Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by r11t » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 5:57 PM UTC

Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad
linux-mag.com

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by sleepingbot » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 8:44 PM UTC

I would say it just the other way around. Not kidding. And using on production 9.10. Smooth.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by r11t » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 8:56 PM UTC

sleepingbot wrote: post #2

I would say it just the other way around. Not kidding. And using on production 9.10. Smooth.

I am using Ubuntu 9.10 as my primary OS also and it has been nothing sort of satisfactory. However the article does point out a few useful suggestions in order for Ubuntu to be the leader in Linux Desktop Computing.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by tghw » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 9:23 PM UTC

Wow, what a useless article. "Early" adopters experiencing bugs?! Clearly the author must be new to "early" adopting. (Why he uses quotes for "early" I don't really understand.)

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by GiraffeNecktie » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 9:26 PM UTC

They claim that a poll said only 10 percent of people had a flawless install but the link actually shows 16 percent had a flawless install with another 12.5 percent having only minor problems. I don't know whether those numbers are good or bad. There's a selection bias in the poll (people with problems are far more likely to be cruising the site). I'd like to see a random sample. For myself, I installed Karmic on a quad core desktop and a netbook with no problems at all. The first time I've installed any Unix without any grief.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by pieter » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 9:53 PM UTC

GiraffeNecktie wrote: post #5

They claim that a poll said only 10 percent of people had a flawless install but the link actually shows 16 percent had a flawless install with another 12.5 percent having only minor problems. I don't know whether those numbers are good or bad. There's a selection bias in the poll (people with problems are far more likely to be cruising the site). I'd like to see a random sample. For myself, I installed Karmic on a q…

Also, it's 18% (now) of <60% of the users who upgraded, so that's more like 30-40% of users with a flawless upgrade.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by mapleoin » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 9:56 PM UTC

tghw wrote: post #4

Wow, what a useless article. "Early" adopters experiencing bugs?! Clearly the author must be new to "early" adopting. (Why he uses quotes for "early" I don't really understand.)

Because "early adopting" is generally used when talking about beta software, but in this case the software was declared released, but the users' experiences resembled that of early adopters'.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by mhotchen » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 10:06 PM UTC

About an hour ago I downloaded the windows installer for Ubuntu. It ran just like any other installer on windows and when I restarted there it was, right beside windows. I can also uninstall it with the add/remove programs window.

That was by far the most painless install of any OS I've ever installed.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by davidw » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 10:11 PM UTC

Linkbait title; Ubuntu has done a great deal to make Linux look much better.

Re: Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

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Post by jrockway » Sat, Nov 07, 2009, 10:20 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #7

tghw wrote: post #4

Wow, what a useless article. "Early" adopters experiencing bugs?! Clearly the author must be new to "early" adopting. (Why he uses quotes for "early" I don't really understand.)

Because "early adopting" is generally used when talking about beta software, but in this case the software was declared released, but the users' experiences resembled that of early adopters'.

Bad when it's Linux, great when it's Revision A Apple hardware...