Ubuntu 8.04 Is Ready to Take On Windows
art baur
chivo at myclearwave.net
Wed Apr 30 18:04:38 UTC 2008
Amen.
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 22:15 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:09:15 -0700
> "michael wilson" <ubuntu.eeepc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > One thing needs to be fixed before Ubuntu takes on windows. The ability to
> > totally nuke the boot process through the package manager needs to be
> > removed. There is NO WAY I can make windows un-bootable through add/remove
> > programs. Yet, I can remove a few packages with no warning and make ubuntu
> > not boot and unable to run any programs requiring a complete clean
> > reinstall.
> >
>
> I know I'm probably part of a shrinking crowd, but I categorically _do not_ want Linux to be taking on Windows if that means relinquishing any of the power that makes it better.
>
> If people want hand-holding and warning after warning, they probably don't want something that starts with a warning that this product carries no guarantee whatsoever...
>
> --
> Avi Greenbury
>
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