__/ [ BearItAll ] on Monday 26 March 2007 12:00 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Skipping Frugalware 0.6 in 5 minutes
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>> | I was really curious to try the new Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus), to
>> | see what's new. I downloaded the small netinstall ISO (35 MB), and
>> | it really worked.
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>> http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2685
>>
>> Kubuntu & Ubuntu 7.04 Beta Released - Our Screenshots
>>
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>> | The thing I like the most about Ubuntu is that it recognizes my
>> | wireless network card without me needing to do any additional work.
>> | Many of the Linux distributions that I have used in the past never
>> | seem to recognize the card and force me to hunt down the files that
>> | I need to use it. I guess you could say that Ubuntu just works and
>> | they say that there are even more networking improvements in this
>> | release!
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>
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/25/kubuntu-ubuntu-704-beta-released-our-screenshots/
>> http://tinyurl.com/ytjhv3
>
> I wish I could understand Ubuntu's popularity. This isn't a grumble, they
> are obviously giving people what they want and it is great to see that in
> Linux world a new distro can come along and work it's way to to the top of
> the distros, so long as it has something to offer.
>
> My only point is that I personally couldn't see what Ubuntu was offering
> that others weren't. It installs well, runs well in the short period that I
> played with it, though I must say that even before I tried Ubuntu I already
> knew which distro I would be having on the machine I tried it on. But I
> couldn't see anything that I didn't already have on my prefered distro.
>
> Except one thing and maybe this is the the big difference. The Ubuntu
> forums are very good. Well supported with a range of skills. I wonder if
> that is really the key to Ubuntu's success.
>
> As I said, this isn't a grumble, I'm happy that they are having success.
One thing they offer is a lot of binary drivers under the hood, which I
suspect is the reason so many laptops (of desktops) work fine with Ubuntu,
but not with other distributions. Then there's documentation and good
package management, It also gets a huge boost from its free CD delivery, I
think.
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