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Looking Forward, Ubuntu Linux 6.06
SilentBob4 writes to tell us that Mad Penguin has an interesting look at the upcoming version of Ubuntu. From the article: "All in all, Ubuntu 6.06 is gearing up to be quite an impressive release. Granted, I saw some bugs during my stay on the distribution, but can I really complain? It's not a full release, so it deserves some breathing room. Considering some of the horribly authored software I've looked at over the years, I feel that Ubuntu in pre-release form is more stable than other distros when they reach final release status. It's not quite in the league of Slackware and Red Hat/Fedora in that respect yet, but it's surely getting there in a hurry. As I said before, it smoked Fedora Core 5 performance-wise, so in that department it's solidly ahead."
Is there a nice, really easy to follow user guide for newbies for linux?
I've tried installing ubuntu and knopppix a few times, but just ended up frustrated as I couldn't get sound drivers installed (I would think realtek AC97 would be popular enough) and well, couldn't really do anything without spending a massive amount of time. Now, I only gave it a couple hours each time, but this should be enough to get the gist of things (got the gist of OSX within a few minutes, and originally learned windows in about thirty minutes, not counting getting used to the mouse).
Ubuntu?
Try some other Linux distro, end-user oriented, easy workstation-oriented.
Ubuntu, in all its glory, felt to me like one of those older Mandrakes (8.something): works and all, but if feels old... and Mandrake 8.2 is from 2001 or something like that.
Yes, for a Debian user, Ubuntu is an enormous leap forward in easyness and usability (as a desktop). But there are other distros that have invested years in desktop Linux.
Then, if you do not need to use a Debian-based distro and can live without the perceived 1337-ness of using a "real distro like Debian", please do youself a favour and try, say, Mandriva One.
It is a live version of Mandriva that you can easily install. I belileve is going to be realeased *any moment now*.
Sure, Ubuntu is nice and works pretty much OK, like any other Linux distro. But then, only hype and "Debian-ness" has managed to turn a mediocre desktop distro into the dearest love of all technical sites.
Do you want to run Linux on your desktop? Then try a desktop Linux, a distro with years of experience in desktop Linux, usability, etc. Don't fall for hype.
Try Linspire, PCLinuxOS (a Mandriva-derived), Mandriva...
Peace
I just put FC5 on a system of mine this past weekend. I've got Ubuntu on a few boxes, and it was also on the FC5 box. I can't really replicate his "smoking" results, because he doesn't go into any detail on how arrived at this conclusion. I haven't put a heavy strain on the comp yet, but I also haven't noticed any slow downs. Definately nothing different between the two with just normal everyday use. Hate to say it, but it sounds like he's talking out of his ass on that one.
It's a little weird how he also compared it to Slackware after that too... Hmmm, old old old distro versus bleeding edge distro, it just sounds like he was playing favorites. Pretty unprofessional, like this quote "Much more so than the latest Fedora Core, which to me looks like it would be right at home in a three ring circus... center ring of course." I mean, was that neccessary? WTH does that mean?
The author just seemed a little full of himself, like when he complains that he got some "canned" reply from Ubuntu. I think they have better things to do than play kiss ass with random dude that wrote some review on the internet. Everyone that goes to Mad Pengiun knows about Ubuntu, he didn't do shit for them. His reaction was rediculous.
Beyond that, the article was pretty good, but I wouldn't go reading into any of his comments... You know, like they were actually based on something tangible.
They call me the wookie man, I guess that's what I am