Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Nov 2005 10:12 UTC, submitted by Justin
"I have always wondered what is it that makes people embrace Ubuntu over other Linux distributions. After some pondering, it struck me that the unique selling point of Ubuntu is its user friendliness. Ubuntu is a distribution targeted at the non-techie crowd - those that want to get their job done and not spend time tinkering with the OS. And consequently, the developers at Ubuntu have bundled simple easy to use GUI front end tools to achieve common system administration tasks. Here I have put together 10 things in Ubuntu that make a new user's life that much simple."
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2005-07-14
What would you say to them?
That its a problem with Desktop Linux not Ubuntu, and that anyone who really cares should use Gentoo anyway. MOST PEOPLE do not care about having new software the day it comes out, only a certain segment of nerds (that actually knows what version of software they run and keep up with new releases) must have the newest software the day it comes out and they are best served by Gentoo, Windows, or OSX.
Saying that Ubuntu has a problem because it cannot satisfy these sorts of nerds is like complaining that you car does a poor job of pulling your boat- its not what it was intended to do. Ubuntu is for people that might think that getting new software every six months is a real fast track! I personally used to be a nerd like yourself but then after a year of using Ubuntu I have learned to wait for packages because it really doesn't add to much to run that new version of rhythmbox. If I really need something new then I use Autopackage but this is rare (I wanted newest Abiword once). Otherwise I get new software when it gets backported and I don't waste time going to website reading that new software is released.
If that doesn't suit you then fine. Just don't pretend it holds Ubuntu back on the desktop. Windows 2000 and Office 2000 are still really popular for a reason- people don't care about running new software if the software they have works. Almost everything in Ubuntu works for me right now and what doesn't isn't going to come from some 0.x releases, its going to come from years of development on Linux Desktop software.