Re: [LINUX_Newbies] best things about ubuntu 10.04

10.04 boots faster than previous releases. It has a new theme which some
find easier on the eyes than the orange and brown. It has gone to a
monochrome look for panel icons which are smaller and more Mac-like. It has
integrated social networking into the panel. Notifications are improved and
not as intrusive. The buttons have been moved to the left to make way for
future enhancements. Pulse Audio mostly works now. None of this means much
unless you have used the older versions.

Ubuntu has Ubuntu One which allows you to backup files and settings (more to
come in Maverick) to the cloud. that should be a big help to those who have
difficulty with upgrades and losing files and settings. It has the Ubuntu
Music Store which allows you to buy online music and support Canonical. They
have improved the installer and Software Centre.

What like most is that Canonical is trying to do something different. It
used to be OTB GNOME, but they are subtly changing it up with each release,
making it cleaner, nicer looking and integrated. It is a work in progress.
You don't see it unless you have been using it for awhile. Slowly we are
being moved away from the traditional desktop into something new. You can
argue that it is copying Windows or the Mac all you like, but it is adding
things of its own too and adding value for users. 10.04 is a watershed for
this where we see finally a glimpse of what it can become.

There are still things that I hate about Ubuntu. Mine is a love-hate
relationship after all. I hate that it includes Mono by default. I hate that
it comes with two panels. Get rid of the bottom one. Please! (If you are
going to use AWN then you will have to show your students how to do this as
two panels plus AWN makes no sense.) I hate that Ubuntu is developer driven
and not user driven and that users are taken for granted now when once they
were considered the backbone. They have made efforts to listen to users with
Launchpad and Brainstorm, but it is clear that they do not listen to posted
suggestions which as resulted in users posting bug reports to tell
developers what they want. Do they care? They used to. However, the love
outshines the hate and I continue to use Ubuntu and recommend it.

Roy

On 2 September 2010 15:55, iloveubuntulinux <valchaulinux@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> Question to the group: what do you like best about Ubuntu 10.04 (if you use
> it). I am teaching Linux and this is the distro I am using to teach it. Some
> of the class likes the Compiz stuff but that doesn't work on VMWare so we
> don't get to see it in class (only at home for students who have Linux at
> home). I am going to try out the Avant product to make a Mac-like doc and
> will try out some of the new themes now available.
>
>
>

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