Comments on: Running Ubuntu: 5 First Impressions

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:33:32 +0000

Thanks for this. I’ve been strictly a CentOS guy, but have been thinking recently about crossing over. This was a helpful read.

By: Sniker

Sniker — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:19:10 +0000

I thinks ubuntu is nice thing but to use it in a clean pack tells only that you are crazy!!! There is a lot packs in the internet that installs with many soft < fixes drivers and so on!!!

By: Luca

Luca — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:47:42 +0000

Firefox in Ubuntu is buggy. Yes it is.
Many apps _are_ buggy, everywhere.
Internet Explorer in M$ OSes is MUCH buggy.
But Firefox bugs are quickly fixed. And using Ubuntu’s update manager is easy. I would say, you don’t use it, it takes care for you.

By: JBaer

JBaer — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:48:51 +0000

I haven’t had any buggy problems with firefox including flash, it all works flawlessly for me. I would recommend people to try Linux Mint though. It has a brilliant start button and is heavily based on ubuntu. It also has all the DvD and video playback codecs preinstalled along with a GUI wireless driver assist (ndiswrapper). Basically it is a more polished version of Ubuntu, give it a try I love it!

By: bmb

bmb — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:05:53 +0000

“I’ve read reports that Firefox is buggy on Ubuntu. I hope that’s not the case.”

Firefox is just as good on Ubuntu as on Windows. But: the linux Flash Plugin is buggy: it’s likely to freeze the programs using it (Firefox, for example, when visiting a site with flash on it) 1 out of 10 times.

By: Alex Turner

Alex Turner — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:17:05 +0000

I am so convinced that people will warm to Linux when they try it, I have been working on a virtual ‘try before you buy’ system. This post has given me more enthusiasm. Thanks!
http://nerds-central.blogspot.com/2007/06/qubuntu-run-linux-on-windows-no-boot-no.html

By: yman

yman — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:42:28 +0000

Sounds like the layout of the desktop is different than the normal layout in Ubuntu. care to share some screen-shots? (press Print for full screen capture. Alt+Print to capture the window thats in focus. just in case you didn’t know.)

By: Peter Cruickshank

Peter Cruickshank — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:19:13 +0000

OpenOffice can start up in under a second on my computer. Make sure that you have gone into the “Tools>>Options” menu, and then select the “Openoffice.org>>Memory” screen, and then make sure that the “enable systray quickstarter” is checked and enabled.

By: Felipe Alvarez

Felipe Alvarez — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:10:15 +0000

digitizemd said it ALL!

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:47:34 +0000

I can confirm your report of astonishingly fast start up times for Ubuntu. Try running it on a laptop – I used to wait five or more minutes for XP to start on my old Dell Inspiron; now, with Ubuntu, it’s up and running and connected to my wireless network in literally a minute or so.

As for Firefox, In my experience it runs faultlessly on Ubuntu. And its partner, Thunderbird, provides an excellent e-mail client, too. (I have the profiles for both programs on a network drive, so my e-mail folders and bookmarks are the same on any of my computers (two desktops and a laptop) where ever I am in the house. Try doing this with Outlook and IE!!!. And Ubuntu, Firefox and Thunderbird are all free!)