On Thursday 18 May 2006 19:04, Dazed_75 wrote: > On 5/18/06, Wagner, Steven G wrote: > > >Stephen: Heh, I am having quite a time learning the "easier" distros. > > >I thought about Gentoo but suspect I am not ready for that learning > > >curve. A weekend? HAH - for me it would more likely be months at > > >least. Maybe one day though I would have the confidence to try it on > > >a spare machine. Right now I could not spare the time. > > > > I like Gentoo for a lot of reasons; security, customization, power, etc. > > But > > the thing that still impresses me the most is portage, the ports-based > > package manager. Gotta give it up to the BSD-people, I love portage! > > > > What does Ubuntu use? Iirc, it's Debian-based so I would suppose it uses > > apt-get. Does Ubuntu add a lot of features to Debian or just ease the > > installation somewhat? I had tried Ubuntu once, but couldn't understand > > what > > all the buzz was about (google, etc.) I had thought I would rather just > > install Debian; am I missing some great features that Ubuntu has over > > Debian? > > > > I'm still wondering why Ubuntu? The live cd didn't strike me as very > > useful, > > I would hope the full install comes with many more applications/features. > > I'm not knocking Ubuntu, I assume I just may have missed something > > interesting about it. Since the live cd didn't configure the touchpad on > > my > > laptop I wasn't impressed with the hardware support. Struck me that > > Kanotix/Knoppix were more useful Debian-derived live cds. > > > > I've found opensuse 10.1 to be very nice; lots of features and services, > > great installer, and very stable (though kind of slow to boot.) Not sure > > if > > they have a live cd out yet, but I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a > > nice > > balance of easy installation to robustness. In the last release I had to > > add > > third-party repository servers to get the apps I wanted, but with this > > 10.1 > > release I've so far found everything I wanted without having to do that. > > Also, in this release the hibernate feature works whereas the previous > > version hung when I tried to wake from sleep. > > > > Have a good one, > > > > S > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.0/342 - Release Date: 5/17/2006 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > I'm sure others can give more complete answers than I, but ... here goes a > bit of an answer. > > Ubuntu doesn't really add anything in terms of features that I am aware of. > What it does add is some friendliness (nothing to the linux geeks), > stability and a regular release schedule. It is definitely not bleeding > edge but is intended to help expand the use of Linux by new users. Many > have tried that but this one is catching on. But as far as someone like > you I would guess it has little to offer unless you are helping/supporting > some users new to Linux. > > OTOH, I believe the release after next is expected to expand into new areas > for Ubuntu (more focus on server and development arenas I think). Anyway, > let the comments begin as I have probably oversimplified the whole thing. > :) Actually, I think you're spot on. Ubuntu makes it fairly easy for the beginner to get started with a Linux system, but the true Geeks-at-heart will outgrow it rather quickly. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss