Linked by Kroc Camen on Thu 1st Oct 2009 21:02 UTC
We reported earlier on a blog post entitled "Ubuntu Report Card (2009)" where the author detailed how they felt the Ubuntu experience had improved over the years. In a follow-up series of articles looking at the future, Tanner Helland has written 10 different broadly-scoped feature requests that [he] 'and many others would like to see by the time Ubuntu 10.10 rolls around'.
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Member since:2009-10-04
I really hope Ubuntu the doesn't become the "default Linux distribution". While I do like Ubuntu, I also equally like Fedora, Arch Linux, and GoboLinux. Choice is one of my favorite things about Linux. If hardware manufacturers start making drivers specifically for Ubuntu (i.e. they wouldn't work on other distros, at least without some work), then Canonical would practically control desktop Linux.
Member since:2008-12-26
I really hope Ubuntu the doesn't become the "default Linux distribution".
Already happened, I'm afraid, as far as desktop is concerned.
If hardware manufacturers start making drivers specifically for Ubuntu (i.e. they wouldn't work on other distros, at least without some work), then Canonical would practically control desktop Linux.
Luckily this can't happen because of GPL.
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2006-01-01
I have been using both Windows 7 & Ubuntu and I have to say that I am truly impressed with the way Ubuntu works. I like Windows 7 a lot but I equally like Ubuntu.
There is a real chance for Ubuntu to become the default 'Linux' distribution. This means, hardware manufacturers would start producing drivers for 'Ubuntu' rather than 'linux'. For example: you get a box and you look at the back: 'Compatible with Ubuntu 9.x, Windows, Mac OS X'. On the disk or the manufacturer's web site, you find '.deb' packages (pretty much like Adobe flash player).