Ubuntu
Well, I’m trying my hand at Ubuntu, a Debian-based Linux distribution rapidly gaining popularity. I started the install this morning, but had to leave for work, so it is still pre-firstlogin. My main reason for trying out this new distribution was hearing reports, primarily from my friend, Jason Brinkle, about how Ubuntu is very easy to upgrade without having to reinstall the OS. It upgrades all packages including the Windows Managers (i.e. Gnome and KDE). Some other distros may have this capability, but this is the first I’ve heard of it, and I’ve tried several versions of Mandrake and RedHat/Fedora. If all goes well and this is distro is that much better than any other, then I’ll will most definitely push this distribution on anyone contemplating the move to Linux.
Some musts for my own linux desktop include:
- mplayer and mplayerplug-in: for general video playback standalone or browser embedded
- NetJuke: for streaming mp3s
- Azureus and bittorrent: for torrent downloads
- Gallery: for it’s fantastic user interface and price
- GTK-gnutella: for general P2P service
- rioutil: for managing my Rio Chiba mp3 player
- NeroLinux: for all things burned
- Adobe Acrobat 7: though not open source, they still know how to do it best
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