Tectonic: Dapper Drake Verdict: It Sucks

"Loyal Tectonic readers will no doubt have picked up that Tectonic is an ardent Ubuntu supporter. It's what the Tectonic team uses to produce our online publication--and much of the print publication too. Between Alastair Otter and I, we run six Ubuntu machines.

"It's not just that Ubuntu was created by South African Mark Shuttleworth--it's that it is just such a darn good distribution. Things work, usually with minimal effort. Getting new applications is a breeze with Synaptic and Apt. Default configurations are well thought-out and work on most machines 99% of the time. The community is huge, which means amazing support and resources at our disposal. I was certainly a happy and enthusiastic Ubuntu supporter... until Dapper Drake was released..."

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