Thought I was the only one here. I agree below, slower cycles. I am using Feisty at work and a library since Gutsy seems like a wash. (one is running 5 computers the other 4 on a LTSP setup) Though I run it on my laptop. Sometime I rather just go back to LTSP 4.2 but I was believing Edu would take off with LTSP 5. But it really seems like some of the core needs get ignored. I agree too that it is partly my fault for not being more involved with bug reports. I will try and do better.
This effort may be way ahead of it's time. But with the focus on low energy computers it could really find a place it the Green movement going on. Al On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:09 +1100, Jeremy Visser wrote: > On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 08:14 -1000, R. Scott Belford wrote: > > I am very disillusioned with Edubuntu, the leadership (or lack thereof) > > and the false claims of functionality. > > I can't tell you how happy I am to see this post — and happy to see that > somebody else sees it the way I do. I don't see your post as a troll > (although it is certainly flamebait). > > I have been trialling Edubuntu LTSP on-and-off for the last couple of > years, and every experience has been nothing short of painful. It's been > riddled with bugs, visual glitches, incomplete documentation, and is > generally of inferior quality compared with the quality and polish of > the Ubuntu desktop distribution. > > I'm not saying it's the developers' fault that Edubuntu is like this. > Obviously, it's the lack of contributors and bug testers (QA currently > sucks) that is really hurting the project (so, if anything, it's my > fault, as I should be contributing). My point is that what _really_ gets > to me are the false claims that the project makes that the parent talks > about. > > If Edubuntu is "riddled with bugs, visual glitches, and is generally of > inferior quality" (quoting myself here), then don't say "Thin client > deployments offers clients a lower TCO (total cost of ownership), > simpler installation and easier maintenance than typical IT > deployments." > > I think we need to see respins (a.l.a. 6.06.1) instead of turning a > blind eye (ignorance is bliss), longer development cycles, and possibly > even skipping shipping Edubuntu every other Ubuntu release to focus on > quality. > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
