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Re: OT: Linus or annother Linus?
de Craig 04/23/2006 10:18
Kalle Piirainen wrote:
> Mark Warner wrote:
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>> Craig wrote:
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>>> (And, take a hint, Mark is always flogging Mepis...he's hooked!).
>>>
>>>
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>> I can quit any time I want.
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>
> ...why MEPIS,
<calling Mark Warner! Mark Warner, white-courtesy phone please!>
> & Ubuntu..get such a lot good attention, especially in this goup? As
> I understand, these are just derivatives of Debian?...
"Just," doesn't quite describe it. Yes they're both derivatives *but*
they've worked to refine and/or add components such that they end up
emphasizing different strengths.
>
> It kinda seems to me that Debian would be the most stable, versatile,
> cumstomizable general distribution for the hobbyist...
Debian is extremely versatile. It is very stable. But, you've got to
be ready to get your hands dirty in a fair amount of cli-based setup and
admin. There's not a lot of hand-holding there. If you're comfortable
with the general organization of *nix files and administering *nix...no
problemo.
>
> I've tried Ubuntu Live (3.1 and 4) a couple of times and it didn't
> impress me that much...
There was a huge leap forward in the 5.X of Ubuntu. I praise it for
it's "ready to go to work" installations of evolution (outlook-slayer),
thunderbird & OpenOfice. I find the hoopla surrounding Ubuntu (look &
feel, "philosophy," et al) a bit heavy-handed a la Apple Evangelism but
<shrug>
> Happu linusing to all
And to you!
-Craig