Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"When looking at desktop Linux by itself, any analysis of the subject quickly leads to this question: why do users choose one version over another? There are as many answers for this question as there are users to give them, but ultimately it should boil down to just a few key decisions which must be made. Considering this, it may be surprising to some people to find out how successful Ubuntu Linux has been relative to other distributions."
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2005-07-13
Not to take away from Ubuntu's thunder, but the reporter claimed that 53% of respondents listed Ubuntu as their desktop of choice, which isn't quite true. The question was "Which Linux Distributions are you considering or currently running on the desktop?" It is not nearly the same thing. If anything, 53% said that Ubuntu was or may soon be one of their desktops in use, which seems a little more reasonable to me.
I don't get all the negative posts. Ubuntu's great for what it is supposed to be. I used it for a few months, well Kubuntu anyways, it worked well enough which was all that I expected from it. Is there something wrong with that?
I don't know why the hell people get so offended by it. A distribution focused on simplicity and useability gets released, becomes popular even though it's brown, and that is somehow bad. It generates interest, it generates enthusiasm, it generates new users and it helps advance the linux desktop in general. And that makes it and it worthy of scorn from many of the very same people espousing freedom and choice.
Sometimes I'm convinced the linux community is it's own worst enemy.