[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros
terry
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Wed Mar 25 17:37:51 CDT 2009
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Allen Meyers <texas.chef94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
In my opinion Ubuntu / Debian is one of the best choices one could
make. I've yet to try PClinuxOS but am anxious to try it - I may
change my mind after trying PClinux, but until then, my best
recommendation is with Ubuntu / Debian or Slackware, (I like Slackware
partly because it forces one to learn back end configuration and
generic methods of administration), but I've yet to find a Linux
distro that I totally dislike (I must say though, that I've not come
near trying them all, I've tried a lot of them but not near all of
them).
> 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.
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