[NTLUG:Discuss] Dallas Ubuntu Team

[Gilbert Morrow]

:-) Sigh !

On 9/12/06, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
>
> Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> > My point is ___________ ! ( fill in blank with what ever)
> > Distrowatch shows it as neutral (Ubuntu), but in first .
> > It seemed that the post kind of leaned to influencing people toward
> Ubuntu .
> > I don't really care on way or the other , Linux is Linux that is what it
> is
> > all about , getting Linux on desktops and more companies behind Linux .
> But
> > still don't see the hype behind Ubuntu !
> > Peolpe say it is easy ,don't see it , but I don't jump on a band wagon
> just
> > cause everyone else is there .
>
> I personally don't see it being easier than SUSE... YaST has some
> warts, but it can make some complex operations very easy.  With
> that said, the community support around Ubuntu is good... in some
> ways, it's what Debian should be (should have been).  Obviously
> there are some disputes and "feelings" involved with regard
> to Ubuntu+Debian... They'll both tell you the "war" is over,
> but if you follow the lists and such, it's obvious that Ubuntu folk
> feel they have the upper hand (that is... who cares about
> Debian if Debian doesn't make it... we have Ubuntu).  Whether or
> not it is true is irrelevant.
>
> I have been chastised by some Ubuntu fan-boys on my use of
> SUSE, which they view as a "newbie" distro since you don't
> have to do a lot of manual file edits, etc....
> (if that matters... makes me feel that Ubuntu is more like
> Fedora+ or Debian+... not necessarily a radical step
> forward).
>
> > Sorry I just say it like I see it .
>
> Oh.. I'm not putting you down.. just trying to steer things
> back to the original post a bit... which is just to make
> people aware of a local Ubuntu group.
>
> On the topic of Ubuntu "hype", there is no doubt in
> mind that Ubuntu deserved their 2005 distro of the
> year award... it became very popular, very rapidly.
> It's almost the sole choice of users on the
> notebookforums board (though I'll admit a lot of
> what they complain about I haven't had issues
> with using SUSE...).  Ubuntu has a very polished
> look, has a nice update mechanism, has a unique
> perspective on root-access and has a very nice
> website (well organized).
>
> And it's headed up by a spaceman.... how cool is that?!
>
>
> >
> > Comment not meant to anger or influence anyone in any way .
> >
>
> Not affected in the least :)
>
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