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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Friday 11 Nov 2011 07:37:56 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>> On Thu, November 10, 2011 8:03 pm, Dale wrote: |
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>> <SNIPPED> |
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>> > Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you |
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>> > update/install something for idiots' type thing. lol |
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>> I think Sabayon would be a better option, but if you really want to go |
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>> with *buntu/debian: |
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>> |
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>> - Install <X> |
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>> # sudo apt-get install <X> |
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>> - Update repository: |
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>> # sudo apt-get update |
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>> |
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>> - Upgrade system: |
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>> # sudo apt-get upgrade |
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>> |
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>> For "major" upgrades, you need to change to a different repository or |
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>> something like that. |
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>> I installed Gentoo on my netbook as I got really annoyed with the dodgy |
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>> way ubuntu deals with this. |
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> Not to forget: |
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> sudo apt-get autoclean |
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> and yes, you'll need to get to grips with the various repos to install |
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> packages outside the vanilla version of any distro. |
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> I've installed Kubuntu on a laptop and a load of extra packages for web |
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> development. Have not heard any complaints for at least a year now. ;-) |
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> A point to note: Last time I used OpenSuse (must be 4 years ago or more) it |
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> did not seem to be as flexible as ?Ubuntu. There were all sort of dependency |
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> problems if you veered off the beaten track. Also back then there was no way |
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> to upgrade to the later version. It was a matter of reinstalling and |
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> reconfiguring. Things may have moved on since. |
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Never used OpenSuse, but I've spent about ten years bouncing between |
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Ubuntu and Debian. (I started using Ubuntu around either 5.04 or 6.06. |
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Not sure.) |
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While Ubuntu is usually among the first of the binary distros to |
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support new things, it's been suffering more and more (and more!) |
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decay when you wander off the beaten path. Over the last couple years, |
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it's tended toward beating its own path, so knowledge and skills are |
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becoming less portable if you're bouncing between Ubuntu and other |
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distros, or even between Ubuntu and Debian. |
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It's nice if you want something up and running fast, it's friendly to |
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newbies, and it's friendly to some kinds of administrators, but it's |
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*not* friendly to power users. |
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