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Walt Mossberg Reviews Ubuntu

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the helluva-lot-closer dept.

sciurus0 writes "Mainstream technology journalist Walt Mossberg recently reviewed an Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu installed by Dell. Citing problems such as an oversensitive touchpad and poor multimedia support, he suggests that 'from the point of view of an average user, someone who wouldn't want to enter text commands, hunt the Web for drivers and enabling software, or learn a whole new user interface' Ubuntu isn't a good choice compared to Windows or OS X."

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  1. Malware? by Britz · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about someone that doesn't want to search for good AntiSpyware solutions?

  2. Re:For the non-RTFA folks by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, he still thinks that "the Apple iMac as the best consumer desktop computer on the market." And we all know the iMac is horrible to use and support! And yet, it's still the best consumer desktop computer on the market. Depressing, huh? :)
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  3. Re:How far we've come by Colin+Smith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean that Vista should really be renamed Windows 1999 ?

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  4. LEAVE LINUX USERS ALONE!!!!! by eno2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What did Linux ever do to you!!? Why do you people have to be SOOOOOO MEAN!!!!!?? LEAVE LINUX USERS ALONE GODDAMMIT!!!! They're just human beings exactly like you are!! And Walt Mossberg has to do and get all mean all over Ubuntu for what?!! Why does he have to be so mean!!? Leave Linux Users Alone!! Linux developers didn't even have to write the kernel, base apps and GUI for you. You're even lucky Linux exists! Just leave Linux users alone! Anyone who is going to diss and hate on Linux is going to have to deal with me first!!! Leave Linux Users Alone!!!

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  5. Re:How far we've come by khendron · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think a lot of people are already calling Vista a POS.

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  6. Re:For the non-RTFA folks by Bluesman · · Score: 2, Funny

    "(or dating) someone who DOES read Slashdot."

    +1 Funny

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  7. Re:There may be issues with Ubuntu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Walt there is having troubles with his trackpad, whose fault is that? Hint, it's not Canonical's. But if a screen hinge breaks surely it is.
  8. Re:There may be issues with Ubuntu by scoot80 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah they do, its called eMule - didn't you know?

  9. Re:Yes! AWESOME! OMG! And ponies too! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, Ubuntu frankly doesn't fucking suck ass like Vista does. That's a nice perk. I have to open the control panel three or four times before I can actually interact with it on Vista, each time praying with bated breath explorer doesn't crash out with the control panel window hung up, all icons half loaded; not so with Ubuntu.

    Then there's those lovely Vista wifi applets... whats that? No wireless access points detected? Let's reboot the fucking computer (twice?) so that the same AP I use everyday at home shows up finally. At least when 'nix shits on my wifi card, I can pop open a console and ifconfig wlan0 down the bitch instead of flushing the entire machine state into the MS-shitter.

    I LIKE 'nix because when something is working shittily, I can find out why and fix it. On MS, the box is black, unfixable. MS Vista is by leaps and bounds the worst piece of shit I've ever had to pay money for... and I bought Master of Orion 3 when it first came out.