So true, too bad fanboys buried you. As an Kubuntu user (but definately not a fanboy) I'd have to say fanboys kill the spirit of the distro. Article is lame.
Hmm it still looks like s**t. Don't get me wrong, I love GNOME and the way it functions but it's just ugly... and the panels never get skinned properly. It still has a long way to go... hopefully compiz will help in that department.
I just setup ubuntu on an old machine at work to use as a temporary file server for some of the commonly used applications around the office. Figured it'd save me some time of swapping out CDs, and fighting with windows to get a network share to actually show up (since sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt!). Anyway, my point is, I was quite surprised at how well the distro actually worked. My previous experiences with it had been mostly mediocre, but for the most part, everything worked, and worked well.The only issues I have had is that I can't seem to get SSH or VNC to allow incoming connections. But just to use it as a workstation (or in this case, a temporary server), those things really don't matter. It was a breeze (no pun inteded) to install samba and get a share setup, and the whole install process took all of 20 minute. Not bad at all. I'm impressed (and I'm normally very picky about my *nix). :)
I run archlinux because I wanted a better understanding of Linux, and with their KISS attitude to configuring it (using the cli) made this really easy. A Linux distro, with the ability to keep it lean and tailored to my specific individual needs with fantastic performance.But, I'm leaning towards Ubuntu because I want to devote my time more to development in ruby, because Ubuntu is point n click (to me), things just work, great as a developer if Ubuntu becomes a standard, great desktop OS for fun and games, and for my developer needs, without the hassle of maintaining the distro in the process. Sure it wont be as tweaked as a well tweaked gentoo install, but the Ubuntu guys do a damn good job, enough for me with a well fast pc.And for the other comments, I understand people are from a wide range of technical ability, what might seem obvious for some, isn't for others, things get digged for reason, then digged down for another, at least its fairest way so far.
bsherrodAug 2, 2006
How did you get that Glass theme mDot and can you get if you don't use XGL+Compiz?
xxnirvanaxxAug 2, 2006
So true, too bad fanboys buried you. As an Kubuntu user (but definately not a fanboy) I'd have to say fanboys kill the spirit of the distro. Article is lame.
newslangAug 2, 2006
I don't think all those people who dugg boomerxl down understood what he/she was doing.
chieffyAug 3, 2006
Actually their site got the digg effect two days in a row and a slashdot effect in the middle. Talk about a pounding.
xilonAug 3, 2006
Hmm it still looks like s**t. Don't get me wrong, I love GNOME and the way it functions but it's just ugly... and the panels never get skinned properly. It still has a long way to go... hopefully compiz will help in that department.
uownedgeAug 3, 2006
I just setup ubuntu on an old machine at work to use as a temporary file server for some of the commonly used applications around the office. Figured it'd save me some time of swapping out CDs, and fighting with windows to get a network share to actually show up (since sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt!). Anyway, my point is, I was quite surprised at how well the distro actually worked. My previous experiences with it had been mostly mediocre, but for the most part, everything worked, and worked well.The only issues I have had is that I can't seem to get SSH or VNC to allow incoming connections. But just to use it as a workstation (or in this case, a temporary server), those things really don't matter. It was a breeze (no pun inteded) to install samba and get a share setup, and the whole install process took all of 20 minute. Not bad at all. I'm impressed (and I'm normally very picky about my *nix). :)
kynkyAug 4, 2006
I run archlinux because I wanted a better understanding of Linux, and with their KISS attitude to configuring it (using the cli) made this really easy. A Linux distro, with the ability to keep it lean and tailored to my specific individual needs with fantastic performance.But, I'm leaning towards Ubuntu because I want to devote my time more to development in ruby, because Ubuntu is point n click (to me), things just work, great as a developer if Ubuntu becomes a standard, great desktop OS for fun and games, and for my developer needs, without the hassle of maintaining the distro in the process. Sure it wont be as tweaked as a well tweaked gentoo install, but the Ubuntu guys do a damn good job, enough for me with a well fast pc.And for the other comments, I understand people are from a wide range of technical ability, what might seem obvious for some, isn't for others, things get digged for reason, then digged down for another, at least its fairest way so far.