Re: Ubuntu 8.10 (to Josef)

you have a link? or you talking about PC linux?

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
> On 3/25/09, Matthew A Coulliette <matthewmpp@cox.net> wrote:
>>  I felt the same way about Suse 10.2 as you do about PCLinux, until I
>>  switched to Ubuntu 8.10.
>
> Thanks for sharing your experience and your perspective, Matt
>
> From your comments, I'm guessing that you have never tried PCL. You
> might enjoy giving it a spin some time.  If you had ever tried PCL, I
> seriously doubt that you would have ever gone to Ubuntu.
>
> For me, the multiple desktop feature is a major issue.  I am using 4
> desktops most of the time and may need to add a 5th. I can't imagine
> trying to do my work without this feature above all else.
>
> Like you, I also tried Suse, and I can certainly understand why you
> would have switched away from it.
>
>>  I had to give up kde and get used to using "sudo"
>
> I definitely prefer kde and su and can't imagine giving up either.
>
>> There are 2 bugs that I know of.
>
> There are *no* bugs that I know of with PCL (The virtual box problem
> that I recently discussed is a virtual box problem, not a PCL
> problem.)
>
>> 1. the edit menu command does not save changes properly
>
> Works perfectly with PCL
>
>>  2. There is no way to  add desktops/workspaces.
>
> No problem here with PCL.
>
>> although a gui does pop up on my computer it is missing a lot of the
>> desktop/workspace options
>
> No problems like this with PCL
>
>> I plan on submitting a bug report on launchpad in the near future.
>
> I've never had to submit a bug report on PCL.
>
>> The only other flaw I know of is 2 packages I like: pgcalc & cinelerra.
>> Which I am going to submit a request for in the near future
>
> To each his own ;)
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