[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[Allen Meyers]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Dennis Myhand <dmyhand at ednaisd.org> wrote:

> 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
>
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I only have this to add to these two posts that I am in total agreement
with. The perspective I add is from less then experienced user and still
very much involved in the Linux learning curve.
After Puppy,  8.04 on wubi, overcoming partitioning to 8.10, a horrible
experience with SUSE I finally settled into Ubuntu with a firm resolve not
to wander.
How quickly did that resolve go up in smoke to finally find a comfort zone
in Debian 5.0
Again from a novice perspective with just a little patience it does much
more then Ubuntu for me at least.
Peace from Wortham, Texas
Allen Meyers
texas.chef94 at gmail.com

The ability to comfortably use a computer is directly proportional to desire
to listen, learn, and experiment, and is inversely proportional to the fear,
anger, and stubbornness that you show.