Quick Look at Ubuntu 7.10 Release Candidate  Those that know me
or my work in the Linux community know I always see the good in
Linux distributions and open source software. I'm a "glass-is-
half-full" kinda gal where Linux is concerned. But I'm having a
hard time finding anything good at all to say about Ubuntu. Why
the h-e-double_hockey_sticks is it so popular? It's the next
thing to running nothing there is.  Okay, with that off my chest
I'll defend the rights of anyone to use whatever they wish. If
they can make Ubuntu work for them, then more power to 'em. It's
better than another Windows machine on the net being taken over
by hackers to flood our internet with more garbage. But hard as
I try I've come to the conclusion I'll just never understand it.
But I try. I continue to try. I'll boot a version of Ubuntu
every now and again to see if I can finally see what at least
some of the hype is about. That's why I booted Ubuntu 7.10
Release Candidate this morning. This is what I saw:  I still
have to boot Ubun