invalid. Do you need to consult chefs to decide if you don't like burnt food because it is burnt?
- CompIsMyRx, on 10/20/2007, -0/+6One comment: ***** YOU BULLET PROOF X! Took way too long to fix with that "Low graphics mode" popup that made it impossible to assess what was actually going wrong.
- qber, on 10/19/2007, -0/+6Come on, this is nothing compared to when Apple products come out.
- Remmy, on 10/21/2007, -0/+6That reminded me of an ebay comment.... "Great OS! Installed fast! A++++"
- andrewbash, on 06/11/2009, -1/+6Sadly, it's not uncommon for the reverse to be true as well. The Fedora as PCLinuxOS guys HATE Ubuntu, even the Debian guys hate Ubuntu, and that really boggles the mind, seeing as Ubuntu is even less than a fork of Debian.
- hartley, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5Gutsy Gibbon is the first Ubuntu release to work with my laptop (dell e1505) nearly 100% out of the box, with no issues what so ever. In my expierence with linux over the past 10 or so years, this is a VERY big deal.
I believe Ubuntu now has the ability to become a competitive OS. - leftyfb, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5There are no worried-looking geeks in those pictures. I should know, it's me. We happened to have been chatting about some of the new Compiz features at that very moment, while the guy sitting on the computer was ordering pizza for the installfest.
And what does "cable-salad" at an installfest (have a better idea for the speakers, monitors and external drives?) have to do with how well Ubuntu runs? - mheath, on 10/20/2007, -0/+5It worked just fine for me using the Restricted Drivers Manager.
- euvirtual, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5As they told you on the forums... Wait a few days man. It wont kill you.
- kazamx, on 10/19/2007, -1/+6This is a really long interesting article. If you don't know a lot about Ubuntu and what to get an "everything you ever wanted to know about ubuntu, but were too afraid to ask" guide. here it is.
- TeacherOfHeroes, on 10/21/2007, -0/+5Try going into System>Preferences>Appearances.
In the Fonsts tab, click the 'Details' button. There are a few different settings you can try. IMO, the two best ones are
1. Full/Medium Hinting (Like Cleartype. Thiner fonts, more difference between bold/normal. MS Claims this improves readability on LCDs)
2. 'None' Hinting. (More like the Mac. Fonts not forced to align to real pixel grid, look slightly thicker. Preserves original font style better.) - kickarse, on 10/20/2007, -0/+4I have 7.10 on my domain network here at work. It's the first time it didn't fight me for proxy access through our firewall and I can browse my SMB servers out of the box. I didn't even have to edit any conf files.
- leftyfb, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4Who said anything about bashing of anything? I personally run Fedora, Gentoo, Debian and Ubuntu as servers and Ubuntu and Windows XP as workstations(Ubuntu used 99% of the time). We have helped people installed Fedora and Suse at installfests and will continue to help anyone that needs help with almost any OS that comes our way.
- stevedclarke, on 10/19/2007, -1/+5SourceClosed, is that you?
- onineko, on 10/20/2007, -3/+7Fonts and layout (title bars, menu bars) are far more customizable in Ubuntu (or Linux rather (or Gnome rather)) than in windows. Try Kbuntu or Xbuntu, or just download and use KDE or XFCE. To heck with your sucky font argument.
BTW, 7.10's default background is much more pleasing, despite being more brown than orange... - Hmoobgolian, on 10/21/2007, -4/+8The new Gutsy Gibbon rocks!!! Almost everything works after install. A++ and many thanks the the Ubuntu team....
- andrewbash, on 06/11/2009, -0/+4Honestly why do you care? Those who don't know a thing about computers will use Ubuntu or Linux Mint and be happy about FOSS, those of us who do know more about computers will use Ubuntu to springboard to another, more advanced distro like Gentoo. So either way you win, one way less than the other, but it's still a victory.
- swings1940, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4I gave the 64bit edition of ubuntu a try with no luck on install. It wouldn't get past the partition point. The partition process would fail at 33%. I will give the x86 version a try tonight and hopefully things will go better.
- hartley, on 10/20/2007, -2/+6Those of you who say the interface is ugly:
Guess what? You have no idea what you are talking about. Ubuntu interfaces are VERY customizable. With Compiz you can have the interface look just as crappy as Aero does.
Also those who say they have windows only apps. Try your with wine, also try to find an alternative. The only software I cant find replacements for is proprietary software that I use while I'm at work. Over the past 6 months to a year I have gone completely to Ubuntu on my laptop. - tehbored, on 10/20/2007, -0/+4***** sweet. My printer may actually work properly now!
- Flamekebab, on 10/19/2007, -4/+8Even the high-end Vista installs I've seen have been awful. I've used virtually every Windows version to date (excluding the oldest NT builds and 1.0 and 2.0) and I've got to say Vista is very much a case of one step forward, two steps back. Some minor improvements are overshadowed by the massive failures. The usability is awful and the whole "are you the admin? Do you authorise this?!" pops up so often that it'll just be ignored. It was a good idea, but in copying it from *nix systems it seems to have left its merits behind..
- craigyjack, on 10/21/2007, -0/+3in my experience, upgrading inside the OS sucks. i always dld the new version and do a clean install. if you make separate partitions for your / (system files) directory and your /home (user files) directory, you will not lose any of your data or settings, and you will start with a fresh clean install of the new version. all you have to do is install the programs you had and then you are done, your settings are saved in your home directory
- init100, on 10/20/2007, -0/+3I completely agree. I'm also a Fedora guy, and I don't hate Ubuntu, but I dislike the "Ubuntu FTW, everything else sucks" attitude. I even downloaded Ubuntu 7.10 today to see if it would work on my systems (live-mode only, I'm happy with my Fedora 7 installations). It worked on my laptop, although I couldn't enable desktop effects (which I could with the Fedora 7 live-cd). It did not work on my desktop, as it probably misidentified my graphics card. All I got was strange unintelligible patterns on my screens after bootup. I couldn't even go into console mode, since it was all screwed up (on this system, Fedora 7 failed to start, but gave me a working console so I could install the nVidia drivers that way.
- fuckingusername, on 10/19/2007, -1/+4I just upgraded to from the 7.04 and I like it, The main difference is more support hardware, and now takes advantage of video cards on the desk top with effects, and many other things.
7.04 installed flawless upgrade installed flawless. Get a try you will be Glad you did , - TeacherOfHeroes, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3How does this help in any way. I presume that since you sit here insulting this fellow, that you know the solution to his problem? Please, tell us what it is?
- TeacherOfHeroes, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3I have the same problem, networks show up, but theres never any signal.
Turns out some of the Linksys wireless cards use broadcom chips that aren't really known for linux compatibility. I could go on a rant about it, but I'll just say that I use a tool called RUtilT for it, and it works well-ish.
sudo apt-get install rutilt
Shows up in Applications>Internet. You can view connections under the 'site survey' tab. - TeacherOfHeroes, on 10/31/2007, -1/+4Person makes basesless, inflamatory claim, is dugg down for it. News at 11.
- insanebrain, on 10/19/2007, -2/+5-"It looks like something a child would pick. Very unprofessional."
They did that so YOU would feel at home .. -
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