"Many people are looking to Ubuntu to be something that it is not: A mass market ready operating system designed to work with the same level of compatibility as Microsoft Windows. Where people get confused is in believing that if Ubuntu, king of the Linux distros, is not able to take the marketplace by storm, then something must be broken with desktop Linux. In this article, I'll explain what it will take to dethrone the mighty Ubuntu and gain a market share so large that it will eclipse anything seen by Ubuntu to date." More here.
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Member since:2006-08-09
Isn't the difference obvious?
You can tell for yourself how much is breaking by just taking a look on the dozens of forums out there. You can not tell if someone is just making things up or making things look nicer than they are when (s)he says, "it all works for me".
Yes, I know that one should contribute by filing bug reports, etc. and that virtually no software is ever "done" (perhaps Sendmail? :-) ), but it's another thing to claim that when it comes to testing, openSuse, Ubuntu, etc. are on a par with CentOS or Debian Stable (to stick to binary, dependency-resolving systems).
They are not.
Sure, it's a trade-off between well-tested stuff and the latest and greatest. Still, I think many Linux fans underestimate how many people are discouraged by show stopper bugs.
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2007-03-06
"Things do break more than they need to in fresh releases of popular Linux distros (please don't give me the "but it works great for me!" treatment)."
It's kind of funny that you don't want a "it works great for me" while giving a "it breaks for... uh... someone".