I just finished upgrading my Ubuntu Edgy install to Feisty today, and I must say I'm extremely impressed.
This release, IMO, marks the beginning of Linux emerging as a serious competitor in the desktop segment.
Everything is smooth as silk.
Proprietary drivers and codecs, all of them are pretty much a one-click install. Whenever you try to play a media file whose codes is not supported out of the box, it asks you whether you want to search for the relevant codec, and installs it for you, all through a nice wizard. Whenever you want to install a proprietary driver, just go to the "Restricted Drivers Manager", and tick off the one you want to use. It'll download and install it for you.
As none of the proprietary stuff ships with the distro itself, but is as easy to install as if it did, no ideological compromise is necessary, either.
Compiz comes installed by default. To enable it, go to Desktop Effects, and turn it on. Beryl is another one-click install.
Basically, it's been simplified to the point where a hypothetical generic grandmother could use it. No fuss, no mess, and ALL the issues which were holding it back have been pretty much resolved.
Has anyone else here tried it?
This release, IMO, marks the beginning of Linux emerging as a serious competitor in the desktop segment.
Everything is smooth as silk.
Proprietary drivers and codecs, all of them are pretty much a one-click install. Whenever you try to play a media file whose codes is not supported out of the box, it asks you whether you want to search for the relevant codec, and installs it for you, all through a nice wizard. Whenever you want to install a proprietary driver, just go to the "Restricted Drivers Manager", and tick off the one you want to use. It'll download and install it for you.
As none of the proprietary stuff ships with the distro itself, but is as easy to install as if it did, no ideological compromise is necessary, either.
Compiz comes installed by default. To enable it, go to Desktop Effects, and turn it on. Beryl is another one-click install.
Basically, it's been simplified to the point where a hypothetical generic grandmother could use it. No fuss, no mess, and ALL the issues which were holding it back have been pretty much resolved.
Has anyone else here tried it?
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