Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 25th Apr 2007 10:18 UTC
A month ago I wrote a review on Ubuntu's 7.04 version and in it I promised a second look once the final version was to released. Feisty Fawn was released last week and as it seems so far, it is one of the most (if not the most) successful Linux distro release ever. This means that we can't help it but compare it with XP and Mac OS X, after having tested it in 3 laptops and 2 desktops in my lab.
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2005-07-06
If Kubuntu was so terrible, it wouldn't be so widely used. I truly believe this, particularly as it's FOSS software and there's no sort of lockin or unfair competition.
There's a REASON Mandrake/Mandriva isn't king of the hill anymore. The same goes for Suse.
Why?
Well, I think there are a ton of factors - maybe marketing is one of them.
The biggest thing for me was a low barrier to entry (particularly back in the Warty days, Debian had a reputation as a more advanced user's distro) and amazing package management - I LOVE Apt.
Kubuntu was never that bad to me...And I used it full time for over a year (Hoary to Dapper, I think).
AS for less polished...I've never had a smoother, quicker, and simpler experience than with Ubuntu Feisty...And I've used A LOT of distros commercial and non, on more than a few different machines.
The codec/plugin/restricted drivers installation actually clinched it for me and I've since replaced XP COMPLETELY.
I was almost dissapointed that my new comp took less than an hour to fool with to get it running the way I wanted. Almost