[TriLUG] Ubuntu: whats all the fuss?

[Marc]

I am currently downloading the regular i386 v. 6.06.1.   I too find the
attitude inspiring.  Wow, your description gives me renewed hope.  Looking
forward to trying ubuntu (think I'll blow away my FC 5)...

Thanks,
Marc


On 10/20/06, Cristobal Palmer <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Different people like Ubuntu for different reasons. I can only really
> speak for myself:  having tracked Sarge while it was the testing
> branch, I came to Ubuntu because I wanted something more stable than
> Sid or Etch but more current than Sarge.
>
> I've stayed with it because of the people. There are some great MOTUs
> (praise here goes to Daniel Chen specifically) and developers working
> on Ubuntu. I can't emphasize enough that the people I've interacted
> with who are heavily involved in Ubuntu are awesome people. Awesome in
> their knowledge and vision, but that's not what I mean. There are some
> awesomely friendly people. Gentle, committed, passionate: all sorts of
> adjectives that one might not expect from a Linux group. I haven't
> seen a community like this around other projects.
>
> If you've come from a fedora (or Mandriva, or SuSE, or whatever)
> background and you're happy with it, I don't know that there's really
> a reason for you to switch, except perhaps Ubuntu's security team.
> They rock. There was an article some time back that ranked the various
> distros based on how quickly they patched publicly-disclosed
> vulnerabilities... can anybody link to that? I can't seem to find it
> at the moment. Point is: Ubuntu got high marks.
>
> One can get into various arguments comparing the different
> philosophies behind the different distros, but that would be for
> another thread. I'll stick to Ubuntu here, with the note that the
> purist in me still likes the DFSG, but Ubuntu comes close and is a
> good pragmatic compromise (anybody watching the firefox/iceweasel
> hooplah?). I think the message(s) of "I am what I am because of who we
> all are" and "humanity to others" are inspiring and continue to be so
> because of the conduct of the members of the community. Ubuntu's bug
> #1 is also pretty inspiring:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1
>
> When it comes down to it, Ubuntu is doing for/with GNOME what Mandrake
> did for/with KDE (don't forget Kubuntu!), and that's exciting--that
> gets you in the door. I've stayed with it for the reason mentioned
> above, but also because I like debianisms and because it's
> ridiculously easy for me to support not only clients but my mom and
> little brother when they're running Ubuntu, but you already covered
> that reason. :)
>
> Edgy is just around the corner... why not give it a shot?
>
> On 10/19/06, Mike A. Salim <msalim at adti.us> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > OK I am getting curious about Ubuntu.  I am hearing a lot about it so I
> > did the usual googling, visiting www.ubunto.com <http://www.ubunto.com/>
> > etc. to see why this is a "better linux".  I was expecting to find lots
> > of sites giving examples and arguments about why this is the greatest
> > thing since sliced bread.  So far, I found nada (of substance).  All I
> > can tell is that Ubuntu is (maybe!) better for those wishing to run
> > Linux workstations for their computer un-savvy spouses.  Is that it ??!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Can someone point me to some specific advantages of Ubuntu over any
> > other distro, Debian or not?  How is it better than regular Debian
> > (cosmetics and catchy name aside).  Why would I choose Ubuntu over
> > Centos?  Or Vista for that matter (gasp!)  I just want to understand
> > what the fuss is all about in a broad minded fashion.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Mike Salim
> >
> >
> >
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