Comments on: Top 10 Features in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:26:23 +0000

@Brian D.: Most of these commands, especially what you mentioned (dpkg -i and apt-get) have graphical versions available by default in Ubuntu. It is simply easier to tell someone the command version. Example:

GUI-
1. Download this file: file.deb
2. Open up a file manager and find where you downloaded the file to.
3. Double click on the file
4. Click to install the file
5. Click OK when you are done.

Command-
wget http://myblog.be/file.deb
dpkg -i file.deb

While the GUI version is easier for some users, it is much quicker to write out and do the command version.

By: kendon

kendon — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:17:10 +0000

The boot options thing is actually not really an advantage. when I installed yesterday it said to myself “wanna install, hit install”. after giving the installation everything it needed it started, and I got bored to death in about 2 seconds, because there was no browser, no IM no nothing to fool around with. luckily I was able to start a second xserver with a gnome session, so I didn’t have to die of boredom
actually it saves you one click and a few seconds of booting time, I think the OEM install feature is a much greater effort!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:38:54 +0000

@Brian D.
First, using dpkg and apt-get are not “coding”.
Second, there are multiple GUI tools and frontends to dpkg and apt-get, making using terminal commands unnecessary.

By: Brian D.

Brian D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:28:23 +0000

I’ve moved over from XP to Ubuntu 8.04.
When will Linux (Ubuntu)get rid of the archaic coding requirements (apt-get, dpkg -i, etc.)?? This hurdle is the *biggest* deterrent to Windows users who are aching for something just as easy, flexible and different to move to. I’ve been trying for more than a year now to get my colleagues & department to switch (>150 potential Ubuntu users)and this problem of having to execute code is the thing that stops 98% of them. Please! Someone think about the silent majority, and stop preaching to the converted – get rid of the need to code – anything.

By: Sayne

Sayne — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:00 +0000

I don’t really agree with including Firefox 3 Beta. Although I have used it and found it fairly stable, it doesn’t seem like something that should be included in an official release. However, most linux users would be comfortable using beta software and hopefully know what to do if they encounter a bug.

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:08:04 +0000

Wow, this Ubuntu thingy is getting bigger from day to day. I hope they can execute things like PolicyKit in a good way.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:52:51 +0000

I cannot remember what the tool was called but when I was doing the beta testing there was an application like Google Desktop that allowed me to search my computer. I think that will be a cool tool.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:17:02 +0000

“Hardly Heron”? that’s the most funny typo in months

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:07:37 +0000

Two big hopes:

1) Suspend-to-disk works as well as it does in XP on my notebooks;

2) The ability to get wireless networking not to either a) reconnect to the last network it connected to, or b) allow blacklisting/greylisting named networks, to protect against WLANs that “just happen” to have similar names.

I haven’t figured out how to solve either with Gutsy – and I’m hardly a *nix noob.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:41:12 +0000

Screen resolution control, bring it on. The rest? Everything we’ve never wanted.
What about hardware support? Wifi, anyone?

By: Alifaan

Alifaan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:06:51 +0000

@James II, don’t know, but have lot types of people in this world, so you think all will love it. It will be haters too, but lovers will be more then we can imagine.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:14:30 +0000

Hopefully the new kernel fixes all the power save problems from the past.

By: James II

James II — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:43:26 +0000

Some will love it, some will hate it

What’s that suppose to mean? Why would anyone hate it?

I tried out the beta and I thought it was just super. Of course I ran it from the Live Cd so I didn’t get to really run it through the wringer, but I sure liked what i saw.

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:35:03 +0000

Cant wait to try it. The Wubi installation is useful

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By: Geoserv

Geoserv — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:45:45 +0000

Stumbled! Informative post about Ubuntu.

By: aussiebear

aussiebear — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:43:40 +0000

Are there any specific details as to how “Secure Memory Management” works? I’m curious to know about this.

By: Dirk R. Gently

Dirk R. Gently — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:10:35 +0000

nice job on the list. Brasero is a good tool I got to try it a little bit on my last pc. I hadn’t seen anything written about memory protection. I’m guessing this is something outside the kernel. We’ll seehow. heron turns out from what I hear theres a couple bigger bugs they’re trying to get fixed beforerelease.