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A look at Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog" and KubuntuA look at Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog" and KubuntuPosted Mar 27, 2005 21:35 UTC (Sun) by piman (subscriber, #8957)In reply to: A look at Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog" and Kubuntu by tousavelo Parent article: A look at Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog" and Kubuntu
> it shows a lot of ordinary stuff to be installed by the user (Java, codecs etc).
Unfortunately, due to copyright and patents, such things often cannot legally be put in the box.
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Good explanations but room for improvement Posted Mar 28, 2005 10:23 UTC (Mon) by tousavelo (guest, #27022) [Link] Yes indeed, there are good explanations/reasons. I can think also of freetype related limitations/patents.In my eyes, reviews should not overlook these. If the review is too positive, frustration of newcomers is likely. And I feel that frustrated newcomers might eventually impact Linux image more badly than Microsoft. If Linux (including installing/configuring/tweaking) is presented as a cool thing for techies, everyone might choose to take the challenge and eventually assess his skills. If it's presented as "it works out of the box" without any warning, I will grow bad feelings if it doesn't.
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