ddainese
November 1st, 2008, 11:24 AM
Hi everyone,
I would like to thank the Ubuntu and Linux communities for the incredible effort put into this new release: it's simply amazing.
A little background: I always been a Linux supporter since I started my university career in 1996. In 2002 I have been hired in an IT company
and from there on I was having less and less time to use Linux at home.
At that time Linux was awesome already as a server (in example I upgraded my Debian installation from 1998 to 2003 without a single problem), but as a desktop it was still behind: I could have my desktop applications and peripherics work but only going through a lot of hassle, and the interface was still a little buggy too.
In the end, after about a year, I decided to remove Linux from my desktop and live with Windows XP only so to have only one OS to administer (my sister was using my PC too, and Linux was far too unfriendly to her).
I have to say I didn't had much troubles in these 5 years with windows... Mostly because I wasn't using my home PC very much :) what really I can't bare are all the attacks I received: trojans and virus of all kind and everywhere, and even though I tryed to be somewhat strict on my security policies (firewalls, antivirus, no IE, no suspicious sites, no installation of unneeded programs etc.) I caught 1 virus and (recently) 1 keylogger which forced me to reinstall the OS 2 times.
Enough is enough. I decided to check about Linux progresses in these 5 years... And I'm really amazed!
I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.10 - the Intrepid Ibex in half an hour. The procedure is far superior to its windows counterpart. And even if my hardware is quite recent everything has been successfully detected and configured (the extended keyboard, USB devices, audio/video, SATA controller, etc.), and I could install the proprietary video drivers in just 2 clicks.
So far I found the documentation to be very complete and well written.
All software I need as a desktop user is already included (firefox, mp3 players, video players, image viewers, etc.) and working very well, and the way you chose to temporarly give admin rights to the desktop user when needed is great.
On top of this I rediscovered all the great things about Linux: the stability, the security, the openess (i.e. nothing of what is going on is hidden), the amazing packaging system, etc.
I strongly believe now the system is easy enough to be usable by average users... And that I'm not going back to windows again ;-)
Great job guys, keep it up!
Diego
I would like to thank the Ubuntu and Linux communities for the incredible effort put into this new release: it's simply amazing.
A little background: I always been a Linux supporter since I started my university career in 1996. In 2002 I have been hired in an IT company
and from there on I was having less and less time to use Linux at home.
At that time Linux was awesome already as a server (in example I upgraded my Debian installation from 1998 to 2003 without a single problem), but as a desktop it was still behind: I could have my desktop applications and peripherics work but only going through a lot of hassle, and the interface was still a little buggy too.
In the end, after about a year, I decided to remove Linux from my desktop and live with Windows XP only so to have only one OS to administer (my sister was using my PC too, and Linux was far too unfriendly to her).
I have to say I didn't had much troubles in these 5 years with windows... Mostly because I wasn't using my home PC very much :) what really I can't bare are all the attacks I received: trojans and virus of all kind and everywhere, and even though I tryed to be somewhat strict on my security policies (firewalls, antivirus, no IE, no suspicious sites, no installation of unneeded programs etc.) I caught 1 virus and (recently) 1 keylogger which forced me to reinstall the OS 2 times.
Enough is enough. I decided to check about Linux progresses in these 5 years... And I'm really amazed!
I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.10 - the Intrepid Ibex in half an hour. The procedure is far superior to its windows counterpart. And even if my hardware is quite recent everything has been successfully detected and configured (the extended keyboard, USB devices, audio/video, SATA controller, etc.), and I could install the proprietary video drivers in just 2 clicks.
So far I found the documentation to be very complete and well written.
All software I need as a desktop user is already included (firefox, mp3 players, video players, image viewers, etc.) and working very well, and the way you chose to temporarly give admin rights to the desktop user when needed is great.
On top of this I rediscovered all the great things about Linux: the stability, the security, the openess (i.e. nothing of what is going on is hidden), the amazing packaging system, etc.
I strongly believe now the system is easy enough to be usable by average users... And that I'm not going back to windows again ;-)
Great job guys, keep it up!
Diego