[CS-FSLUG] Yes, Ubuntu can absolutely be the default Windows alternative

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Tue Oct 27 18:57:58 CDT 2009


Timothy Butler wrote:
> Very good piece. I've admired Ubuntu for a long time because they have
> set some hefty goals for themselves and pursued them with a directness
> and speed not typical of FOSS. I don't know any other major developer
> in the GNU/Linux ecosystem that is so focused on building usability
> scenarios and then coming up with solutions.
With that, I must agree!
> Who'd have thought five years ago that the Linux "normal people" were
> most likely to know about wasn't RedHat, Mandriva or SUSE?
>
> I think it helps too that while Ubuntu has always been user focused,
> it didn't overhype and under deliver ala Lindows/Linspire and Xandros. 
Yes.....gratefully, it hasn't!

Fred

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position. Conservatives are interested ONLY in the truth. 
Liberals only care about their agenda. --Fred Miller





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