cies' blog
This is the web-log (blog) of Cies Breijs. You can find his homepage here: http://cies.com (not)2009-11-08
freedom desktops closing in on me
both my dad and my brother have been using kubuntu 9.10 since the release, noticed the difference from earlier experiences with kubuntu or linux-based-OSes, and told me they love it. in their opinion it feels very solid and makes old computers (~5y old) shine. separately they told me they feel old machines running kub9.10 run smoother than brand new machines running xp/ vista/ win7 for simple tasks. they both have people (angles) to explain and fix when needed; that helps.
so how have they come to like it? i think (1) kde4.3 shines and comes on kub9.1 with all the little tools that one would expect of a modern desktop OS (like a proper network manager). then i feel the (2) intel video driver just seem to work much better, allowing destop-effects to work smoothly while playing a video on a cheap computer bought 5 year ago. they also understand better what is "free", like it, and know how to deal with it (downloading propietary codecs etc.). finally i feel they have (3) grown more accustomed to use "new" desktops by all their experiences with "new" desktops over the last few years (xp/ vista/ win7/ osx/ mobileOSes) while at the same time they have (4) moved much of their activities from desktop-apps to web-apps.
what other people may label "the year linux came to the desktop" they have to decide for them selves. somewhere in '98-'99 it took my desktop and it seems that now its getting to desktops of people very near to me. i think kubuntu9.10 is a wonderful release: very valuable, yet free.
Labels: kubuntu 9.10 kde desktop
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