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XP, Vista, Ubuntu and then back home
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 337226" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Let me start off by saying that I like Ubuntu (and Linux in general) quite a bit. However, I wouldn't go so far as to call it the most "advanced OS". In terms of Linux distributions, it is perhaps the easiest to configure and use for someone who is new to Linux or computing in general.</p><p></p><p>That said, it still has a number of kinks to work out. For one, Ubuntu doesn't come out of the box with WPA support for wireless networking. If you want to enable WPA, there are a number of tutorials that explain how to do so - but it isn't anywhere near as easy as it should be. Typing paragraphs of commands to install up to date wireless drivers (assuming there is even a Linux driver that has support for WPA for your given Wireless card) and getting the WPA-supplicant working can be quite an ordeal.</p><p></p><p>In addition, Ubuntu also suffers the same weaknesses that most Linux distros do as it relates to correctly determining and using screen resolutions. In many cases, even after reconfiguring X, my Ubuntu installations still were never able to either detect or configure the correct native screen resolution for my laptop's widescreen display.</p><p></p><p>These are just a few examples of problems that are very simple to correct on other platforms, but can be a nightmare on Linux (and Ubuntu) if you don't know what you're doing or don't feel like dredging through forums and reading countless articles.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, Linux's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness - and that is that there are very few facets of the operating system that are standardized. If you like tinkering, that can be a very good thing. But if you're an average Joe who wants something that "just works", it can be maddening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 337226, member: 24098"] Let me start off by saying that I like Ubuntu (and Linux in general) quite a bit. However, I wouldn't go so far as to call it the most "advanced OS". In terms of Linux distributions, it is perhaps the easiest to configure and use for someone who is new to Linux or computing in general. That said, it still has a number of kinks to work out. For one, Ubuntu doesn't come out of the box with WPA support for wireless networking. If you want to enable WPA, there are a number of tutorials that explain how to do so - but it isn't anywhere near as easy as it should be. Typing paragraphs of commands to install up to date wireless drivers (assuming there is even a Linux driver that has support for WPA for your given Wireless card) and getting the WPA-supplicant working can be quite an ordeal. In addition, Ubuntu also suffers the same weaknesses that most Linux distros do as it relates to correctly determining and using screen resolutions. In many cases, even after reconfiguring X, my Ubuntu installations still were never able to either detect or configure the correct native screen resolution for my laptop's widescreen display. These are just a few examples of problems that are very simple to correct on other platforms, but can be a nightmare on Linux (and Ubuntu) if you don't know what you're doing or don't feel like dredging through forums and reading countless articles. In my opinion, Linux's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness - and that is that there are very few facets of the operating system that are standardized. If you like tinkering, that can be a very good thing. But if you're an average Joe who wants something that "just works", it can be maddening. [/QUOTE]
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