On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:33 PM, K Ramnarayan <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > This isn't exactly a poll but thought that it would be good to know what > people would choose if they had to move away from Ubuntu. > > Before saying anything i want to put this on record. Ubuntu is one of the best > distro's i have ever used. , its ease in installation, responsiveness to > multitude of hardware, the incredibly large and varied repositories, the very > decent derivatives (Mint, Ultimate etc) . The huge forum and support. > Basically i like it very much > > Over the recent months there has been a lot of chatter about minor and maybe > not so minor aspects. > > First there was the dropping and inclusion of different programmes (e.g. GIMP) > not big things but when many small things add up they become to big. > > Then there is this > Ubuntu is not a democracy, Mark Shuttleworth > > Sounds crazy saying it like that but to read what he had to say check out > > Mark Shuttleworth: "This is not a democracy" > http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/ubuntu-is-not-democratic.html > > and some related discussions > > http://www.osnews.com/story/23039/Kicking_in_Open_Doors_Open_Source_Is_Not_a_Democracy > > and > > http://www.itworld.com/open-source/101641/open-source-not- > democracy?source=smlynch > > ** > There are many reasons to use Linux and one of them, for me, is not to be told > what to do by a corporation. Sure Canonical is not the new M$, i doubt it can > ever become that. (hope not) > > But what makes me uncomfortable is the extent of control Canonical is exerting > over its user base. Many Linux folks , now, are first time linuxers changed > over from Other OS' mainly because of Ubuntu. > > So not debating the specifics of Mark Shuttleworth's comments and the > reactions > and the interpretations, I am getting an uneasy feeling. That maybe just maybe > we are becoming Ubuntu dependent and too complacent. > > I can walk blindfolded through a typical Ubuntu install and its subsequent > setup of additional programmes, tweaking programmes to work like they should > for me. Knowing what repos to add to get exactly what software and where to > source software (tuxwire, zyware). > > I cannot be happier with what i have. But what if we need to move to a freer > system. Are there any other distro's out there. Sure there are 600 plus many > of them with a passionate user base and with its attendant problem. > > My questions are how would people feel about trying out a distro other than > Ubuntu (specially first time users), in fact have first time linux Ubuntu > users > tried other distro's and what do they feel.
I guess it is quiet hard for any Ubuntu user to move to some other distro, as Ubuntu is the most polished GNU/linux which I can think of. But any other distro out there has same Desktop environment (GNOME), only think we can ever miss is the polishness and not the underlying system. Best alter I can think of is Ubuntu's parent Debian. > > I started of with fedora 1 and went through a variety and can make another > distro do to my bidding. > > My other question is how many of us dual boot a second linux OS and is your > secondary OS as well set as your primary, are you comfortable with it, under > all conditions. I think. few years ago people were comfortable, but not anymore with all the full OS virtualization tools like Virtualbox OSE. Everything is easy in a virtual world, isn't it? > > My 3rd question is what would you suggest people try as a fall back option in > case people want to try and alternative. Pass > > My suggestions are Pardus, Mandriva, OpenSuse, Fedora, Knoppix > Others have suggested Arch Linux > > The few times in the recent past when i tried another distro i very quickly > reverted back to Ubuntu, since i was uncomfortable around my system but now i > think its worth exploring an alternative in great earnest. > +1, I also tried many operating systems like Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD, Solaris ............... But only Ubuntu had the taste I wanted (or may be addiction). I am trying out FreeBSD in my virtual environment, hope to make the switch to some OS which is completely community driven. > look forward to reactions > > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
