On Jun 3, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
"I just installed Ubuntu 6.06 and it was the nicest out-of-the-box
install experience I've ever had with Linux - real competition for
the folks at Apple. Thanks for the lovely piece of work! (Roller's
date: Jun 02 2006, 04:36:43 PM PDT )"
I didn't say that, James Gosling did. Of course no one will accuse
St. Gosling of being a used car salesman or a fraud or what have you.
I fully expect the folks at Sun to come out 'for' ubuntu with guns
blazing. This includes "Mr. Java".
But in order to do MP3, DVD, and/or play movies, etc., you need to
do something extra. Fortunately, there is a Python script that
will do all these, and more, in one simple batch process:
http://users.on.net/~goetz/EasyUbuntu/get.html
(Never thought I could install the nVidia driver while in X.)
Once you do that, it is quite difficult not to like Ubuntu. I am
still having problems configuring SCIM. Anyone cares to help?
Thanks. Wayne
Of course, once you do that, you no longer have a 100% FOSS system.
Eric Raymond would be so happy.
http://lwn.net/Articles/178285/
Jim
