Two Days Without Mac OS X Leopard: Ubuntu 8.10 Review

One of those traditional “I’m a user of abc, trying out xyz” articles. This time, a Mac user tries Ubuntu 8.10, and concludes: “Linux has come a long way, but it’s not totally ready for the mom and pop folks, in my opinion. In the two days of testing, with two occasions it refused to load the graphic drivers and I could not enjoy Compiz. I found a tutorial which taught me how to modify xorg.conf to load XGL (I suspect that messing with the resolution of the second screen might have overwritten the xorg.conf file). Even so, I’d say Ubuntu 8.10 is a fantastic operating system. I guess it may take a while to tweak an Ubuntu installation to perfection, especially for more demanding users. I will recommend Ubuntu to everyone who can’t afford a Mac, are not into heavy media content creation or hard-core gaming.”

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