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An Apple User Tries Ubuntu
Apr 23, 2008, 12 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (7158 reads)

(Other stories by James Maguire)

"I reveal my Apple snobbery because I want you to know where I was coming from when I sat down to try Ubuntu, the Linux distro. I think reviewers should always disclose their preconceptions. Like a movie critic who only likes serious dramas, and he goes to an action flick, and his review says, “Oh, it was just a bunch of explosions.” Yeah, to you it was, but you wouldn't have given it a thumbs up no matter how good the action was.

"So, if I’m totally honest, here was my prejudice before I sat down to Ubuntu:.."

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The article is fairly predictable but en ...   Fairly predictable but very good   
Kev
Apr 23, 2008, 14:30:09
 
Like many other newcomers to Linux, Auth ...   GUI/CLI   
Wendell Cochran
Apr 23, 2008, 16:03:32
 
Very funny, "...same corporate-like font ...   "same corporate-like font as Windows."   
sc
Apr 23, 2008, 20:08:19
 
> Like many other newcomers to Linux, Au ...   Re: GUI/CLI   
blackbelt_jones
Apr 25, 2008, 03:49:23
 
> Like many other newcomers to Linux, Au ...   Re: GUI/CLI   
blackbelt_jones
Apr 27, 2008, 17:09:19
 
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