[NTLUG:Discuss] Dallas Ubuntu Team

[schpenke at juicymumpy.net]

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> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Dallas Ubuntu Team
> From: ". Daniel" <xdesign at hotmail.com>
> Date: Mon, September 11, 2006 3:34 pm
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
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> I keep hearing great things about Ubuntu, though rarely anything specific.  
> I've been a RedHat user almost since the beginning.  Fedora has finally 
> gotten to the point that it is really slick and usable and I have remained 
> with it so long simply because I know it best.  So for personal use, it's 
> what I continue to use.  But I remain rather curious about Ubuntu... sure 
> would like to find some specific motivating reasons to switch over.  I try 
> not to blindly follow hype wherever possible.

Hi Daniel,

What I would recommend, since you already have experience with a
distribution that you enjoy, is to download the latest Ubuntu ISO and
tinker with the LiveCD feature.  You can boot directly from the CD,
look at the system, test its hardware detection features depending on
your operating environment, look under the hood, and kick the tires a
bit.  It isn't volatile in the least.

Personally, though, I would say that the biggest draw so far for me has
been support, ease of package and dependency installation, and
stability.

-S