I have no time for Ubuntu

[ponder]

2. Though I hated the unity theme, I quickly switched back to classic and it made my life easier. To me, the layout is far more intuitive than it is with windows.

I don't think that will be available in 11.10 so say hello wave goodbye...

 

[digitool]

What u mean bro? IS unity staying going, or is classic model moving its ass out of the house

 

[Ulver]

Classic is going. If you really hate unity ubuntu isn't a really good idea. One of the *buntu derivatives or fedora (if you like gnome 3) would be a better choice. Or arch if you're technically inclined and aren't stressed for time to fix things once in awhile

 

[ponder]

What u mean bro? IS unity staying going, or is classic model moving its ass out of the house

The bolded part.

Look at XFCE, I don't think it's any lighter than Gnome3/Unity but it's familiar if you know what I mean.

 

[kingrob]

Ubuntu did more for Linux than any other distro did.

For the first time you had Windows users willing to make the move to Linux & actually enjoyed themselves way too much when working on Linux.

Out of the distros I've worked on (Fedora, CentOS and Ubuntu), Ubuntu will always be used, cos it was started by a South African. That's how I roll.

 

[Bismuth]

Ubuntu did more for Linux than any other distro did.

For the first time you had Windows users willing to make the move to Linux & actually enjoyed themselves way too much when working on Linux.

Out of the distros I've worked on (Fedora, CentOS and Ubuntu), Ubuntu will always be used, cos it was started by a South African. That's how I roll.

Indeed, with you on this one, Ubuntu got me back into Linux, it is good, AND was started by a South African, so yeah, we rollin' much the same here!

B

 

[digitool]

Classic is going. If you really hate unity ubuntu isn't a really good idea. One of the *buntu derivatives or fedora (if you like gnome 3) would be a better choice. Or arch if you're technically inclined and aren't stressed for time to fix things once in awhile

Sounds gangster, thanks for the info man.

 

[milomak]

Ubuntu did more for Linux than any other distro did.

For the first time you had Windows users willing to make the move to Linux & actually enjoyed themselves way too much when working on Linux.

Out of the distros I've worked on (Fedora, CentOS and Ubuntu), Ubuntu will always be used, cos it was started by a South African. That's how I roll.

You assume the added numbers helped Linux from falling. When that is not the case.

Linux would have continued given its importance in commercial ventures.

Let me put it to you this way, what development has happened as a direct result of Ubuntu? I think Shuttleworth himself once stated quite recently that Ubuntu has not been about innovation.

Anything introduced on an Ubuntu district has already been something being developed.

 

[milomak]

I would say I am now indifferent to Ubuntu.

 

[kingrob]

You assume the added numbers helped Linux from falling. When that is not the case.

Linux would have continued given its importance in commercial ventures.

Let me put it to you this way, what development has happened as a direct result of Ubuntu? I think Shuttleworth himself once stated quite recently that Ubuntu has not been about innovation.

Anything introduced on an Ubuntu district has already been something being developed.

I was waiting for your reply, and you did not disappoint.

I said that Ubuntu has made it possible for a lot of people to switch from Windows to Linux. To support what I'm saying, just look at distrowatch.com - Ubuntu is still number 1 & the activity on ubuntuforums.org shows me Ubuntu is alive and kicking.

Or do you think distrowatch.com is a lot of rubbish?

 

[milomak]

You said it did more for Linux than any other distro.

Adding numbers doesn't mean doing more for Linux.

Also remember that Ubuntu is essentially Debian Sid.

 

[kingrob]

You said it did more for Linux than any other distro.

Ok, guess it came out wrong. What I wanted to say was that Ubuntu did more than any other distro to make people switch to Linux and make Linux less of a geek OS.

Also remember that Ubuntu is essentially Debian Sid.

We know that, but does the average computer user know that when he/she installs Ubuntu on his/her computer for the first time? And do they really care?

 

[BigAl-sa]

Also remember that Ubuntu is essentially Debian Sid.

I don't think so. Testing rather.

 

[milomak]

I don't think so. Testing rather.

Unless that is a recent change (I don't follow Ubuntu much), in its origins it was certainly based on Sid.

@kingrob - I had already acknowledged the numbers angle. But again I don't think that in itself was a great advantage for Linux overall. It's not like it would be dead without Ubuntu. And I still think a majority of the advances would have still occurred.

 

[ponder]

Unless that is a recent change (I don't follow Ubuntu much), in its origins it was certainly based on Sid.

+1 Ubuntu is based on a snapshot of Sid.

 

[BigAl-sa]

+1 Ubuntu is based on a snapshot of Sid.

That's the operative word. 10.04.3 is based on squeeze/sid - squeeze is stable. I have no idea about later versions as I haven't installed them. I imagine 10.10 and 11.04 would be based on wheezy (see /etc/debian_version).

 

[milomak]

squeeze = stable
wheezy = testing
sid = unstable

 

[don_ct]

Thats how I scroll.