For me, it's that it just freaking works. No hardware issues, minimal install on the server version so I get only what I want. 5 years support for LTS server.
Don't get me started on Redhat/centos being years out of date... OpenLDAP bugs that have been fixed for a *long* time are still broken in CentOS current. I know their main target is a stable platform on redhat enterprise/CentOS, but jeeze... fix the bugs. I don't like having to compile from source unless I have to, and all too often, using CentOS means having to compile. Take postfix... I had to modify the spec file for the RPM to include MySQL support and rebuild. Ubuntu does what I want, when I want, and has reasonably current packages. And it's still debian linux more or less, so I can edit config files to customize it to do what/when I want the way I want. Rant over. :P On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Keith Stokes <kei...@neill.net> wrote: > I think the concept is that Ubuntu is dumbed-down and minimalistic to > the degree that a normal computer user might be able to actually > install and use it. > > It's got amazing hardware drivers too. I've had it work on brand-new > hardware when no other "normal" distros would work. > > On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: > > > meh. > > before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it > > cause yahoo is gonna give them money. > > but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using > > ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu > > is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. > > every time I reload windows I have to change > > the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need > > money too. > > > > ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on > > the ubuntu bandwagon? > > it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian > > <kart...@poobal.net> wrote: > >> Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as > >> Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I > >> am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for > >> the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a > >> turf war for web search. > >> > >> Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer > >> electronics company than a computer manufacturer. > >> > >> So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change > >> the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Karthik Poobalasubramanian > >> kart...@poobal.net > >> kart...@la.gov > >> (225) 341-5855 > >> skype: poobal > >> > >> > >> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > >> > >>> See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. > >>> Look here: > >>> > >>> > http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html > >>> > >>> I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. > >>> > >>> If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and > >>> let them slug it out. > >>> > >>> --- > >>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > >>> Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > >>> Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > >>> > >>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > >>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> General mailing list > >>> General@brlug.net > >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> General@brlug.net > >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Have Mercy & Say Yeah > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General@brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > -- > > Keith Stokes > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
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