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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2005-07-06
You're also forgetting that on almost every other OS, new versions of software only come out once every year or two. How often does a new version of Internet Explorer come out (patches non-withstanding)? The current version is three years old at this point. How often does a new version of Office come out? Last I checked, 2003 was the newest edition. How about AIM? Version 5 is a year old at this point. Open source programs tend to release very often, because that helps retain developer interest and allows the distributed development model (where people are always joining and leaving) to work smoothly. It also means that if you want to stay on the cutting edge of every release, you're going to have to do that work yourself.
With closed-source apps on a closed-source OS, users get new versions of stuff once every year or two. With open-source apps on Ubuntu, they get it every six months. If people have gotten by just fine with software updates being so far apart in the Windows world, how is six months suddenly too much in the Linux world?