[Eug-lug] Crappy Cow

[roger]

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 12:00 -0700, Jason LaPier wrote:
> Sadly, it should be up to these people to more adequately point out the
> fact that when you get an OS for free, all the stuff that comes with
> Windows isn't going to be in there. And rather than complain about
> wanting stuff to "just work" they can remind everyone that the
> difference in price of a linux distro and Vista (or OS X for that
> matter) is a couple hundred bucks. Right now, what linux-on-the-desktop
> needs from the media is less hype and more facts, rather than pretty
> much lying to readers by saying "they could have just put this stuff
> in".
> 
> This guy is more worried about titling an article with something eye
> catching than actually providing much worthwhile information (some of
> his other gems include "Why Gaming Sucks on Linux" and last year's
> "Review: Ubuntu Linux Just Keeps Getting Better and Better").
> 
> - Jason L.

Jason.  I don't believe this.  Again, Mandriva (Mandrake when I was
using it), is almost a trouble free install with some minor h/w install
hiccups.  Ubuntu is basically a trouble free install (as easy as a
Windows install)... only lacking Flash & Video codec issues, for which,
Mandriva and other distros have already resolved with a simple package
install.

This is basically a licensing issue Ubuntu ran into and got cold feet. 

But! there is hope with the following site for Ubuntu users (well known
among Mandriva users):
http://plf.zarb.org/

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Roger
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Fri May 4 12:30:01 PDT 2007