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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