Canonical, the company creating the Ubuntu linux distro, apparently is
getting close to profitable.
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/20/1627243
I haven't used Linux/Unix for several years as my main desktop, opting
for Mac's "Unix with a pretty face" OS X. So here are a few questions
for our Unix/Linux users:
1 - Have the distro wars settled enough so that Ubuntu is emerging as
the desktop of choice?
2 - Can Ubuntu run on the most modern laptops, with full access to the
often proprietary device drivers?
3 - Is Ubuntu's package management sophisticated enough that upgrades
are trivial to perform and free of version conflicts?
4 - Are there players/viewers/editors for the common media/formats?
Maybe this is better asked as: What applications and data formats are
you missing most?
-- Owen
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