I just watched the episode and here is what I got from it:
1. They noticed that people on the forums are strong in their convictions and
somewhat cultish and mean towards newbies. The reality is that people that
want to have stuff work and the forum members will respond by preaching
instead of finding a real solution.
2. Wireless drivers and Flash do not work. That is a given.
3. Both reviewers said it was a gorgeous looking operating system and one of
the best implementatations of Gnome 3. The default programs are good and it
is familiar to those who have used older Ubuntu in the past.
4. Speaking of Ubuntu, they brought it up multiple times that it is based off
of it, but the Trisquel team hides the fact. They even said it should based
off of Arch instead. I don't see the point as Parabola already exists. This
is highly disagree with as Ubuntu needs a libre alternative and benefits from
Canonicial offering commercial support for free software. Having
distributions based off of LTS versions REALLY helps. A rolling release would
be stressful for a team that is struggling to maintain financial support.
Other than that, the review is what I expected from the LAS team. Both come
off as technical in the GNU/Linux world but I get the impression at times
that they aren't as well versed as those who fully embrace it. With their
comment about MP3 playback, you don't need the ubuntu restricted extras
package. Just install VLC or Gstreamer. Either they don't know of the
alternative or are stuck in their ways.
Either way, it was free marketing for this operating system and hopefully
with 6.0 the issues can be iron out and it can reach its full potential.
P.S. Did anyone find it humorous that the Trisquel review segment was
"sponsored by System76" even though System76 builds systems with non-free
hardware and software components?
