On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 22:14 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Am I missing something here? What I've seen of Ubuntu ( at a CLUG > meeting ), it came across to me as a messy pile of ****, and a rather > small, feature poor one at that. That, and the fact that they've gone > out on a limb with the default security policy,
do you mean the sudo thing/no root password? I have grown to like it. > I can't see what's > attracting so much interest? > up to date kernel and packages on a debian like system (the primary advantage being apt i guess), regular release cycle, adherence to principles of openness/freedom, non commercial, free pressed cd's with sexy girls on the cover shipped anywhere in the world (the cd's not the girls). Jim will know more. I am not entirely convinced yet, its a most useful tool for the kit though. I wouldn't say it is feature poor, it is designed as a desktop system without the confusion caused by the choice of 4 browsers, three email programs, 10 IM clients and 47 million configuration tools. > And I think you know by now that I'm not just stirring it with > comments > like this - I *really* do want to know what I've missed. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
