Allen Brown wrote:
toman wrote:
Bob Miller wrote:
Some schwag has arrived.
I have Ubuntu CDs, compliments of the Ubuntu project. Release 5.10
("Breezy Badger"). 40 copies for PC and 15 for minority
architectures.
Marsee at O'Reilly sent us multiple copies of three titles.
Linux Desktop Pocket Guide
Knoppix Pocket Reference
Linux Desktop Hacks
I'll bring it all to this Thursday's clinic.
I just got a set of those as well, 10 PC, 3 64bit and 2 Mac, I think.
If anyone in the Cottage Grove area wants one, please let me know. I
have to say though,
that I loaded Ubuntu on an older laptop of mine and was quite
disappointed with it. The install was very debian, you know, ncurses
based. At some point a root
password got assigned, but not by me, so I have no idea what it is.
The application install GUI was really primitive, maybe they're
expecting users to be apt-get
conversant. It couldn't find a driver for my linksys wireless card,
which older versions of Suse have. All in all, for a distribution
that's working that "Linux for
everybody" angle it seemed like Linux for almost nobody. I think if I
were to inflict a Debian variant on an unsuspecting newbie, it would
be Knoppix or its
progeny, because it does such a good job of autoprobing hardware, and
just works. Anyway, if my Ubuntu bashing wasn't enough to disuade
folks, I have a few
that are free to good homes.
J. Toman
What architecture did you install onto? What brand?
I hear there is quite a bit of variation but that
mainstream hardware is well supported.
It's a 5 year old Vaio.
larry price wrote:
On 12/12/05, toman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It couldn't find a driver for my linksys wireless card,
which older versions of Suse have.
Valid, but remember that Ubuntu is aimed at desktops so...
In what sense? Why would they make such a restrictive distribution?
All in all, for a distribution that's
working that "Linux for
everybody" angle it seemed like Linux for almost nobody.
That hasn't been my experience.
Well, to be fair, I think that good GUI is the hardest thing to do in
programming,
so I'm not that down on Ubuntu. I was just hoping that that's where they had
put most
of their effort, since their mission is "linux for people". The whole install
just felt
unpolished, and if you're trying to win hearts and minds that's the worst
impression you
can make. YMMV.
J. Toman
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