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Ubuntu Linux Review

Posted by timothy on from the with-a-name-like-shuttleworth dept.

JimLynch writes "Pardon me while I pimp one of my own stories. We've got a review of Ubuntu Linux up on ExtremeTech. Check it out. Overall we had quite a positive experience with it, we think it's going to be a good distro as it matures. If you're looking for an easy-to-install debian distro, give it a download." Update: 09/27 23:25 GMT by T : Eugenia writes with another review from USALug, and a 6-page comprehensive Ubuntu preview at OSNews, writing "Gnome's & Ubuntu's release manager Jeff Waugh also had an interesting interview detailing lots of interesting tidbits. The final version of Ubuntu is expected mid-October."

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  1. I've just got to ask.. by jcr · · Score: 1, Troll

    What benefit, exactly, do Linux users get from the proliferation of distros?

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
    1. Re:I've just got to ask.. by SQLz · · Score: 0, Troll
      o me this is "unnecessary choice". The choices only evolve because the existing procedures fail at particular tasks. Why not develop, for example, a clean, comprehendable, human as well as machine usable startup system to handle services so that one distribution could act as a server or desktop.

      We have that, its called Gentoo Linux. All other distros are basically obsolete.

  2. Oh WHY by xmutex · · Score: -1, Troll

    Great! Just what the world needs: another Linux distro!

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    jack's bicycle is music to my ears
  3. This review sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This review simply sucks.. The distro isn't even installed on a computer by itself. It speaks about Gnome 2.8 and has no real concise information on the actual system. Waste of time.

  4. Are you kidding? by walterbyrd · · Score: -1, Troll

    As it is, there are only about 200 linux distrobutions, and there must be 400 people who use linux. Obviously we need way more distros.

    The linux community will not be happy until Linux is hopelessly fragmented. So, they're pretty close to being happy, but not quite.

  5. Re:Longer/better review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For crying out loud, genocide is occurring in the Sudan, the U.N. is doing its usual hand-wringing and failing to deal with despotism by calling it a "humanitarian crisis" like its a famine or something, and you folks are worried about freaking Unga Bunga Linux or whatever??!!

  6. Re:Poor review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For crying out loud, genocide is occurring in the Sudan, the U.N. is doing its usual hand-wringing and failing to deal with despotism by calling it a "humanitarian crisis" like its a famine or something, and you folks are worried about freaking Unga Bunga Linux or whatever???!!