Comments on: 5 Reasons Why a Newbie should try Ubuntu http://brajeshwar.com/2008/newbie-should-try-ubuntu/ Brajeshwar is an ardent believer of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), he envision pushing the technical envelop time and again for the betterment of commercial and practical applications. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:29:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Yaro http://brajeshwar.com/2008/newbie-should-try-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-25212 Yaro Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:39:11 +0000 http://brajeshwar.com/?p=1038#comment-25212 "1. The ability to have a glimpse." Not unique to Ubuntu. There's actualy better LiveCDs out there if you just need a LiveCD for a LiveCD's sake. Puppy? Knoppix? "2. Ease of installation and configuration." Which throws away one of the biggest strengths of most Linux installs: A fully-customized install. Ubuntu gives little real chances to customize your install/configuration at install-time. If so, I'd have always dropped Pulse Audio and reconfigured ALSA before restarting my computer, like I can with Arch. "3. Out of the box support." This is actually hardly a result of Canonical's efforts. It's because the Linux kernel itself can and frequently does carry with it many, many, *many,* *MANY,* *MAAAAAAANY* drivers, ether compiled in or installed as modules. Linux has driver support that far outclasses Windows. Note how the only people claiming Linux has bad hardware support are Windows users who never used Linux. Anyway, this is far upstream from Ubuntu and it's got nothing to do with Canonical's efforts. "4. Ease of upgrade." Leaves too much cruft, and frankly, it's nowhere near as reliable or speedy as a decent rolling release implementation. Arch gets new versions of software way more frequently than Ubuntu and won the #1 spot on Distrowatch, at least for a while, as the most up-to-date distro ever made. Ubuntu users have to wait 6 months to get the latest version of the Linux kernel, for example. Arch will be bringing me kernel 2.6.30 in a week, tops. Ubuntu? We'll maybe see 2.6.30 or 31 this October. "5. Community support" There are distros with better communities, actually. Arch (I cite it a lot.) has a much more responsive forum, and Linux Questions is just the best forum for Linux community support I know of. None of them have anything to do with Ubuntu. Ubuntu is pretty much average, really. Just immensely popular. “1. The ability to have a glimpse.”

Not unique to Ubuntu. There’s actualy better LiveCDs out there if you just need a LiveCD for a LiveCD’s sake. Puppy? Knoppix?

“2. Ease of installation and configuration.”

Which throws away one of the biggest strengths of most Linux installs: A fully-customized install. Ubuntu gives little real chances to customize your install/configuration at install-time. If so, I’d have always dropped Pulse Audio and reconfigured ALSA before restarting my computer, like I can with Arch.

“3. Out of the box support.”

This is actually hardly a result of Canonical’s efforts. It’s because the Linux kernel itself can and frequently does carry with it many, many, many, MANY, MAAAAAAANY drivers, ether compiled in or installed as modules. Linux has driver support that far outclasses Windows. Note how the only people claiming Linux has bad hardware support are Windows users who never used Linux. Anyway, this is far upstream from Ubuntu and it’s got nothing to do with Canonical’s efforts.

“4. Ease of upgrade.”

Leaves too much cruft, and frankly, it’s nowhere near as reliable or speedy as a decent rolling release implementation. Arch gets new versions of software way more frequently than Ubuntu and won the #1 spot on Distrowatch, at least for a while, as the most up-to-date distro ever made. Ubuntu users have to wait 6 months to get the latest version of the Linux kernel, for example. Arch will be bringing me kernel 2.6.30 in a week, tops. Ubuntu? We’ll maybe see 2.6.30 or 31 this October.

“5. Community support”

There are distros with better communities, actually. Arch (I cite it a lot.) has a much more responsive forum, and Linux Questions is just the best forum for Linux community support I know of. None of them have anything to do with Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is pretty much average, really. Just immensely popular.

]]> By: Uncle B http://brajeshwar.com/2008/newbie-should-try-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-24702 Uncle B Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:23:27 +0000 http://brajeshwar.com/?p=1038#comment-24702 Please donate your old boxes to a church-group or some needy student in these hard times! To comply with the law, and with Microsoft's leasing policy, you can now replace Microsoft OS with the free (download from the net) Ubuntu OS, which can be set to erase the hard drive of all traces of the illegal to give away Microsoft system, before donation! Now, explain to your lucky recipient that all the manuals they will ever need are available for free on the internet! Just ask for them in Google! OpenOffice, which is installed already is plenty adequate for homework assignments and with a little exploring, everything else can work well too! Happy commuting! Please donate your old boxes to a church-group or some needy student in these hard times! To comply with the law, and with Microsoft’s leasing policy, you can now replace Microsoft OS with the free (download from the net) Ubuntu OS, which can be set to erase the hard drive of all traces of the illegal to give away Microsoft system, before donation! Now, explain to your lucky recipient that all the manuals they will ever need are available for free on the internet! Just ask for them in Google! OpenOffice, which is installed already is plenty adequate for homework assignments and with a little exploring, everything else can work well too! Happy commuting!

]]> By: fstephens http://brajeshwar.com/2008/newbie-should-try-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-23218 fstephens Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:59:23 +0000 http://brajeshwar.com/?p=1038#comment-23218 I came to similar results with some of the same criteria in a post on my blog: <a href="http://linuxlatitude.blogspot.com/2008/03/which-linux.html" rel="nofollow">Which Linux?</a> I make some other points worth considering though. I came to similar results with some of the same criteria in a post on my blog:
Which Linux?

I make some other points worth considering though.

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