[Sussex] Life with Ubuntu

[Rupert Swarbrick]

Just to second the praise. I installed it a couple of months ago and it 
was a real step up from my previous slackware system.

Disadvantage: (the only one!)
Whatever you do, don't get ubuntu/debian if you're still on dialup.
Waiting for packages to download is a real killer when you want to upgrade.

Yet another advantage:
You can, of course, use debian repositories too, so you can apply 
software updates and get wierd and wonderful programs (e.g. transcode) 
as well.

Yay!

Rupert

Gavin Stevens wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I've been trying Ubuntu for a few weeks now, so I felt that a brief
>report of my experience might be of interest.
>
>Good points: 
>1: It was a breeze to install - no more than 20 minutes on my P4 2.8GHz
>box.
>
>2: It is very easy to use. I am even growing to like Gnome 2.8 - I have
>deliberately stayed with the default desktop.
>
>3: It is based heavily on Debian & has kept Debian's strong committment
>to open source.
>
>4: The Synaptic package manager makes the Debian packaging system
>(already the best & easiest IMHO) even easier & better.
>
>5: The software installed by default is generally well chosen. It is
>easy to add new applications (see point 4, above).
>
>Bad points:
>
>1: errmm....
>
>2: No, still thinking.
>
>3: The root setup is a bit strange at first. Sudo is used instead for
>routine things, but there is a root terminal & I have had no problem
>with doing root type of stuff.
>
>4: There are a few little rough edges, but overall, Ubuntu has been a
>very well behaved & user friendly OS.
>
>More good points:
>
>6: I had to help Tracy clear some urgent work last weekend & I was using
>OpenOffice. Tracy saw OpenOffice & saw that it was good. She is now
>beginning to think that Corel WordPerfect isn't so perfect after it
>protested at some layout changes she made. The same changes worked fine
>in OpenOffice.
>
>7: Tracy is quite keen on the idea of having Ubuntu on her machine.
>
>My experience of Ubuntu is very positive. It is a very user-friendly
>distro with Debian at its heart. I would say that it would be a good
>first distro for newbies, or for anyone who just needs to get on with
>their computing.
>
>Gavin.
>
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