“Thirteen months ago, I wrote about 48 usability problems I’d
encountered in my first 48 hours enduring Mac OS X. Just over a
year later, a week after my iBook came out of warranty, its logic
board failed. So, while I attempt to persuade my Apple dealer that
no, they cannot contract out of New Zealand’s Consumer Guarantees
Act and yes, that does mean they have to pay for the repairs, I am
using a laptop my boss has lent me. This laptop is running
Ubuntu.“Sponsored by Canonical, Ubuntu is the latest and greatest
operating system built on the Linux kernel, Gnome, the GNU
utilities, and the Debian packaging system. Ubuntu 5.04, otherwise
known as ‘Hoary Hedgehog,’ was released a little over 48 hours ago.
It is the first Linux-based system I have encountered that is
tolerable enough for me to use for everyday work. That is a great
achievement. But Ubuntu is still rife with design flaws, some of
them severe…”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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