ubuntu luv
To put the following in context with my own use: I've been using Ubuntu for quite a while now on secondary servers and I switched to using it on my primary development computers for more than a couple months now, so what Sam states was of no surprise to me - he just words it so damn well ;)
Found in Sam Ruby's blog:
Ubuntu boots off of a CD. It comes with Graphics, Internet, and Office
tools. Where I had once ran AIM with advertisements and could only connect to a single service, I now run GAIM with no ads, can connect to multiple services. And I even get spell check.
But I'm a developer. I want more. I want ruby. And subversion. And cvs. And
build tools. Each is only an apt-get away. There even is a convenient GUI for this. Ray's vision of the future, I have today. And whereas Windows Update kept the OS and selected Microsoft tools up to date, the Debian packaging manager keeps everything up to date and in synch. Without ever needing to reboot.
I think what Ubuntu has done is proof of the best part of the Open Source realm: enabling others to build using prior art.