Two topping distribution, please

[thelighteternal]

At lunch today, there on the counter at Round Table Pizza, was something I hadn't really ever seen before, especially not at a place of business, and especially not a restaurant:

A stack of Ubuntu CDs - packaged in a "Take one, it's free!" way.

So I took one.  May actually fire up one of the older machines and try it out.

Is "software libre"

Comments

[xsg]

I run a slightly modified Ubuntu desktop/workstation at work. It works well.

[joel]

I've been very impressed with Ubuntu. It still has rough spots, but overall I've been very impressed. For a while there I even thought about dumping Mac OS X and going back to my linux roots... and then I had a hardware compatibilty issue.

[kworces]

I use Ubuntu primarily. Default setup is sane. Has apt-get (w/synaptic GUI front end). Very nice. I've run Slack, Red Hat/Fedora, Mandrake/Mandriva ("mmm... Mango!"), Gentoo, and Debian. Of all of them Ubuntu has been the least hassle.

Actually I use Kubuntu (Ubuntu + KDE). So I can't totally vounch for Ubuntu. GNOME's "we're removing the config option from the dialog 'cuz you didn't really want to change it anyway and Nautilus doesn't really suck--no really it doesn't!" attitude really bugs me).

[bigbenaugust]

You have not experienced the full suck-ness of Nautilus until you have tried it on Solaris! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!

Thank you, Sun, for making the WRONG choice for replacing CDE!

[bigbenaugust]

Previous comments notwithstanding, I have a Fedora Core 5 box on my desk and at home. I did use a few of the Ubuntu machines in the lab that used to be next door, though, and they were pretty nice.

The work machine uses Icewm (old habits die hard) and the home machine uses GNOME because gmplayer seems to like GNOME better.

As to your original question: Unless you're Richard Stallman, no. :)

Love the icon, btw.