breezy review at gcn.com

[Lionel Dricot]

"Even the host company, reportedly based off the coast of England,
does not list a phone number and asks that all inquiries be made by
e-mail. So if you run into a major problem, you may be waiting a long
time."

- Does that mean that people are ready to pay for Ubuntu support ? It
would be a great opportunity for local companies !

"The software is designed to be downloaded and burned to a disk, but
we wasted several CDs trying to burn the ISO image. If you want to try
out Ubuntu, they'll ship you install CDs free of charge (see
www.shipit.ubuntu.com). We wouldn't call the installation process
buggy, but it's filled with pitfalls. Most of them cause the
installation to reboot your system,"

- Hm, bad CD iso it seems...  But really, telling this in a review
isn't really serious...

"When we finally got Ubuntu running, we explored the GNOME
environment, OpenOffice suite, Firefox and K-Meleon browsers, Gaim
multiprotocol instant messaging client and other programs."

- Hu ? o_O  K-Meleon is Windows only ! What does it mean ?

"The distribution comes with a lot, but configuring it can be a pain
because Ubantu is more cobbled together than governed by an
overarching OS control scheme."

- Trying to understand this. Personnaly, I find that Ubuntu is a
better global scheme than Windows, where even MS applications doesn't
understand each other (open WMP, MS Office and Outlook at the same
time and try to find some logic between the three).
Anyway, she's right about non so integrated GNOME applications :
Evolution, Gaim and about non-integrated at all (despite some tries) :
Firefox, OpenOffice.

"Ubuntu found our test printer and CD-ROM drive, but not the key
drive. Connecting to a Windows network was particularly difficult
because the Windows server would not acknowledge the client.
Eventually we made the connection."

- This is indeed a know issue. SMB configuration is a pain and
requires tweaking conf file by hand. We have to change that !

Because Ubuntu development is ongoing, more and more programs will
likely be added over time. Hopefully that includes application-level
security. For now, Ubuntu is a user-friendly distribution that comes
with lots of add-ons. But it's not yet an enterprise-class OS.

- Never forget that for most people "easy to use and security" means
"it does all exactly like windows, it is windows, I don't have to
learn anything and I have an antivirus that I can see working so I
feel good" ....

On 4/7/06, Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> > http://www.gcn.com/print/25_7/40267-1.html
> >
> > It's a mix of positive and negative in this review of Breezy.  In summary:
> >
> > Pros: Coexists well with Windows XP
> > Cons: Hard to burn and fairly glitchy
> > Price: Free
> > Features: C+
> > Value: B
> > Security: B
> > Ease of use: C
> >
> >
> > The reviewer complains of a installation containing main pitfalls ... ,  problems burning the install disk ISO,  ...
>
> I suspect PEBKAC. If the iso had the correct md5sum, and was burned at
> less then light speed (so about 8-32), i cant see a reason for the cd
> not working... excepting using breezy beta cds :)
> kk
>
> >
> > The final conclusion: "For now, Ubuntu is a user-friendly distribution
> > that comes with lots of add-ons. But it's not yet an enterprise-class
> > OS. "
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Robitaille
> >
>
>
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> Karl Goetz
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