after a fresh install, 70%-90% of the hw is working without installing any driver. direct download of any application you may need.
email, chat, music, video, many tools and a full customizable gui on any workstation. torrent, edk, kad with a few clik. with 3 commands in a batch script you can backup your system for a disaster recovery. with rsync you can migrate a machine on another machine while it is running! and last but not least, you can share it with a friend without being pointed as a pirate! i personally think it is not comparable with any ms os! ciao franganghi 2008/2/20, houstonbofh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > wyo wrote: > > It's now almost 2 year since I've written something about this bug here > > (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/62) and it's now about 1 > > year since I've lost fait that this bug will be solved before I die. Yet > > it's time to make a review if anything has changed regarding this bug. > > > > To draw a resume: Ubuntu has nothing achived in this last year. > > I guess you see what you want to see... I am sure my perception is > slightly biased as well, but I still have some points to counter. > > 1) Have you tried printing lately? With Gutsy, cups made a huge gain. > Now most HP and Xerox printers are auto-detected, even on the LAN, and > installed with no "searching." See me do thins with my laptop has > prompted a few "Wins" at client sites with me saying nothing. > > 2) If your screen is ugly, you have a problem. My screen looks better > than most Windows screens, and fonts render correctly in everything. > No, nothing has been compiled. This is all with packages in repositories. > > 3) This year I have been able to engage business to a level I never have > before, in considering Linux desktops for non-technical users. I have > several Proof of Concepts out that should convert into roll-outs. And I > have been selling Ubuntu "Guest PCs" quite well for some time now. > > 4) Drivers have changed quite a bit as well. Along with the CUPS stuff > above, nVidia drivers are auto-detected, and installed by clicking a > bubble that pops up. Several NICs work this way too. Trying to view a > file without a codec prompts you on what codec to install and how. > > Now this has not yet translated to a 50% market share, but it has made > the platform much more viable for people that don't care about > computers. And showing how easy my life is without Windows is the best > advertising. Do you know how impressive it is to print out my invoice > at the client site on their printer without looking for a disk or asking > for an IP address? (Or if you do, it is "Which one of your 6 HP 4220s > is that one? .22?") To someone that has only run Windows, this looks > like magic! > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
