Opinions about Ubuntu 10.10

[johnshaw1917]

What do you guys think about 10.10? Is it a major improvement from 10.04? I wasn't able to intall it on my PC due to hardware issues and I'm not sure I want it on my laptop, which unlike my PC, was able to boot up the live cd.

[JayCub]

I haven't upgraded as yet John from what i read about it that the casual user will not see any great changes, but developers would see an advantage, im hoping for a better user experience as i haven't run Linux for long, maybe you can install it to an external disk as a suggestion from a complete noob

[johnshaw1917]

Jay, I have an esata loading dock that I can use with my laptop, but I waiting for some feedback from other users to see if it was worth the effort. For whatever reason, 10.10 doesn't like the graphics card on my PC, so I can't run it like I normally do with Linux distros.

[JayCub]

im no help to you John, i like Ubuntu as it seems to be the most user friendly but i think i will learn less from it, what distro would you recommend

[Alboguy]

I'll give it a try as soon as I can John...

[johnshaw1917]

What distro would you recommend

Well, I am am currently running Fedora 13 on my PC and I like it, because its a bit lighter on resourses than Ubuntu. I also have Salix installed on a spare HDD. These 2 are my personal favorites, but they both require a bit more effort to set up and use. Oh yeah, I also have Puppy Linux and Slax, which are both quite small in size, installed on a flash drive. I guess it all depends on what you want to do with Linux. I like to experiment with something thats different than Windows as a learning experience, but if all you want is something that's easy to use, then stay with Ubuntu, or you could even try Mint.

[Neo]

well, i have used ubuntu for few days on my cousins PC and i loved it

cant tell more as i dint used it much

also @johnshaw

i always thought Fedora is heavier than ubuntu , what made u think otherwise

[johnshaw1917]

also @johnshaw i always thought Fedora is heavier than ubuntu , what made u think otherwise

Just my experience with running them both on the same PC Neo. For one thing, I found that Fedora didn't come with all the built in applications like Ubuntu, some of which I didn't want. I prefer to start with just a basic setup and configure things the way I like. In that regard, Ubuntu caters more to Windows users.

[hellnoire]

Fedora is definitely lighter then Ubuntu... the better question I have to ask is there anything heavier then Ubuntu in the Linux world? (Well, other then Kubuntu, but that's a cardinal sin...)

[johnshaw1917]

Ewwww, that dreaded K in front of Ubuntu. It gives me the shivers just thinking about it!