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One of my friends used to have a similar issue on his laptop. His ATI card wasn't detected. He installed the latest 9.04 alpha and it auto detected his graphics card right off the bat. You should check it out, even if you just look at the liveCD.
Stop trying to turn Linux into Vista/OS X! Adding all of this crap would make it prettier, but make it run slower, use more space, and completely defeat the Linux philosophy. An animated introduction? I mean COME ON!Don't give me crap on it making someone more productive. There's a reason why we're all browsing digg instead of doing other things that need to be done.
Check out Linux Mint: <a class="user" href="http://www.linuxmint.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.linuxmint.com</a>It comes with the codecs, and it's built on Ubuntu. Same repository, etc. And it's the third most-popular distro, according to distrowatch. I rarely see it mentioned on here.
RE: having to edit a config file.I'm thinking this person hasn't done a lot of generic windows installs. The windows install has gotten better (i.e. included many more drivers.) but you'll still have to do a ton of configuration to get everything working even after a windows install.
Most, if not all, of the points in this article are trivial matters of personal preference or just plain inaccurate.Ubuntu is a remarkable distribution that has come a looong way in a few short years, as have its associated sub-components (GNOME, X.Org, the Kernel, etc).It is much, much, MUCH easier to install, use, and configure than it ever was, and supports a broader range of hardware than ever before.Ubuntu / GNU/Linux is my environment of choice by virtue of its power and flexibility.The only deficiencies that still cause me to (occasionally) mutter disparaging epithets are:* audio: OSS / ALSA / ESD / Pulse / et. al. almost ad infinitum! This mess needs to be fixed. A fully-multiplexed, low-latency, efficient, consistent, and logical audio subsystem that is supported by EVERY application that needs to access the audio hardware still eludes every GNU/Linux environment of which I'm aware.* External display switching (e.g. laptops) and, to a lesser extent, multi-monitor support: These should both "just work". Plug-in an external display, whether it be a flat-panel, projector, TV, or CRT, and the supported resolutions and refresh rates should be detected, configured, and made available for fine-tuning (cloned display, extended desktop, etc). If I *never* have to hack an xorg.conf or generate modelines by hand it will be too soon!Both of these features have been nailed by the ostensible "competition", OS/X and Windows, and it's time that GNU/Linux caught up.As noted in a previous post, these are not necessarily deficiencies of a particular distro per se (I'm looking at you X.Org!), but the emergence of "weighty" players such as SUSE, Ubuntu, and Fedora, and the tremendous progress of the last few years, really gives me a great deal of hope that permanent solutions are imminent.
mahagonMar 9, 2009
One of my friends used to have a similar issue on his laptop. His ATI card wasn't detected. He installed the latest 9.04 alpha and it auto detected his graphics card right off the bat. You should check it out, even if you just look at the liveCD.
svenskoMar 9, 2009
Stop trying to turn Linux into Vista/OS X! Adding all of this crap would make it prettier, but make it run slower, use more space, and completely defeat the Linux philosophy. An animated introduction? I mean COME ON!Don't give me crap on it making someone more productive. There's a reason why we're all browsing digg instead of doing other things that need to be done.
saehathiMar 9, 2009
Check out Linux Mint: <a class="user" href="http://www.linuxmint.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.linuxmint.com</a>It comes with the codecs, and it's built on Ubuntu. Same repository, etc. And it's the third most-popular distro, according to distrowatch. I rarely see it mentioned on here.
tux11Mar 9, 2009
i agree it need to ramped up pretty soon gui speaking.
brenbartMar 9, 2009
RE: having to edit a config file.I'm thinking this person hasn't done a lot of generic windows installs. The windows install has gotten better (i.e. included many more drivers.) but you'll still have to do a ton of configuration to get everything working even after a windows install.
geek6oyMar 10, 2009
Most, if not all, of the points in this article are trivial matters of personal preference or just plain inaccurate.Ubuntu is a remarkable distribution that has come a looong way in a few short years, as have its associated sub-components (GNOME, X.Org, the Kernel, etc).It is much, much, MUCH easier to install, use, and configure than it ever was, and supports a broader range of hardware than ever before.Ubuntu / GNU/Linux is my environment of choice by virtue of its power and flexibility.The only deficiencies that still cause me to (occasionally) mutter disparaging epithets are:* audio: OSS / ALSA / ESD / Pulse / et. al. almost ad infinitum! This mess needs to be fixed. A fully-multiplexed, low-latency, efficient, consistent, and logical audio subsystem that is supported by EVERY application that needs to access the audio hardware still eludes every GNU/Linux environment of which I'm aware.* External display switching (e.g. laptops) and, to a lesser extent, multi-monitor support: These should both "just work". Plug-in an external display, whether it be a flat-panel, projector, TV, or CRT, and the supported resolutions and refresh rates should be detected, configured, and made available for fine-tuning (cloned display, extended desktop, etc). If I *never* have to hack an xorg.conf or generate modelines by hand it will be too soon!Both of these features have been nailed by the ostensible "competition", OS/X and Windows, and it's time that GNU/Linux caught up.As noted in a previous post, these are not necessarily deficiencies of a particular distro per se (I'm looking at you X.Org!), but the emergence of "weighty" players such as SUSE, Ubuntu, and Fedora, and the tremendous progress of the last few years, really gives me a great deal of hope that permanent solutions are imminent.
seifsallamMar 10, 2009
changing the background by the mood will be better.
lingnoiMar 11, 2009
Complain to digg. Ask them why they even allow submissions from the same URL.