Ubuntu is under attack

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 18/12/05, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:39 +0100, Tobias Heinemann wrote:
> > Enough already! mailx and postfix are officially supported...
> > How many Desktop users actually use an MTA?
>
>
> I can only speak for myself, but as a "normal" Desktop user, I have used
> Ubuntu very happily for 14 months 24/7 without even knowing that "mailx"
> and "postfix" existed. As for "MTA", I don't even know what it stands
> for !
> So I would say, whatever these things are, they are definitely not
> essential to a successful Linux experience for "human beings", which I
> thought was the target audience of Ubuntu ! ;-)
>
>
> Peace...

Just to add one more voice to this ever-growing thread, I *do* use
postfix on my (7-member) family PC, but I realise that I'm unusual. I
couldn't care less, really, if it's installed by default or not. It's
just an apt-get away. But I have trouble understanding the position of
the people who believe a PC should have just the minimum bits on it at
all times. My breezy PC has a 250GB hard drive, as does the "other"
unix in the house, Mac OS X. OS X also comes with postfix installed by
default, I don't use it and I don't care. I'm not losing any sleep
over Apple "cluttering up" my Mac with unused stuff.

So, I guess, in sum: I don't care either way and I don't think it's
the end of the world, either.

-Eamonn