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A Gut Check On Gutsy Gibbon

Posted by kdawson on from the who-you-callin-windows-like dept.

jammag writes "Linux pundit Bruce Byfield looked inside the pre-release of Gutsy Gibbon and found what he calls 'Windows thinking.' His article, Divining from the Entrails of Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon, notes that Ubuntu is the dominant distro, having achieved a level of success that might be leading to complacency. He opines: 'Only once or twice did I find a balance between accessibility to newcomers and a feature set for advanced users. At times, I wondered whether the popularity might be preventing Ubuntu from finishing some rough edges.'"

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  1. Wait for next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hm, I guess it seems Gutsy Gibbon isn't quite up to stuff. Prolly oughta wait for the next edition, the more refined Hairy Hardon.

    1. Re:Wait for next by icydog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Gutsy, even in its development state, is missing some really basic things. If you do "apt-cache search stdc++" on an x86_64, you can see that libstdc++6 and lib32stdc++ are available, but that only the 64-bit version has a -dev package.

      So I can't compile 32-bit c++ apps on Gutsy, when this really is a basic thing that, for example, Fedora gets right. This is something that most "users" probably won't notice... but isn't that Windows mentality?

      And I'm not really just complaining pedantically -- my CS class provides some 32-bit reference binaries, so to link to those I have to compile against 32-bit.

    2. Re:Wait for next by gludington · · Score: 2, Funny

      I hear coolest features have been pushed back into the 27th release, Aamazing Aardvark.

  2. The review is hilarious by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

    When read out loud, in a fruity "posh" voice. ;-)

    My response? Open a shell.

    --
    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  3. evidence by ILuvRamen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well they've obviously become complacent about the name because it has "random adjective and animal generator" written all over it. Maybe they'll give it some actual effort next time when it comes up with Aroused Aardvark

    --
    Google's Super Secret Search Algorithm: SELECT @search_results FROM internet WHERE @search_results = 'good'
    1. Re:evidence by Doctor+Crumb · · Score: 3, Funny

      It won't hit "Aroused Aardvark" for another 20 releases, since the first letter is incrementing sequentially through the alphabet. "Horny Hippo" is still a possibility though!

  4. Re:Name? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

    When dealing with the PHBs, feel free to use the version number instead, as that is the official name -- 7.10 for Gutsy Gibbon.

    I just refer to it as Gibbon when necessary; when questioned about why the name Gibbon was chosen, I tell them it's to recognize the hard work of all the codemonkeys.

    I haven't yet been challenged on the fact that Gibbons are apes, not monkeys, so I'm sticking to my story.

    --
    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  5. Re:Name? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gibbons are apes, not monkeys.

  6. Re:Gah! by unfunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forgive me, I am teh drunken intertubes user.

    What I meant to say was 'is "apt-get update install xasd fdsix ikispkg mnfklsad --v" that much better than "click, click, click, click, click"?'

    But then I got distracted by LOLcats, and by extension, LOLrats.

    ...and a shiny thing

  7. Re:Name? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, they should have stuck with the Debian system of naming releases after toys. High-paid executives in swanky offices practically swoon with delight when offered the chance to rubber-stamp the use of an OS named after toys.

    I swear, it's that apt-get shit. It fucks with their brains.