linux flavors, and ubuntu sucks
For the first time since college, I decided I wanted to get back into linux and see how it's improved since 1998. I really didn't enjoy it much back then, and I've been working a lot with Solaris ever since. Anyway, I looked around a bit, and I'd been hearing a whole bunch of buzz about the Ubuntu distro, so I tried it first.
My god does Ubuntu suck my ass.
I tried it on THREE of my home machines. Success rate? 0. It would go into display modes that were unsupported by my monitors. It would freeze up when the windowing system booted. It would go to black screen. It wasted hours of my evening. It was like 1998.
At Range's urging, I grabbed a copy of the Fedora distro, burned the DVD and popped it in. The machine booted great, the install was flawless, the options were many and easy, and for the first time, I can say that Linux was just as easy as Windows to install. Not only that but it's got an auto-updater called yum that's updating all my packages now. That was my big second complaint about Linux, I'm a firm believer in software updating itself, or at least making it easy.
Anyway, I guess my point here is that Ubuntu sucks. Don't believe the hype. Fedora is a fantastic experience so far. I'm gonna spend the next few hours poking around the guts of this bad boy.
posted by Tobin @ 2:45:00 AM
6 comments
6 Comments:
Ubuntu doesn't suck. I've installed it on very new, and very old computers.
I'm not sure why you would have a problem with it, seeing as how it's so easy to install and config. Perhaps you should RTFM?
You also must understand that Ubuntu is very new in contrast to many other distros. It's like a baby virgin.
Fedora is trash.
But what do I know? I use Slackware.
Gosh, thanks for the great feedback. I explained why Ubuntu sucks, and you tell me to RTFM. That doesn't even make any sense.
Bottom line, Fedora was easy to install and Ubuntu wasn't. On three separate machines. If I have to read a manual to install an OS, then that OS needs a better installation procedure.
Sounds like a driver issue. Older version of Ubuntu would try to pick an open-source driver for you, which sometimes would result as a black screen (mainly on ATI cards). If you hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 & a prompt appears, you can get to the xorg.conf and select the driver as "vesa". From there, you can type startx and see the desktop.
You are right, UBUNTU SUCKS! Ubuntu isn't Linux, it has been made too easy to use. I have used Fedora ever since I started using Linux in late 2003, with Fedora Core 1. It was fine, Fedora 2 and 3 were much better, then I never got the chance to upgrade to version 4. I then upgraded to 5, recognized almost everything in my laptop (other than wireless), I skipped 6, now I am on 7, I LOVE IT! It works on all of my computers (my laptop (P-M 1.73, 1 GB Memory, 128 MB Intel GMA900, 80 GB HDD, DVD RW, Intel ipw2200) and my desktop (PIII 1 GHz, 256 MB Memory, 64 MB nVidia GeForce 4 MX440, DVD ROM)). The only thing I never tested it on is my Mac (G3 400, 448 MB Memory, 16 MB ATI Rage 120, DVD RW, Mac OS 10.3.9).
I'm sorry... I have to weigh in on the Ubuntu Sucks! band wagon here. I've tried several different installs on several different machines and never once have I had a successful installation. I'm also studying for the LPI certification exam and little or nothing in the study materials is consistent with Ubuntu. Fedora is incredibly easy to install and I don't have any driver problems. And curiously enough Fedora is spot on with the LPI study material. So ... Ubuntu sucks c*ck. A standard directory tree would be nice. Don't waste your time get FEDORA now and leave Ubuntu alone.
Long time UNIX/BSD/GNU+Linux user. Listened to all the hype and installed Ubuntu for the first time a few weeks ago.
Conclusion:
It *SUCKS*. Good luck trying to get this joke of an OS to do anything... They've even broke vim...
X11 didn't work for me either, but then again I didn't expect it to! (Easy to fix with your own xorg.conf file though.)
I recommend anyone starting out on the UNIX path to avoid this one and try FreeBSD instead.
Windows-switchers/general-users who simply want a desktop OS without fuss etc, try Fedora.
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