On 5/18/06, Wagner, Steven G <digital9ja@cox.net> 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
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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. :)
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