I am not an anti-Microsoft person, but after having used Linux now without even Windows installed for two years straight, it is actually mentally painful to use Windows.<p>Yeah, use whatever works best for you -- but using Windows these days feels like I'm on my Big Wheel when I was three years old. In a rubber room.
I'm excited for the next iteration when they revamp the default theme.<p>Ubuntu owns but it needs to look prettier out of the box to really grab prospective switchers.
Again, not an anti-MS person here, I support a large number of Windows clients, but it is not my OS of choice.<p>Maybe there are user interface tweaks that one can perform on Windows (do tell) but I can never seem to get it as minimal as running something like fluxbox on Linux (to say nothing of ratpoison, stumpwm, or xmonad). My very unscientific poll of the computer support staff at my office shows that there is fluxbox, openbox, and twm. My Windows usage is cursory, so maybe I'm totally wrong on this.
I've been using the Kubuntu RC for a few days now. After the disappointment that kubuntu 8.04 was for me, im happy with this release. I've finally made the switch to KDE4, KDE3, you've served me well, but its time to go on, and KDE4 is finally good enough to not make me scream(as it used to do).
Ubuntu is a fantastic distribution of a magnificent OS. I just wish I could run design apps like Flash and Photoshop on it (and no, GIMP just doesn't do it for me).
Speaking of Ubuntu usability, I just don't understand why they <i>require</i> me to pick a location closest to me in order to download Ubuntu. In the age of free IP geolocation databases they could at least fill this field with a best guess based on my IP or a least loaded server...
I tried the beta of this on my Lenovo Y510 with Intel graphics and the performance was horrible, due to the video drivers not being updated for the new Xorg 1.6 architecture.<p>On a positive note, my grandfather continues to enjoy his new Ubuntu 8.04.2 machine though, a welcome change to the Xubuntu 7.04 machine that was a 500Mhz P3 with 128MB RAM.
I thought this release would also be available for ARM, as mentioned here: <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/news/arm-linux" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubuntu.com/news/arm-linux</a><p>The netbook release says it's for Atom (though the compatibility list includes eee PC 701, which has a Celeron - by "Atom" they surely just mean intel-compatible).