Dvorak Likes Linux!!

I'm doing a bit of a victory dance right now because John Dvorak has declared Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex "a winner." He wrote an entire column in PC Magazine raving about how Ubuntu has seemingly overcome the awkwardness of using Linux.

I have, just this week, been using Ubuntu 8.10 on my nine-year-old desktop PC and I must say that I am impressed, too. For most things, it works at least as well as Windows XP and I don't have to worry about malware. The eye candy factor of the user interface is, in my humble opinion, much better than that crap Microsoft has pushed on us with Windows Vista. Personally, I hate all the transparencies. They just make the system harder to use. Ubuntu includes some transparencies, but they are done so much more tastefully than in Windows Vista. The only thing that I have to complain about is that I am not able to edit video on it like I can with my XP machine. However, I'm sure that can be solved with some tweaks.

So, I have to agree with John Dvorak and wholeheartedly give my two thumbs way up for Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex. Go download a copy today. (Psst. It even installs in Windows, and I think there is a Mac installer, too.)

Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com

Xubuntu (better for older computers): http://www.xubuntu.org