Ulteo, The New 'World's Easiest Linux'

ggarron writes "Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake and now fired from Mandriva, has created a new Linux distro, based on Ubuntu, and it claims to be the easiest Linux, and that it will redefine the Desktop philosophy."

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Re:I can name someone...

[UbuntuDupe]

I had a problem with IRQs under Windows... In 1995 using Windows 3.1. I don't talk about it, and even if I did it would be wrong of me not to point out that it is a problem with a past version that was fixed in the next revision. (Read this point again, I'll be referring to it a lot)

I don't think your problem is analagous (synonymous). Your problem with IRQs was not a case where you were unnecessarily exposed to the risk of being locked out of your computer due to IRQ problems, without being informed of the the alternatives to mitigate this risk.

I have made very clear in the past that my complaint is *not* about this or that error here or there. I have specifically said that GRUB failure was not what ticked me off. The reason I bring up my experience in the Ubuntu threads is not to get that one specific mistake fixed, but because the error I did run into was symptomatic of very, very poor design that completely ignores the needs of new users. You cannot have the problem I did because of a simple programming oversight. It results from ignoring user needs all the way through.

Of course that specific problem has been fixed. But as long as the Linux community compartmentalizes these huge problems as just something to paper over when enough people gripe about it, rather than making a serious attempt at design from the ground up, it will never get the market share it wants. That is the reason I continue to bring this up, and the point is relevant even if my specific problem was fixed.

I appear to be having an open discussion with you right now, despite my lack of karma.

Sure, because you didn't just get 14 responses, most of which had huge errors in them, while you were limited to two (or zero!) posts per day. You know, like my former incarnation did after saying something unpopular.

In your case, people aren't disagreeing with your opinion.

Yes, they are.

BTW, I don't disagree with the fact that you fucked up your computer using Ubuntu.

Except it's not a fact. *I* made no error. I followed the install instructions precisely. And it was because I listened to the install instructions -- i.e. HIGHLY RECOMMENDING a risky, unnecessary MBR purge -- that I had problems in the first place. I took several un-recommended precautions. What I did not do was follow the *right* un-recommended, but absolutely vital precautions. And that's not an error on my part.

And of course, I do take responsibility for *trusting* the instructions in the first place. But please remember, "You failed because you actually read the instructions" is not a very strong defense.

I'm AC, so what?

So these posts aren't going into your history on the Slashdot user name that you use when you're not trolling. So you don't have to stand behind those posts when speaking from your serious account.

You know, like I'm doing right now.