Linked by Neil Lucock on Tue 22nd Feb 2005 22:17 UTC
I'd better start by admitting that I'm a fan of KDE. It's not because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools available. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I think I've been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. I read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided to have a look. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities.
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I've been using Ubuntu for a while now and I would have to agree with some of the writers comments. The reason I switched to Ubuntu was because every other distribution (besides gentoo which I use on special projects) seem to be flighty these days.
You had to do 1 or 2 tricks to get mp3s and DVDs to play, which makes sense seaming how this is backed by a company. Both of these technologies are not open and have high-profile risks so I don't blame Ubuntu for that. Besides it took me 1 minute to do a quick google search and add mp3s and DVDs.
I have to agree woth greg on the
... obviously wrote this review after 30 minutes of use.
point. I would say a bit less then 30 minutes though...