[CVALE] Wondering about Ubuntu...

[Dennis Baker]

Ubuntu is very nice.  My only gripe is the same as my gripe with every most
Linux distros and that is that multi media support is crap from getgo.
There are some automated ways to get mplayer/ totem (with reasonable codex
support), and MP3 support but still it's a pain.  But that's across all
distros and usually once you get them installed I like mplayer better than
the media players on Mac/ Windows because it generally plays nearly
everything... Udderwise Ubuntu is great.  I like the integration of the
apps,  and it's nice that the default install has pretty much everything
that you need to get going.

Ubuntu's package repository is different from Debians because have different
goals than the debian developers.  Ubuntu has a smaller repository and they
tend to keep their packages more up to date than Debian.  Also Ubuntu has
more frequent releases than Debian.

-- Dennis

On 6/9/06, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
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>  Found Ubuntu's package repository. Looks like they modify packages from
> Debian. Not sure why that is needed if they are using the same packaging
> system.
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> Anyways, you can scratch that one off of my list of questions. Sorry, I
> should've looked online first.
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> Landon
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> *From:* cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com [mailto:
> cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] *On Behalf Of *Landon Blake
> *Sent:* Friday, June 09, 2006 1:03 PM
> *To:* cvale at cvale.org
> *Subject:* [CVALE] Wondering about Ubuntu...
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> I'm getting to like my Debian distro, and I am happy this group
> recommended it to me so many month's ago. However, I was looking at Ubuntu
> today, and it looked appealing. It seems it might be a little more
> up-to-date with the software packages, as I saw it running Open Office 2.0.
> One of my frustrations with Debian has been the wait for recent versions of
> popular software. I also found out today that Ubuntu is offering commercial
> support. I was thinking about what type of Linux Desktop I might use in a
> small business. I wanted something based on Debian, since that is the Linux
> distro that I have been learning. However, I wasn't to impressed with
> Linspire or Xandros. I think Ubuntu might be what I'm looking for.
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> Is anyone currently running Ubuntu?
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> What do you think of it?
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> How does it compare to Debian? I
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> Is it based of a Debian version? If so, which one?
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> Does Ubuntu use a separate package repository?
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> Thanks for the info.
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> Landon
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Dennis Da-Ogre http://ogrehut.com
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