| Ubuntu 7.04 disappoints reviewer |
May 01, 2025
 Ubuntu has been the wonder child of Linux distributions since it debuted in 2004, and it has enjoyed mostly good reviews. However, a favorably disposed reviewer found Ubuntu 7.04 to be disappointing and presented his point of view candidly in a review published today by ExtremeTech.com.
"It's a tough thing when you're doing a review of a distribution that you want to like but end up having to pan it," reviewer Jim Lynch wrote. "The latest version of Ubuntu Linux is called Feisty Fawn, and about all I can see it being good for is venison. We found it to be a real stinker in some ways, despite past versions of Ubuntu having been fairly good."
Ubuntu tried, but failed, to play a DVD
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Lynch wrote that he wondered why Flash was not pre-installed; that he had trouble with multimedia features and installing the Nvidia drivers; and that he never could get the distro to play a DVD.
"I wish I could say that I still like Ubuntu, but I really don't at this point," he wrote. "I'd recommend Xandros over this release of Ubuntu in a heartbeat. Xandros is more polished and seems to have much less in the way of configuration headaches."
You can read Lynch's entire five-page review of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on our sister site, here.
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