For some, Ubuntu 8.10 was something of a disappointment. Not because it is bad, which it is not, but because is feels more like slightly refreshed Ubuntu 8.04 rather than a new release. Fedora on the other hand, does feel a fresher and slightly more exciting but then it is hard to draw too much from the comparison because the default Gnome….
I have to disagree with the author here, Ubuntu 8.10 is a great improvement to Hardy and not a “disappointment”. Of course there wasn’t much visual change but it’s what’s running underneath that matters. In my case, my choice is clear am for Ubuntu but of course I like the likes of Fedora 10 and the soon to be released openSUSE 11.1