Things I like in Ubuntu

Though I haven’t used (and won’t use) Ubuntu, it has a few things I appreciate (as far as I know them):

Ubuntu One: I wish we could have something similar for Debian users (ideally, it should be extended so that we could sync our calendars, contacts, liferea data etc.).

usb-creator: seems the easiest way to create a bootable usb stick containing a complete and customisable environment. I am aware of the existence Debian Live, but I must say I haven’t given it a try yet.

Desktop orientation: Ubuntu users are in a large majority desktop users. Ubuntu is imho desktop-oriented, and I particularly like the artwork coherence (from boot loader to default desktop).

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#1 written by Julian Andres Klode
about 9 months ago

We’ll have Ubuntu One soon. I just filed the ITPs for it, and will probably upload it tomorrow (if it works with Python 2.5, I haven’t checked it yet; otherwise it may need a bit of porting). The relevant bugs are #559750, #559751 and #559752.
- #2 written by Julien
  about 8 months ago
  
  Great, I can’t wait testing this!
  
  Cheers,
  Julien
#3 written by JG
about 9 months ago

RE: Ubuntu One… there is for debian users…. any OS type of user… it’s called Dropbox. Exact same thing.
- #4 written by JG
  about 9 months ago
  
  … and usb-creator… it’s a linux package called ‘unetbootin’.
  
  This is nothing new either.
  - #5 written by Julien
    about 8 months ago
    
    I didn’t know unetbootin. It doesn’t say if changes made to the distribution are persistent and if a space can be spared to the user’s data.
    
    Drawback for me is that is is in QT (I use GNOME, but that’s only a personal taste).
    
    I find this sentence written on the project homepage full of irony:
    
    If you are having trouble with the Linux version, try the Windows version, it usually works better.
    - #6 written by Julian Andres Klode
      about 8 months ago
      
      I have no problems with Qt anymore since Qt4 applications now render themselves using GTK+ under GNOME.
- #7 written by Julian Andres Klode
  about 9 months ago
  
  The Dropbox client is non-free; the Ubuntu One client is completely free software.
#8 written by non-free
about 9 months ago

If only Ubuntu One wasn’t non-free, maybe you could have Debian One.
- #9 written by Julien
  about 8 months ago
  
  Do you mean it is closed source?
  
  If I understand others’ comments right, the client is free (free speech), but not the server part ?!
  - #10 written by Julian Andres Klode
    about 8 months ago
    
    Yes, Julien, the client is free and consists of part licensed under the BSD license (configglue); AGPL 3 (storageprotocol) and GPL 3 (client).
  - #11 written by RainCT
    about 8 months ago
    
    The client is free, the server not.
#12 written by Johannes
about 8 months ago

I am also a strong partisan of Dropbox vs Ubuntu One.
Dropbox is really marvellous, and its most interesting feature is that it is multi-platform – One can’t stand the comparison for now.
- #13 written by Julien
  about 8 months ago
  
  But actually, what really interests me in One is contact and notes synchronising (I wish it could also deal with liferea data). Maybe it is easier with Iceweasel bookmarks.
  
  I tend to work on different computers, and for now, I synchronize my bookmarks via a plugin, my contacts through Google Mail etc. ie various different external providers, which I’d like to replace by one unique and reliable service (I would prefer by far an open-source service).

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