technofreak

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Ubuntu alpha apparently breaking hardware, shattering dreams (Engadget)

Sep 27th 2008 11:48AM This post is missing one fact that the problem is not only with Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha release but with all new distro releases including Open Suse's. In fact the warning from the Kernel team first arrived in the Open Suse mailing list and then appeared in Ubuntu bugs list. Another fact that alpha releases always comes with "something bad might happen, but we're trying our best not to let something like that". Unfortunately this time it did and the fault is not just with the distro but with the driver with came with the upstream kernel. Indeed the Kernel devels who wrote the driver has started working with the downstream distribution's kernel teams. As a precautionary measure, the driver has been removed in the latest kernel update and hence should be safe enough to try out now.

Flipping the Linux switch: The GNOME desktop environment (Download Squad)

Dec 27th 2007 12:14AM Been using Linux for 6 years now, been with both GNOME and KDE for
considerable amount of time that I have seen the best and worst of
both of the lands.

IMHO, think both of them are good with what they do. Calling either
of them bad, counting on personal experiences especially those based
on distro's failure to impress you is not right. This is because each
distribution offers their own customized version of both the desktops,
especially KDE.

I like a few things in GNOME, as well as KDE. I love amarok, digikam,
akregator, kflickr from KDE and I use them with GNOME desktop as well.
But otherwise I prefer using Gaim, XChat, Thunderbird, Firefox on both
the desktops. I rate Gedit and Kate to be on equal level, so do all
the audi video players provided by default.

At the end, it all comes to the point that its your comfort that
matters and you can use tools from one Desktop in another without any
problem (believe me). Both are as good as the other is, just use what
you feel it works for you (and don't conclude the other is bad) :)