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Why I don't like Ubuntu
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I am an avid Linux user an have been ever since I aquired a copy of Mandrake 6.5 and installed it on an old P166 machine I had lying about. This was a boxed set complete with manuals and guides so I read the instructions and away I went. This was great and before long I upgraded to Red Hat 7.2, then Red Hat 8 and on to Mandrake 9.2 (which I still have on my second machine) and on to SuSE 9.3 which is on my main Machine. I have windows on a second disc but at home I hardly ever use it.
As a matter of curiosity I have tried many of the other Distro's to see what they were like (my 15 year old son has just installed Mandrake 2007 Free on his machine and I'm tempted to do the same except I can't be bothered at the moment). The standard Linux setup with a root account and separate user account is a very simple concept to grasp you do not have to be a rocket scientist to understand this fundimental concept.
Why do some Distro's such as Ubuntu feel the have to suck up to windows users because they are not used to this concept, by hiding root account and repacing its function by making users all get root access through the su command. It is a detrimental step as it can make a less secure system. Any long time windows user who wishes to try out a Linux system is like me not going to have any difficulty with the concept of root login for admin tasks, user login for general useage. Linux at a beginer level is not a difficult thing to learn especialy when the system follows standard Linux practices, installing a workable system is not hard, it gets easier with each new version.
As a user's knowlege and experience go up there is a joy in geting under the hood of your system and completing more difficult tasks. I learnt a lot when my son and I set up a home network runing a samba server and when we set up a firewall and gateway when we went onto a cable internet.
With standard linux setup all information can be found easily so why does ubuntu think it is making things simpler by doing things different. I am going off SuSE for they have gone a bit down this road as well by geting away from some standard linux practice in some areas.
If I want a windows system (such as I use in my job quite happly every day at work I will use a windows system). Linux is different don't try to make it more like windows because windows will always be more like windows, both have their place. Difference always makes for more interest.
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Posted: 05/27/2007 @ 04:33 AM (PDT)
(edited 05/28/2007 @ 10:49 PM (PDT))
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