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Any distro without clutter is a good thing but... (I'm gonna gripe here
now...)<br>
<br>
I tried ubuntu a couple of weeks ago. It installed easy enough. As easy
as anything else I think.<br>
<br>
I don't like how they tried to remove the su to root concept (there is
no root password so you can't "su" and must use sudo). I got done with
my install and was scratching my head like a lot of other uses thinking
"they never asked for my root password". I know what they are trying to
do and anyone with experience can "fix things" and go back to using
"su" to manage their box in no time. If you screw your box up as root,
well.. geesss.. of course thats your fault... but let me make my
mistakes LOL.<br>
<br>
Does it bother anyone else that they are changing things like that? I
happen to like god mode... root is one place I still have control in my
life LOL<br>
<br>
For my 2 cents on a good distro, I've fallen into the Debian camp
now... give me a debian net install cd anytime! I must have my apt.
Goodbye redhat and fedora! <br>
<br>
Oh and I love simply mepis for a live cd linux. Any other good new live
cd linuxes out there?<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
Jordan Hudson wrote:
<blockquote
cite="midd6184eb20605032023s3376cff8lfd3fc4f2234a7ae5@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I love debian, but ubuntu gives me everything I like about
debian without the clutter. I used suse for a while, but I found the
same clutter as I found in debian. Mandriva was not for me at all, and
xandros was like windows with a linux kernel (not good at all, stay
away!). I like kanotix, but I want something more permanent. I'm
thinking of trying slax or mepis (simply or otherwise), any thoughts on
those 2 distros? I love distros!
<br>
<br>
<p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 5/3/06, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Raymond McLaughlin</b> <<a
href="mailto:driveray@ameritech.net">driveray@ameritech.net</a>>
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DEFANGED_defanged_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">zdennis
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Congratulations! I am sure you will have a long and successful
relationship with fedora,<br>
> although I prefer debby myself. ;)<br>
<br>
So did Ian, but then they forked, so I heard.<br>
<br>
> Zach
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