What do you think about ubuntu?

[inane]

Usually, but I've noticed a timeout mechanism wherein were you to have open synaptic, say, five minutes ago and then decided to sudo nautilus or open disk management you won't be prompted for your user password.

[Pathos]

I never use the admin login anyway.

I just su in console or startup konqueror as root.

[Siplus]

The problem with Ubuntu is that most of the commands are different from other distros sudo instead of su ... and others ... other than that it's pretty good.

Try 'sudo su -'

[Master of Reality]

I dont like Ubuntu, actually ive only used Kubuntu, but i dont like it.
 
I prefer using the console most of them time, so i hate that i have to set the root passwd using sudo before i can su as root.  Although i now understand their reasons for it, im not convinced (and dont have an understanding) if the security of using your user password with sudo to run root commands.

Adept is pretty shitty, they dont seem to have that many packages in their repository, i think theres 4000ish. In debian isnt there well over 10,000.

I don't really like these distrobutions that make you go with one Desktop environment, or window manager. I remember redhat back in the day with every window manager and desktop environment and i would switch between them regularly to see what theyre all about. With Ubuntu you are forced into Gnome, there is also Kubuntu i know, but thats still only two choices.

In Kubuntu they hid the freakin KDE control centre, and in its place have a horrible folder with a trim selection of settings to configure.

I think i would prefer Fedora over Ubuntu (Which i know also only has two choices of DE/WM but I like KDE the best anyway) for a desktop machine. And Debian for a server.

Maybe i'm just a linux user seeing this from a linux user point of view.

[Pathos]

I prefer using the console most of them time, so i hate that i have to set the root passwd using sudo before i can su as root. Although i now understand their reasons for it, im not convinced (and dont have an understanding) if the security of using your user password with sudo to run root commands.

no difference in security, just you only have to remember one password. does it reset the root passwd when you logout or restart the computer?

I don't really like these distrobutions that make you go with one Desktop environment, or window manager. I remember redhat back in the day with every window manager and desktop environment and i would switch between them regularly to see what theyre all about. With Ubuntu you are forced into Gnome, there is also Kubuntu i know, but thats still only two choices.

surely there is a way to install new window managers?

In Kubuntu they hid the freakin KDE control centre, and in its place have a horrible folder with a trim selection of settings to configure.

the control center is one of KDE's biggest strengths...wtf

[Aloone_Jonez]

Adept is pretty shitty, they dont seem to have that many packages in their repository, i think theres 4000ish. In debian isnt there well over 10,000.

This is my biggest problem with Linux in general, if there were only two or three formats then any Linux distro could use any package and they'd all be up to date. Sure you'd still have the choice of different package managers without any of the bother.

[piratePenguin]

http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/12/209257&from=rss

[Aloone_Jonez]

I might give it a go when/if I have a couple of hours to kill.

I'm with the critics here:
http://applications.linux.com/comments.pl?sid=36436&cid=87866
http://applications.linux.com/comments.pl?sid=36436&cid=87869
http://applications.linux.com/comments.pl?sid=36436&cid=87881

http://applications.linux.com/comments.pl?sid=36436&cid=87882

You should also check the EasyUbuntu script at http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/ [freecontrib.org]

I just might.