[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu's Gutsy target: Windows-level device support?

[Amit K Saha]

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


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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;407035179;fp;2;fpid;1

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