Ubuntu's Gutsy Target: Windows-level Device Support?
Less than a week after the latest Ubuntu Linux release - version 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" - users are already crying out for driver support to rival that for Windows in the next release.
The Ubuntuforums.org Web site is a public bulletin board for discussion of Ubuntu Linux, including the next release "Gutsy Gibbon" due in October 2007.
In a thread titled "2 priorities to destroy windows..." Ubuntu user "gdp77" praised the operating system for the quality of the included software but pointed the finger squarely at the lack of device support for holding it back.
User gdp77 said Ubuntu Feisty proved that Linux is faster, lighter, more beautiful, more secure, and more powerful than Vista, and "many people made the switch" but expressed concerns about device support.
"Many people downloaded Ubuntu [and] many people will not buy Vista and go to the Linux side," gdp77 wrote.
Also:
Just for giggles, I installed Fluxbox on Gutsy today … which isn’t really very daring, since the repositories have only been open for a day or two, and there’s very little in there that has changed.
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