[CVALE] Wondering about Ubuntu...

[Robert G]

Here's what I think about ubuntu:

I think it's pretty good. But honestly not good enough. Reasons being that
the multimedia support is abysmal, some of the packaging decisions are just
plain STUPID (look at what they did with CUPS) and lastly it's not exactly
debian compatible.

just so you know though, I am a bit of a arch linux fanboy. but I keep it at
a minimum. But the reason I bring it up is because it seems to have one
thing you're looking for. constantly updated packages. the arch repositories
are updated constantly so you get the latest and greatest packages pretty
much the day they're released. It's also got a great package manager.

But anyway, On ubuntu, most of my friends that use debian and then try
ubuntu end up pretty dissatisfied. But you never know.

-Robert

On 6/9/06, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
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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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