[wellylug] Critical Review of Karmic Koala

[Jeff Hunt]

I rather agree with the article. All things considered - including
cost and accessibility  - Ubuntu is possibly the best OS there is but
they have to be careful not to embarrass the Linux world and yet we
get a steady stream of regressions with each release.
In my own experience static IPs, dial-up (presence and permissions),
vidoe viewing and editing, and Samba all worked and subsequently
failed.

Is it possible that Intrepid was shipped with NOONE setting a static
IP to find out if they could or that Karmic shipped with noone trying
to fire up Samba

80% of the users would rather pay money and fight viruses than use a
system that fails in odd ways and requires recourse to a series of
arcane commands to bail them out.

Against that Ubuntu now looks good, runs most propriety software when
required and is user friendly and actually works at least 95% of the
time.

But what worries me most of all is the conspiracy of silence that many
Freesoftware users assume is normal. The easiest way to destroy a
system is to pretend that problems don't exist and that ignoring
things will make them go away.

Ubuntu is so close to being a top class everyday system that it
deserves the compliment of criticism.


On 11/6/09, E Chalaron <e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> I agree with the article,
> So do I...
>
>> it's not a good look and the opportunity to be a 7-killer at some level is
>> gone
>>
> Open Suse 11.2 is out in a week, I will stick to it.
> Cheers
> E
>
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