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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Sebastian Beßler wrote: |
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>> On 27.03.2012 20:30, Dale wrote: |
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>>> May be trying Kubuntu here pretty soon. |
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>> Be prepared for hard times using Kubuntu as it is now no major part of |
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>> the Ubuntu family anymore. That means much less money and much less |
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>> manpower. And if this issue with a init-thingy bothers you, Kubuntu will |
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>> be living hell. As long as (K)Ubuntu works everything is fine, but in |
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>> case of an error you just can't fix it. Everything is close tight to |
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>> everything else. Change on thing and all fails. |
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>> |
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>> Greetings |
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>> |
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>> Sebastian |
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>> |
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> Well, based on my experience with Mandrake back in the day, the init |
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> thingy is going to break for me here just like it did there. I'm |
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> thinking about Kubuntu but I may actually decide on something else. |
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> Thing is, it appears Gentoo is going to break my system so I may as well |
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> find something that I can install lots quicker to fix what is broke. |
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> Kubuntu is just one option. I installed it for my brother and it works |
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> fine, SO FAR. |
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> I may be jumping out of the frying pan into a fire but I think I need to |
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> at least try something else. This is very true if I continue to have |
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> issues with the init thingy and not being able to su to root. I know |
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> how to use a console but I only use it when needed. That's not very |
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> often and I sort of like it that way. |
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> Barring that, I could just put everything on / and just hope nothing |
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> goes bonkers and fills it up with useless errors or something in the |
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> messages file. I have had this happen before and /var was full, I mean |
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> FULL. I divide things so that I don't get conquered when it hits the fan. |
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> One thing about Linux, it has a LOT of options. |
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> Oh, there is talk of moving more things on -dev. If I didn't know |
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> better, I'd think someone was trying to just change Gentoo until it |
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> doesn't work any more. I dunno. Maybe I'm ready for a Apple now. o_O |
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The reason I like Gentoo (and why I've moved so much stuff to it) is |
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because it lets me get in and have much finer _optional_ control over |
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many things with minimal fuss. Ubuntu-derived distributions make it |
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very, very difficult to change very, very many things, while retaining |
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an update-stable setup. As long as you don't have to stray to far from |
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their One True Way, Ubuntu (or most Linux distros, actually) should be |
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fine. The annoying thing about Ubuntu is how their One True Way |
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changes dramatically every six months to a year. |
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