Ulteo, The New 'World's Easiest Linux'

ggarron writes "Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake and now fired from Mandriva, has created a new Linux distro, based on Ubuntu, and it claims to be the easiest Linux, and that it will redefine the Desktop philosophy."

Based on Kubuntu

[aitikin]

Having it based on Kubuntu actually worries me quite a bit. I have installed Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu, and the only one I have ever seen have any serious problems was Kubuntu. Ubuntu has been running for months on a completely non-tech savvy individual's computer, Xubuntu for about the same on a semi-savvy individual, and Kubuntu...Well Kubuntu crapped out on a semi-savvy individual after 2 months. I don't know if this is just my experiences coming through, but I've noticed a few others mentioning this difference as well. So I'd be glad to have something that's KDE based that I can recommend to anyone, but if it's Kubuntu based, I'm very weary.

Re:Easiest or not

[Anonymous Coward]

From TFA it actually isn't any better than (K)ubuntu today. They want to implement "admin free" (not sure this is even a good thing to have) features in future releases but they don't seem very far along that road yet.

Re:Based on Kubuntu

[naich]

Having installed both Ubuntu and Kubuntu on various PCs, the conclusion I'm coming to is that the best thing to do is install Ubuntu, get everything working and then do an apt-get install Kubuntu-desktop once it's all going. My experience is that most of the config tools are far easier to use in Gnome but that KDE is a better desktop once it's all sorted.

Whatever happened...

[nschubach]

Whatever happened to linking straight to the source instead of someone's lame blog? http://www.ulteo.com/main/ [ulteo.com]

Re:It is based on Kubuntu, not on Ubuntu

[SwedishPenguin]

eg. setting VLC as the default video player for all video files

Just right-click a file of the type you want to open in VLC, click properties, select the "open with" tab, and select VLC as the default player. (if it's not there, click add and select VLC from the list)

Re:OMGPonies!!!

[masterzora]

Now you're just making assumptions. 12:53 PM March 30 EDT is 2:53 AM March 31 in Melbourne, Australia. It is quite possible, indeed, that GP was correct.