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		Jeema3000 on Oct 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag "Far too often things break between releases and/or upgrades." I recently tried to upgrade my older 9.10 install to 10.4 LTS. I got a bunch of errors about x.org upon upgrade (I think maybe because I downloaded and installed Nvidia's Linux driver a while ago), and yep you guessed it - hosed system upon reboot. These sort of showstopper problems should not be occurring - not in the year 2011. Totally inexcusable as far as I'm concerned.

suivix on Oct 30, 2011 [–]

I think they are rushing to keep up with the mainstream OSes and are skirting the details in the process.

Zak on Oct 30, 2011 | [–]

I don't understand the perception that they were falling behind. Sure, Mac OS has a more polished UI than Gnome 2, but Windows doesn't.

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