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Ubuntu Report Card (2009)

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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RE[4]: Switch to Fedora, you know it makes sense

by Doc Pain on Mon 14th Sep 2009 20:49 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Switch to Fedora, you know it makes sense"

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Not this *again*! Every damn time usability comes up, somebody says "replace X!" as if it would solve some problem.

X has nothing to do with usability primarily. It's a base where programs can be built on. Those programs (single programs, window managers, desktop environments etc.) can offer good or bad usability, but so can text mode programs and even CLI driven ones.

You complain about "overhead" due to "not needed" features but can you tell me exactly how much your experience is degraded by having the ability to e.g. tunnel over ssh? I'll give you a hint: not one iota.

Calm down, please. It's not me complaining. I'm completely fine with X and its development / way of improvement. I wanted to illustrate why there are people who demand X to be replaced because they don't see any need for a particular function or concept. X is a multi-purpose platform that integrates its parts into an overall concept. It's hard (or even impossible) to even eliminate a certain part of it just because you "don't use it" in the foreground.

X does have some weak points, but not a single one can be solved more easily by throwing it out and writing something else. You'll throw out the baby, and the bathwater and come back in 2-3 years to the same place you are now... minus a few features.

That would be possible.

It's far easier just to improve X. I know you wont believe it, but nothing is *systemically* wrong with X.

Well, I don't see systematically wrong things in X. You're obviously talking to the wrong person. :-)

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