[TriLUG] Why is Ubuntu so increasingly dominant

[Sean Myers]

Simplicity truly is key. It's surprisingly easy to graft custom packages
onto the existing "official ones", so turning a box from a shiny hunk of
silicon and steel into a fully function member of my Single Sign-On
(Kerb/LDAP) environment is as easy as installing the Dapper LTS Server,
then apt-get install ari-server-sso.

It'll even easier with the Xen DomUs when we throw in the xen-tools
hooks ^^.

Regarding the Feisty/ATI issues, have they put the ATI drivers that
actually work with 2.6.20 into the Apt repos yet? I'm still working on a
homegrown module.

--
Sean Myers
System Administrator
American Research Institute
(919) 228-4961


Allen Freeman wrote:
> Why do I Ubuntu? Simplicity. I wanted the joys of apt with a painless install.  I do miss some of the standard features that came with pre-FC Redhat distros, but not enough to go back to tracking dependencies. 
> 
> "Andrew C. Oliver" <acoliver at buni.org> wrote: So I'd prefer we don't turn this into something negative, but I think if 
> you look around the next TriLUG meeting at Red Hat you'll see a few Macs 
> and a whole lot of Ubuntuists (and probably my MacBookPro with Ubuntu in 
> the decisive minority).  The latest TriLUG poll 
> (http://trilug.org/node/53) puts Ubuntu in a majority (albeit the poll 
> is far from fair or scientific as only people who love or hate ubuntu 
> are likely to answer).
> 
> I'm curious why those of you who have chosen Ubuntu have chosen it?
> 
> Myself:
> 
> 1. Community: Ubuntu people had info on how to get it installed on a 
> MacBookPro first!
> 2. Installation: It installed with a high resolution (the Dapper live 
> CD) and wireless support with few hiccups (Feisty was less lucky)
> 3. Packaging: I find it really easy to get what I want when I want it 
> with minimum conflicts (it could be I'm lucky but I haven't had a "must 
> disable this repository when installing XYZ but enable it when 
> installing ZYX or YZX breaks..." issue as of yet).
> 4. Working Compromise: I love free things.  Liberty is important to 
> me...but being free must also include the thing functioning.  Ubuntu 
> seems to make sensible compromises here most of the time.  (Minus 
> Feisty's weird ATI issues).  Meaning "free doorstop" isn't going to make 
> me all warm and fuzzy.
> 
> Why do you Ubuntu (please keep your comments positive about ubuntu 
> rather than negative about your prior distro)?
> 
> -Andy