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On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 08:09:34PM +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > > Ubuntu is great for "it just works." Ubuntu isn't so great for "it |
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> > > just keeps working." Neither is Gentoo, for that matter, but, at least |
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> > > with Gentoo, you'll know how to fix it. |
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> > Ah, thanks for the nice suggestions, I would keep a note of it. I |
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> > would install in one old machine, I mean I would try to install Gentoo |
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> > after going through the docs..(of course, required in Gentoo). But one |
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> > more request can you also suggest about openSUSE? Is openSUSE lies in |
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> > the middle between Ubuntu and Gentoo? |
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> OpenSUSE is not that different from Ubuntu, but is a long way from Gentoo. |
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> There is no way to meaningfully compare *Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, because it |
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> depends what suits your taste and preferences. You can install both, run them |
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> for a few weeks and see which you feel more comfortable with. |
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> Last time I installed OpenSUSE (some years ago) I had to reinstall it when |
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> time came to upgrade to the latest version. With Ubuntu the upgrade path was |
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> pretty seamless. The Ubuntu devs had it all scripted out via the update |
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> manager. So, Ubuntu is I think easier to look after and keep upgrading than |
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> OpenSUSE was back then. Not sure how things have evolved since then in the |
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> OpenSUSE world. CentOS was no better than OpenSUSE in this regard. |
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> So, for a newcomer to Linux I would recommend *Ubuntu. |
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I did this in the past. But recently I’m reassessing this, with Ubuntu changing |
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the default look and the way it works with every other release (remember the |
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hassle about window buttons to the left by default?). I can’t really explain |
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-- let alone justify -- to a newbie, who had to adapt from Win to Ubuntu that |
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he has to do so again, whether he wants to or not. Plus it seems to me they |
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are trying to become Apple in the Linux world, with own services (and design). |
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I am totally at a loss with entry-level distros right now. |
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I tried Mint, also the new one with Gnome 3. The praised Mint menu seems |
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overloaded to me (it shows too much at once IMHO). I somehow dislike custom |
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layers over a standard interface, much like, if I bought an HTC Android, I |
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would reflash it without Sense UI, but I’m digressing. |
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OpenSuse seems even more overloaded. Albeit it provides a whole environment, |
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Yast was full of stuff a simple user will never need. It also caused a very |
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long and voluminous installation process. |
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I must add though that I peeked into both Mint and Suse only for a day or so, |
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without ever using it myself, so I don’t know jack about update procedures. |
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A friend of mine wanted Linux, so I installed Debian stable for her with KDE |
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4.4. It’s not bleeding edge, but it works because it doesn’t change much (hence |
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keeps working) and because she doesn’t do a lot of fancy stuff. (And also |
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because I used Debian testing for a while, so I know a bit about how to do some |
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helpdesking). |
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-- |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' |
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I forbid any use of my email addresses with Facebook services. |
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Everything is poisonous -- it just comes down to the dosage. |
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