Ubuntu: Best Linux Desktop for Business?

sebFlyte writes "ZDNet has been testing Linux for business, trying to work out what the best distro is for small businesses. After testing Mandriva Linux 2006, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Red Hat Desktop 4, SUSE Linux 10 and Ubuntu Linux 5.1. After installing them all from scratch to simulate a new business set up, and extensive testing involving Gaim, Evolution, OpenOffice.org -- as well as actually writing each review on each distro -- Ubuntu came out as the winner. They summed it up saying 'Ubuntu is a well integrated, practical and absolutely free' and dismissed worries about support. SuSE came a close second."

Comments

Quite an extensive review

[El_Muerte_TDS]

They really explained all good and bad points of the distros they tested.
After reading the article I think my intelligence actually dropped.

Re:Quite an extensive review

[MighMoS]

*shrugs* Its thanksgiving, and a low news-volume day (at least here in the US where we celebrate our ansestors taking a break from killing all the natives)

Great

[thesnarky1]

And studies have found "best distro" studies to be the leading cause of flame wars on slashdot. Let the flames fly!

Re:Ubuntu Year.Month

[gik]

See, this is why people find geeks so wierd. How do you explain to your Dad, upon finally getting him to agree to rid his system of Windows XP, and install a flashy new bug and virus free Ubuntu that the numbers "5.1" and "5.10" mean TOTALLY different things? My Dad would just stand there and shake his head at me: "We came to this country for you to get an education...". ... At least it's better than having to explain to my Mom that Microsoft Office isn't "where Google is". Or where all the "sexy pictures" come from on his computer. Shudder.

Re:Couldn't agree more

[vivek7006]

I installed Ubuntu on my new computer at work the other day. My boss was so impressed that he installed it himself on another computer, and he's not really a technical guy.

Bullshit...

Installation time

[vear]

As far as I know, installation time is also important when choosing the best software, so why Gentoo isn't first?

Ah, but there is!!! (was: Re:I think Ubuntu is ok)

[xsspd2004]

<smart4$$>
Hit Alt+F2
then type

"gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst"

type in your sudoer password and configure away!
</smart4$$>

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Lord I apologize for telling the CLI impaired person to type something in a faux command line, and be with the starving Pygmies down in New Guinea.

Re:How does Ubuntu =/==/!= Debian?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's Ubuntu += Debian

Useless

[4D6963]

Ubuntu is a cool distro, as long as you don't try to build/compile something in it, which makes it of hardly any use, at least for me. I like the nude wallpapers concept too, although I don't like the ratio 2 men - 1 woman too much.

Re:Ubuntu Year.Month

[Doc Ruby]

Your dad is some kind of geek, if he thinks "1" and "10" are different because of their amount of "significant figures". My dad thinks that 10 comes after 1.

Distribution of choice

[DeathElk]

The following quote from a slashdotter (who's name escapes me) kind of brings perspective to the whole battle for superiority amongst distros:

"My distribution of choice is superior in every way to your pathetic distribution of choice. You are the lowest form of loser to think that your worthless distribution could hold a candle to the God-like superiority of my distribution.

"My distribution's superiority is clearly demonstrated by it's magnificent out-of-the box handling of my obscure feature of choice. Your pathetic distribution doesn't even support my obscure feature of choice without a course of action so complex that it's madness to even contemplate it.

"Clearly, my distribution of choice will utterly destroy your distribution of choice. This is so certain it is pointless for you to resist it."