On 12/31/2007 10:47 AM, Tejas Dinkar wrote:
Just two weeks ago I have installed Ubuntu on a Dell laptop belonging to a friend. It only took a couple of mouse clicks and no previous knowledge (besides the mere "I know there are some binary drivers needed and they are not included by default"; note the absence of any mention of a specific repository info here) to have ATI (hence 3D video) and Broadcom (hence wireless) to have everything working. Leaving aside any rant or justification about patents and such, from a user point of view I would have noted Ubuntu with 9 and Fedora with 5. As for the difference between "it just works " and "dig on google for what to do in order to add the repository, extract the firmware and install it"I smell a bias: According to the TFA: 1) Ubuntu took 3 attempts attempts to install. But still it got an 8 in that field, compared to Fedora which got 7 2) `System configuration can be fiddly, and configuring wireless Internet often requires some knowledge as you probably have to set up NDISwrapper.`.... wtf? Because ubuntu uses some magical kernel which all wireless drivers work? Notice the `you probably`... ie, he never tried 3) Maybe we should have a `select which services to keep running` as part of the installer? You can't deny Fedora enables a LOT of services, many of which take a bit of time to get going.