The dark side of Ubuntu

Ubuntu has taken the world by storm in the last couple of years.  I doubt that there is anyone who knows what Linux is who hasn't heard of it.

There are several things I don't like about it however.  They seem to worship the gods of Gnome without spending much time for KDE, I'm not blaming the Kubuntu KDE developers here, they do a great job, but there isn't as nearly much resources available to Kubuntu.

My next main gripe is at the Ubuntu team that deal with bug reports.  I have seen them ask things that users who are filing the bugs would find impossible to do, and in several cases I have seen are quite rude to the bug reporters.  They will not acknowledge a bug exists until it can be proven, which is fair enough, but a reproducible list of instructions does not seem to be good enough.

I have a lot of respect for RedHat and Novell (despite the MS deal) as they put a lot back and from what I have seen they have patience to listen to the users.  I believe Ubuntu is trying, but it not there yet.

Why do I use Ubuntu then?

I don't know, I am really questioning myself today.  I have had package management problems with OpenSUSE 10.3 which is the only thing that put me off it.  These are reportedly resolved in 11 and I am finding OpenSUSE hard to resist again.  I am downloading 11 beta 1 now.  If it looks promising from the live CD I may well switch to it when I get given a new laptop on Monday.