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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Most of this reviewers problems can be solved by either apt-get, the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide, or both.
How about this for a deal- people that aren't willing to use Ubuntu's community shouldn't be reviewing the product. Mr. Spacecraft has said from day one that his whole point aws to build a vibrant community so that Ubuntu users have the support net they need. Almost every problem mentioned here (and in most Ubuntu reviews I've seen on this site) can be fixed with these two things and some work:
the guide
http://www.ubuntuguide.org/
and the forum:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
Geez. Its not hard. I'm fairly green and I figured it out. I almost refuse to believe that people that with the Linux experiance most of these complaining Ubuntu reviewers they don't know how to use google better. I mean.....you type Ubuntu and the within the first 5 results both the guide and the forum appear.
Wake me when the preview release comes and someone that used Ubuntu more than a day reviews it......