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Re: [News] Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) Reviewed

  • Subject: Re: [News] Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) Reviewed
  • From: yttrx@xxxxxxxxx (yttrx)
  • Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:35:22 GMT
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <1975090.S6YyDiAzDv@schestowitz.com> <YQ47h.1689$k74.924@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> <87k61voyp6.fsf@geemail.com>
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Hadron Quark <qadronhuark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mareeba <mareeba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Review of Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft is an excellent Linux desktop that's very
>>> | polished and stable. Hardware detection is excellent and installing
>>> | software is a breeze with the Synaptic package manager. If you're
>>> | looking for a distro that "just works", give Edgy Eft a try. You'll
>>> | like it.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.openaddict.com/page.php?26.3
>>
>>
>>
>> Edgy Eft is about the best Linux distro to date (for desktop
>> usage). It is sadly made unusable by awful fonts (a problem all Linux
>> systems have due to freetype using autohinter). If any distro ever
>> gets the font issue sorted then Linux may start to make some real
>> progress on the desktop.
> 
> Edgy Eft is buggy as hell. Stick with Dapper. As for the fonts : my Eft
> system looks much better than XP having run Automatix2.

Edgy Eft is not buggy as hell, Hadrin just doesn't know what the fuck hes 
doing.




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