Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Oct 2005 19:04 UTC
"Various reviews I've seen about Ubuntu have attacked the release names (Hoary Hedgehog, Breezy Badger and upcoming Dapper Drake), or the 'ugly' brown GNOME screen background (which is easily changed). I consider such "flaws" to be trivial. When push comes to shove, I want my operating system to 'just work', and in this department Ubuntu delivers."
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I've been a fan of Ubuntu until recently and if asked what flava of Linux to try, I've suggested it. I still would, too, though less enthusiastically. That single, carefully thought-out and for the most part reliable CD is a boon and a pleasant surprise to folks who fully expect trying Linux to be straight out of Torquemada. In most cases, you insert the CD, hit enter four times and 45 minutes or so later you have a fully functioning system.
However, I've been beginning to feel a little uneasy about Ubuntu. Despite smooth-talking assurances to the contrary from the Ubuntu camp, it's increasingly looking as if they are running a fork and not a derivative, and that they'd like to parallel everything Debian does and, effectively, put Debian out of business. This would not be a good thing, imho, and I can't help feeling that the lure of large bags of money is involved somewhere. So I guess I don't really trust Ubuntu, and am typing this on Debian which I'll stick to. Debian deserves support.
Several folks have mentioned hardware problems. The only answer is to stick to mainstream hardware and you should be fine. That means avoiding chipsets from folks like SIS and weird-sounding brands of PCI cards. I've never really had a hardware problem with Linux. Lucky? Perhaps, but I choose my hardware with Linux in mind.