I decided to come up with a poll in the hope to provoke some comments. I want your opinions!
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I am an Ubuntu user. I have used Mandriva and OpenSUSE before but decided on Ubuntu in the end. The biggest thing I like is the community. I can find out how to do anything because there is such a big community of users. I managed to get things done a lot faster as an Ubuntu beginner than I managed with either Mandriva or OpenSUSE before.
I would have to say Ubuntu is a great beginner Linux distro. The ’safe’ choice. It’s also nice because I know it’s going to work for me day in and day out. If you are someone who loves to delve into the mysteries of computer systems then you will probably find another distro more appealing, but for now I will be sticking with Ubuntu.
Loading ...I will also say that I am a GNOME user. I tried KDE first and disliked it so much that GNOME was such a breath of fresh air. I have not used any other environment I’m sorry to say, but may be willing to try if you persuade me in the comments.
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August 1st, 2008 at 5:38 am
Gnome
iam a new ubuntu 8.04 user and i have to say that i wasnt lucky in installing ubuntu at all.
FIRST (xp) : after installing ubuntu with xp (dual boot) my xp become very slow and after a month i discovered that Grub causes hidden errors during booting which makes windows read my hard disk in something called Pio Only Mode and i read an article about fixing it in Registry…..
SECOND (ubuntu): ubuntu hangs most of the time and it was supposed to be the most stable os on earth!!!!
and i discovered that it was a kernel issue
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=765510&highlight=ubuntu+hardy+hangs
THIRD: in ubuntu there is a lack in gui Programs and using terminal is not that fun for me..
Any Way iam Sorry for the long message i just needed to say that every os has its own set of problems..
August 1st, 2008 at 9:15 am
Ahmed: I’m sorry to hear that you had such problems with your ubuntu experience. I initially had feisy on my laptop and when gutsy came out, I upgraded. I had loads of problems with it so in the end I decided to go back to feisty. I do, however, have hardy on my desktop and have had very few problems. So maybe it’s just your hardware. I’ve found that different computers develop different problems with any linux distribution.
If you’re still looking to try Linux without dealing with grub, give wubi a try. It’s a different way of installing linux and much easier to uninstall. It allowed me to check that there wouldn’t be major problems with my hardware before I did any partitioning.
I disagree with you on your point of a lack of guis in Ubuntu. I only ever have to use my terminal to install stuff ( that’s because I find it faster than using the package manager) or compile stuff from source (which I’ve only had to do twice).
August 1st, 2008 at 11:43 am
I have tried almost all of those distros and I do like Ubuntu the best. I actually tried Ubuntu several years ago and hated it. But then tried it again about a year ago now and loved it. However, there are things I like about Mandriva, openSUSE, and PCLinuxOS that I would like to see more of.
Ubuntu is the overall winner for me because there was always a few problems I could not get fixed in the other distros. This goes back to what Michael was saying about the community. I have had a few problems with Ubuntu but have been able to solve them because of the forums.
As far as desktop environment goes, I would have to say GNOME. I have tried KDE and I don’t like it at all. I think its too bloated and I just don’t like the overall look.
I did try XFCE and liked it a lot but there were a few things that are built into GNOME that I love. For example I could never figure out how to mount a network driver/folder in XFCE without using a separate program. I like that this feature is built into GNOME.