386 vs 686 kernels

[stu]

On Thursday 18 May 2006 19:04, Dazed_75 wrote:
> On 5/18/06, Wagner, Steven G <digital9ja at 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,
> >
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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.
> :)

	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.