Ubuntu Linux experiences?

[Travis Roy]

I've used it, had to dump it due to lack of support for some things I 
needed. Most of it wasn't in the default apt repository and after adding 
in some 3rd party ones that broke a whole ton of stuff and made the 
system very unstable.

The new debian installer is very nice and very easy to follow, you might 
want to give debian another go.

> Has anyone on the list worked with the Ubuntu distribution yet? 
> 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
> 
> I've been testing it in VMWare and I'm very impressed with what I've
> seen. I've had very little luck with Debian in the past, particularly
> getting it installed (I'm generally a RedHat/Fedora/Mandrake user).
> 
> The Ubuntu installer is simple and got me up and running very quickly.
> It seems to offer the best of what Debian is good for while minimizing
> or eliminating Debian's weaknesses. It looks like a major player in the
> distro market if they can keep up with their commitments (new releases
> every six months, and each release supported with security updates for
> 18 months).
> 
> This summary of the distribution on distrowatch.org also piqued my
> curiosity:
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> Ubuntu Linux has stormed the Linux distribution scene like no other
> Linux project before. It has done so in a fashion resembling a highly
> sophisticated player: it seems to have first observed all other major
> distributions, learnt from their mistakes and combined the best features
> of all of them into one superior product. A six-month's release cycle,
> up-to-date package set, a clearly set product lifetime (at 18 months),
> fast download mirrors, great documentation, even free CDs and free
> shipment of CDs anywhere in the world to those interested in the
> distribution. That's Ubuntu.
> 
> The project is funded by Mark Shuttleworth. Those who have never heard
> the name, Mark is a South African entrepreneur who made a fortune when
> he sold his company, Thawte Consulting, to Verisign, for US$575 million
> in late 1999. He appears to be a generous person: after the sale, he
> reportedly paid bonuses of one million Rand each (about US$163,000 at
> the time) to every one of his employees. He also founded several
> educational and open source initiatives around South Africa, including
> Go Open Source. While it is not yet clear how Mark's Canonical Limited
> intends to make money from Ubuntu, the distribution is certainly off to
> a good start, at least in terms of getting the name into public
> consciousness and offering a solid alternative to more established Linux
> distributions.
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> Regards,
> 
> Scott
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