[wellylug] [Fwd: Distrowatch]

[Rob Giltrap]

Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:

>> Ubuntu is the current flavour of the day buy if you have been using
>>
>>Mandrake happily then I wouldn't rush to change.
>>
>>The Ubuntu Hoary release is due any day now. If you like I could burn
>>you off a 'Live' CD, thus you could try it on your system without having
>>to overwrite your current Mandrake install.
>>    
>>
>Thanks for the offer.  I did have a look at the 'live' ubuntu, but became 
>frustrated at using a 'live' rather than actual system.   Went to Mandrake 
>because had used it before, and happier with the installer.  It would be 
>silly to change, as am becoming used to urpmi, and the KDE desktop.
>
I don't think any distro currently provides a compelling reason to shift 
from Mandrake.

With Gnome 2.12 due in October 2005 there is expected to be significant 
performance improvements primarily through reduction of memory 
footprint. There will also be improved integration with OpenOffice.org 
(version 2.0.x by then) and Helix/Real Player.

These things MAY move the tipping point in favour of Gnome based distros 
and Ubuntu is certainly one of the better ones, especially once they 
improve on the current installer.