Ubuntu

I love ubuntu, it convinced me to truly consider linux as a replacement for windows xp. I’ve tried other linux distros, SUSE and Mandriva, both of them are pretty cool distros, i installed them and configured them on my pc with no problems, the only real nagging issue i’ve had with them was installing new software.I tried to install pidgin on mandriva, but it seems that i had to install other packages so that it could run it, then i had to type up obscure commands into the terminal in order to compile and install it. I have to admit i am still pretty much a noob at linux, i hate screwing around in the terminal.

Ubuntu is different tho, i was pleasantly surprised with how ubuntu notifies you of missing packages, i tried to play a mp3 file and i got a message saying something like this:

“oh hi there, it seems you need to download some packages to play this file, would you like to download them now?”

Installing other apps is only a matter of searching them in the synaptic package manager, selecting the package, and downloading, ubuntu does the rest. I did have to do a little bit of terminal typing, but there are a lot of helpful guides and forums in the ubuntu website.

Anyways, some screenshots of my ubuntu desktop:

Compiz-fusion 3D Cube

Vista-like Alt-tabbing

Workspace switching wall

He’s watching you, he always is……

Posted by iOxErapH January 2008

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