Linked by Kroc Camen on Sun 13th Sep 2009 16:33 UTC
"For the last 12 months, I have used Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10, and 9.04 as my primary OSes. I remain a very happy Linux convert, but I worry that Ubuntu is being unevenly developed. Certain areas have seen great improvements over the last 12 months, while other areas have languished or been largely ignored. The purpose of this article is not to whine or rant, but to bring some perspective to the evolution (or lack thereof) that Ubuntu has experienced between versions 8.04 and 9.04."
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Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, in the end, those are all flavors of Linux, some better, some worst. But it does not solve some of the major problems around the "concept" of Linux.
- X is old news, it would need a complete rewrite.
- Bring some "Bling" to the desktop, without crashing.
- A better Gnome or KDE, or a better integration or whatever would be required to make those simply work.
- Better support for all codecs, with hardware acceleration please.
- A better media player, oh and it would be nice to have support for common hardware, Zune, iPod, ...
I know many problems are not "related" to Linux, like the missing support for iPod or Zune (or whatever) without using hacks that barely works, proprietary software (codecs), ... But it's all those missing things that make the use of Desktop Linux a little bit less enticing.
And lets not forget, the missing software MADE for Linux (WITHOUT Wine). Don't tell me that The Gimp is the same as Photoshop, please!!