Ruben, this isn't about the persistent graphics problems, which are bad
enough for anyone with an ATI GPU. I have even grown to begrudgingly tolerate
those problems on my current installation of Triquel 4.5.
Even a mini edition of an OS ought to have music management software and all
the necessary help files installed by default. That is not splitting hairs on
my part. It is missing features.
I'm sorry to say it doesn't feel like it has been diligently tested and
debugged. I caught more bugs (new and old) in half an hour than I care to
stomach. To be honest, it seems like you barely booted into the sucker. An
acceptable level of maturity for a proper release would be Lubuntu minus any
nonfree parts, but it is actually far buggier than that
And yes, I understand, there are certain things like YouTube not working that
are simply out of your hands. I can't hold that against you. The only fix
would be installing Firefox with FlashVideoReplacer, which would totally
defeat the purpose of a lightweight OS. But considering how important sites
like YouTube and Vimeo are to the average user's Web experience, it still
sucks.
I evaluate it not compared to the Gnome edition but on what I would call the
"best friend" litmus test. That is, if my best friend got interested in
"Linux" (as he calls it) and wanted to try it on his netbook, could I
realistically recommend the distro to him? For Trisquel Mini, the answer
would be a definite "no." Even with manual tweaking on my part, I couldn't
imagine using it daily.
