Ubuntu — Beyond the Hype
Since a few years, Ubuntu has been grabbing headlines in the mainstream press, sometimes to the point where people are referring to Ubuntu where they mean Linux (or GNU/Linux as the case may be)…
Ubuntu (and alongside it, though in a lesser way, its derivatives or siblings Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu) has been heralded by many as The One Distribution To Rule Them All, One Distribution to bring them all and in the darkness … Ehh, that’s another story.
But the truth is, Ubuntu has indeed been brought forward in many a discussion about Linux for the masses, often proposed as ‘the first Linux distribution to get things right’ and similar claims. In many talks about malfunctioning and misbehaving Linux systems, Ubuntu proponents are known to have come up with the argument: “well, you should have used Ubuntu instead, because Ubuntu just works”…
January 8th, 2008 21:06
Indeed! Ubuntu was the distro which made me try Linux! everything worked out of the box without additional tweaking except proprietary softwares.
In Gutsy which I use now I could not find a single hardware that *DOESNT WORK*