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So we were just having a discussion about Linux and someone mentioned that nobody cares about Ubuntu. While that may be true for the vast majority of folks, I’m wondering if it’s true of our readers. Please discuss.
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Ubuntu’s a decent distro and a great option for a beginner, but all the Linux distros these days are pretty reasonably user friendly. I still think Unity blows.
Back before Unity, I used Ubuntu for something like two or so years, and liked it for its friendliness — and plus Gnome was always good for customizing. But I just found Unity entirely too difficult to use. Plus, around about that time, I’d started on a masters in IT that I never finished, and had to make the switch back to Windows 7 because Open Office tended to mess up classwork documents. >.>;
Since then, every time I try to install or run Ubuntu, I find it makes my computer run really hot, and it’s just not as friendly as I remember. Shame, really, since it was a good OS.
I love Ubuntu but because Adobe dont support it im stuck with Windows/Mac. If Adobe supported it i would switch!
Im hoping google will make a fully fledged desktop version of Android with full Adobe software support. (I know im dreaming)
Im Bored of Windows and Mac
I used Ubuntu for ages. Really nice OS that provides a nice face of Linux for the average PC user. Not many people “care” about it but it serves a purpose. Although I tend to go for plain Debian myself.
I have a Mac but prior to that I used Ubuntu exclusively. I still keep an Ubuntu partition, to keep the knowledge gained. I’ve also become, by default, the person family and friends come to when they have a problem. 9 times out of 10, it’s a Windows based problem, 9 times out of 10, they never had, or have lost, their Windows disks, and 9 times out of 10, they use their machines almost exclusively for internet access only. Given this, I generally delete their Windows partition and replace it with Ubuntu. It’s free (which they love), is reasonably stable, and is more secure. Bung in a few Firefox plugins and they’re good to go. I haven’t yet had anyone say they didn’t care for it.
I don’t care.
Just the other day installed version 12.10 to play with. Just out of interest I would be interest to see it being released on mobile phones.
I’m quite sure there’s a mobile Ubuntu in development…
Ubuntu have cycling bib shorts? How odd. I’m inclined to care about Linux in general more now that Steam’s on there. However having said that, I use Lightroom for my photography, and it doesn’t work on Linux or Wine =/
Of course some of us care! Lot of IT people here in Gizmo, and there’s always someone who likes ubuntu among the IT crowds.
I use it sometimes. When a stick of RAM went in my laptop it was perfect since it worked with the broken RAM before I figured out the problem whilst windows refused to work.
I used to use Ubuntu quite regularly – especially as it tended to be somewhat more stable for connecting to an external server than Cygwin. However, this was before Unity which I found to be horrible in performance, usability and stability. Whereas previous versions ran on my Dell M101z absolutely fine, the more recent versions brought the machine to a crawl. I had also used it on my desktop though recent updates have led to severe driver issues with my GPU.
As of now, I haven’t used Ubuntu in about a year and a half and I have no plans to do so ever again. Having purchased a MacBook Air, Mac OS X thoroughly trumps Ubuntu for what I need to do. I have returned to Cygwin in Windows 7 for my desktop and don’t plan to put Ubuntu back on the machine. I would sooner try a different distribution such as Cent OS or Mint than go back to Ubuntu.
I used to care about Ubuntu, now I don’t. Unity was a bad choice and AMD GPU support is atrocious.
I’ve been using 12.04 for months now and am typing on it right now, and I have to say it’s pretty crap, as soon as I get the time and can be bothered I’m going back to Linux Mint.
Yeah don’t care much for Ubuntu, however Linux Mint 14 Nadia (Cinnamon 64-bit) is excellent.
And like “ashleyholford” if Adobe had Linux support I’d drop Windows. But as I use Lightroom and Photoshop a lot it’s just a pain running Windows in a virtual machine within Linux so I stick with Windows mostly.
I ran 12.4 for about 15 minutes, again and again. I really tried, but it ran red hot and ultimately destroyed my laptop. It was a faulty kernal apparently, but as far as I know, there is still no easy fix
But it was a delight to use, briefly
It has lost some ground of late, the switch to unity has driven more people towards mint. Arguably mint is still ubuntu in its own way but that argument gets a bit silly when talking about linux distros.
The fact that distros have started taking user friendliness seriously has made more of a difference. Ubuntu isn’t the only game in town for user friendly linux, in fact with Unity messing things up arguably there are better ones now. But the problem is that most people think of an OS as its UI which on linux isn’t as intrinsic to the OS as it is on windows or OSX, Ubunutu has unfortunately tied itself into GNOME 3 very closely and its actually to its detriment IMO.
Those that know that UI isn’t be be all of the game will gravitate more towards other distros. Straight Debian and Fedora are still big players and lots of people like Arch these days.
yes, although by no means is it “the best” linux distro (although i dont believe there is such a thing just the one that suits you best) but ubuntu is very easy to setup and very easy to use even for people unfamiliar with linux or the lazy (theres no shame in it, you can be lazy) so yes i like it
in several cases where ive had to repair windows many times for friends who have yet again managed to get their system packed with malware ive made them try ubuntu saying “try it for a week and if you dont like it ill change it back” and in most cases they are happy after a short time getting used to it and they arent coming back to me saying its broken again every month
After Vista was preinstalled on my laptop I dual booted Ubuntu Gusty, only stopped using when Unity came in and I bought a macbook pro retina. Now dual booting Arch.
I just hate the people who think running Ubuntu makes you a hacker.
I run Ubuntu for around 3 months on a netbook, was good for a while but ended up switching back to Windows as there was always something I needed to do that was just easier to do on Win7.
Returned to Ubuntu with Gnome 3 a few months ago when my MacBook Pro gave up the ghost. Does pretty much everything I need
Been using ubuntu since 10.04. Now on 12.04. It does everything I need it to. My only gripe with it is nvidia driver support. I really should upgrade my graphics card. I wouldn’t go back to windows though, nothing against windows, just prefer linux.
Whenever there is a new release of Ubuntu and I’m in a mood to install Linux I do tend to go to Ubuntu first. However like a lot of other posters, I do end up going to something else which often ends up being Windows 7 at home and Mac OS X at work…
Ubuntu has caused me too many headaches at home including the way it handles dual monitor set ups. I didn’t always have my second screen on but found that no matter what I did, any dialogue system/settings related would end up on monitor 2.