<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.6.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> Besides the Distrowatch numbers, which I think is great but is an indicator of popularity not necessarily true functionality. Ubuntu, is definitely the most usable Linux I've ever used and getting better almost literally every day. I'd like to thank the Developers and the community supporters for a top effort. I did about 3 synaptic upgrades on the weekend (on 3 different machines), nothing broke, Evolution is now very stable, and all on the latest patches/packages are installed. To do so many upgrades on pre-release code and have everything remain working and stable is a tribute to the skills and commitment of the teams working on Ubuntu. Well done, and thanks everyone!!! <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Kind Regards Russell </TD> </TR> </TABLE> On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 15:56 -0400, LongTooth wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> This is truly a monumental occasion! I too have used many -too many to remember- distros. But Ubuntu is the one that has captured my technical imagination as well as my soul. Crisp, clean, simple, functional and beauty to behold. At one time I was a Fedora fan. Still a great distro. But Ubuntu has given us a product that makes the use of Linux - installing, maintaining, and tweating - a joy. And lets not forget this great community and all involved. Lets give a great big hand to Mark Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu developers and you, the people that have made this distro what it is. Ubuntu Rules!!! -- LongTooth </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>