I just upgraded my KUbuntu on my VM at work. Pretty sleek. It uses KDE 4.1. It's going to take some getting used to, but I think I'll like it. If not, I'm sure I can customize it to be like good ol' KDE3.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Chris Louden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@chrislouden.com">chris@chrislouden.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:06 AM, David Champion <<a href="mailto:dchampion@visionary.com">dchampion@visionary.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Anyone running the latest Ubuntu release from yesterday? I haven't grabbed<br>
> it yet but probably will give it a look this weekend to try it out... even<br>
> though I'll stick with Mandriva 2009 for my main systems.<br>
<br>
</div>I have been running 8.10 64bit since Alpha 6 and on through the BETA<br>
releases. Running it on a Lenovo T61 which is my primary PC. I<br>
downloaded the .ISOs last night of the formal release and will be<br>
doing a clean install of the 32 bit this weekend. I prefer the 64 so<br>
that I fully use the hardware to its abilities but there are issues<br>
with several plug-ins like Flash where it is not always stable. I<br>
haven't used a 32bit distro in over 2 years so i like to see how<br>
stable it can be. If Its worth it I'll keep it otherwise I will do a<br>
clean install of the 64bit from the final release in a few weeks.<br>
<br>
I'm a bit biased as I prefer Debian based to anything .rpm based.<br>
However I am really happy with it.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
><br>
> I ran across this blog entry a couple of days ago while googling for<br>
> something else. I would take what he says with a big grain of salt... and I<br>
> understand how someone who's trying to sell a Linux distro might be a little<br>
> frustrated with Ubuntu. In related news, Shuttleworth announced that he<br>
> thinks Ubuntu will become profitable in 2 or 3 years, and that he's willing<br>
> to keep supporting it with his own money until then.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I really appreciate what he is doing. I think the Ubuntu community at<br>
large does as well.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
> <a href="http://www.happyassassin.net/2008/10/28/why-i-dont-like-canonical/" target="_blank">http://www.happyassassin.net/2008/10/28/why-i-dont-like-canonical/</a><br>
><br>
> My personal take on it is that monoculture isn't good, and while Ubuntu<br>
> isn't there yet, they have certainly become what RedHat was a few years ago<br>
> - just about the de-facto standard version of Linux, at least for desktop<br>
> Linux. I think the author of the blog entry above isn't completely fair - I<br>
> understand that Ubuntu does contribute some back to the community, and they<br>
> have done a huge amount of Linux advocacy.<br>
><br>
> I don't like Ubuntu because it used Gnome by default, but that's pretty easy<br>
> to fix by putting a "K" in front of it and downloading Kubuntu. I see on<br>
> Distrowatch.com that Kubuntu, Mythbuntu, UbuntuStudio, and others are<br>
> available too.<br>
><br>
> -dc<br>
><br>
><br>
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