[Cialug] Ubuntu release & sour grapes blogging

[Tim Wilson]

I just upgraded my KUbuntu on my VM at work.  Pretty sleek.  It uses KDE
4.1.  It's going to take some getting used to, but I think I'll like it.  If
not, I'm sure I can customize it to be like good ol' KDE3.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Chris Louden <chris at chrislouden.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:06 AM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com>
> wrote:
> > Anyone running the latest Ubuntu release from yesterday? I haven't
> grabbed
> > it yet but probably will give it a look this weekend to try it out...
> even
> > though I'll stick with Mandriva 2009 for my main systems.
>
> I have been running 8.10 64bit since Alpha 6 and on through the BETA
> releases. Running it on a Lenovo T61 which is my primary PC. I
> downloaded the .ISOs last night of the formal release and will be
> doing a clean install of the 32 bit this weekend. I prefer the 64 so
> that I fully use the hardware to its abilities but there are issues
> with several plug-ins like Flash where it is not always stable. I
> haven't used a 32bit distro in over 2 years so i like to see how
> stable it can be. If Its worth it I'll keep it otherwise I will do a
> clean install of the 64bit from the final release in a few weeks.
>
> I'm a bit biased as I prefer Debian based to anything .rpm based.
> However I am really happy with it.
>
> >
> > I ran across this blog entry a couple of days ago while googling for
> > something else. I would take what he says with a big grain of salt... and
> I
> > understand how someone who's trying to sell a Linux distro might be a
> little
> > frustrated with Ubuntu. In related news, Shuttleworth announced that he
> > thinks Ubuntu will become profitable in 2 or 3 years, and that he's
> willing
> > to keep supporting it with his own money until then.
> >
>
> I really appreciate what he is doing. I think the Ubuntu community at
> large does as well.
>
> > http://www.happyassassin.net/2008/10/28/why-i-dont-like-canonical/
> >
> > My personal take on it is that monoculture isn't good, and while Ubuntu
> > isn't there yet, they have certainly become what RedHat was a few years
> ago
> > - just about the de-facto standard version of Linux, at least for desktop
> > Linux. I think the author of the blog entry above isn't completely fair -
> I
> > understand that Ubuntu does contribute some back to the community, and
> they
> > have done a huge amount of Linux advocacy.
> >
> > I don't like Ubuntu because it used Gnome by default, but that's pretty
> easy
> > to fix by putting a "K" in front of it and downloading Kubuntu. I see on
> > Distrowatch.com that Kubuntu, Mythbuntu, UbuntuStudio, and others are
> > available too.
> >
> > -dc
> >
> >
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Tim
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