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On Thursday 08 Dec 2011 16:11:56 LinuxIsOne wrote: |
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> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > As long as we're talking about *you*, and not about someone you're |
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> > setting things up for, here's what I'd suggest: |
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> > 1) Keep your existing Ubuntu setup operational, at least for a while. |
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> > Gentoo isn't something you should dive into unless you have a |
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> > fallback, at least until you learn enough to be able to fix the things |
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> > you'll encounter. |
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> > 2) Set up Gentoo as a second machine; it really is a great way to |
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> > learn how a lot of the moving parts in Linux work. |
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> > Once you've got Gentoo doing everything you want it to do, and you've |
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> > burned yourself a couple times, you'll be in a good position to make a |
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> > decision for yourself. I've actually bounced back and forth between |
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> > Ubuntu and Gentoo twice in the last three or four years, but I think |
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> > I'm finally ready to go steady with Gentoo. :) |
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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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Regards, |
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Mick |