[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[Dennis Myhand]

Chris Cox wrote:
> It could be a Debian thing... but, for example, the Synaptic
> package manager (and I here apt-get does this as well) downloads,
> installs and STARTS services (yes... STARTS them without
> me making config changes before they are stated).  Oh... I'm
> sure it's probably configurable somewhere, but that SHOULD
> not be the default for packages.
> 
> I'm sure there are other issues... I need to play around
> with Ubuntu again (so I can get frustrated again and take
> better notes).
> 
> With that said, there is probably more to like about Ubuntu
> than to hate.... 
> 

I partly agree with what you say but there are a number of packages I 
have installed (I have been building blogs and forums and mambos...oh 
my, lately), that apt asks if you want to start.  I don't think it is 
apt.  I think it is the way the package has been assembled.  I cannot 
speak to Ubuntu if it differs from Debian.  I don't use Ubuntu.  But I 
do agree that the default should be to ask first and not simply turn 
something on.  The thinking may be, "Well, you can always turn it off," 
but if it wasn't turned on automatically, then I wouldn't need to do any 
extra work.  This was the main reason a lot of Windows software, 
Microsoft and otherwise, really pissed me off.  I paid for the computer 
and I get to say what runs at startup and what does not.  Not the people 
who wrote the program or their marketeers.  I am at this point 
endeavoring to learn an rpm based distro, just so I can screw things up 
under two package manager systems!  Peace, Dennis in Victoria, TX