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

[Fred A. Miller]

Cia Watson wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 18:42 -0500, Timothy Butler wrote:
>> On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>
>>>> 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!
>>
>>
>> 	Yup, and perhaps more importantly, unlike either of those companies,  
>> Ubuntu is dedicated to Free Software, so their contributions benefit  
>> the whole community...
>>
>> 	-Tim
>>
> 
> Actually, from what I gather, Redhat / Fedora is a tad ahead of Ubuntu
> in their dedication to free software. By that I'm talking about the Mono
> debate, or issue. See:
> 
> http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/06/02/redhatfedora-drops-mono/
> which I got on a Fedora forums thread:
> 
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=223113
> 
> Speaking of Fedora, I'm beta-testing Fedora 12; installed using the live
> CD. It installed evolution email by default, it didn't ask... so I
> decided to try it. I hate to say it, but I sort of like it. Claws mail
> is a bit faster, but not by much. And evolution seems less kludgy than
> Thunderbird, and evolution renders my html email's better than Claws
> mail. So I may have found a new email client... in case anyone
> cares. :-)

It also lacks proper openpgp support! It's not easy to get it to work
properly and doesn't have openpgp management like T-Bird does.

Fred

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