Re: Debian or Ubuntu for a desktop box?

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Author: Alex Dean
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Debian or Ubuntu for a desktop box?
Yup, I discovered that yesterday morning when I tried to build a PHP
extension from source... apt-get install build-utils (or something
like that) was all it took.

On Jun 12, 2006, at 9:46 PM, Mike Garfias wrote:

> Just made me think of something.
>
> I'm running ubuntu on my server now as Deb's 64bit port was broken
> last I
> checked. I've had a number of annoyances with it.
>
> All related to what gets installed by default. What doesn't go
> in. Things
> like traceroute and whois. Things like C compilers. Not hard to
> fix, but
> annoying when they're not there.
>
> Alex Dean spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
>> Thanks all for the replies. I will probably answer my own question
>> eventually. I've installed Ubuntu 6.06 and have been very happy with
>> it so far. Easy to install and use, and lots of packages readily
>> available. I'll try a Debian desktop someday, but it might be a
>> while. (As long as Ubuntu is getting the job done, I won't
>> replace it.)
>>
>> alex


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