ubuntucat.wordpress.com — How did this come to pass? Seriously. I was there… not from the very start but from very close to the beginning. The very first release was Ubuntu 4.10, nicknamed Warty Warthog. I started with the next release, Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog). My first experience with Ubuntu was not the best. But I came back to Ubuntu. Why?
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yetanothercrocMay 17, 2008
well in 99% of the cases youd actually solve the problem in that 6 hour session and would walk away feeling a lot better about yourself. The main difference is that with Linux you are in control.
maxmwoodMay 17, 2008
Completely agree with you, good comment. +1
boicityboyMay 17, 2008
First, define for us what you mean by "so popular". Linux has a tiny market share overall, and Ubuntu even less. As an Ubuntu user, I wish it had a greater share, but as long as there are still areas where command line interaction is *required* to get something done (and it still occasionally is) and as long as hardware manufacturers hold out support causing Ubuntu's "just works" slogan to be more like "just works, as long as you have the right hardware", then it will probably never really be "so popular". If you're just talking about popularity over other linux distributions, then -- and if it is in fact more popular than any other distribution -- I would say it's likely because it requires the least amount of command line interaction to get something done, and things do "just work" with less effort than in other distributions. Most PC users, though, do not even know what an operating system is: For every windows user I try to convert their first question is "What is this 'Ubuntu' thing? What does it do?" When Ubuntu reaches the point that it truly is a completely transparent bridge between a user and the tasks they wish to perform -- a goal it seems to have and a goal it's not to far from reaching -- then it will be "so popular", and it will be so popular because *it's free*.
mrguitarmannMay 19, 2008
copypasta - the reason volcompimp gave you the eeepc link is that people using linux on laptops will lead to the change on the desktop.The EeePC can support Windows, but Windows doesn't necessarily support the size of the EeePC display...
mrguitarmannMay 19, 2008
I'm loving the look and feel of KDE 4, when KDE 4.1 and 4.2 hit the shelves I will be looking toa) Help Kubuntu in it's efforts to match the Gnome desktop innovations for Intrepid Ibex orb) Fail miserably and use a KDE 4 distro, then come back to Kubuntu because it supports my hardware so well.
tchynerdMay 28, 2008
My brother has had issues with it