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[Benjamin Flanders]

I switched to Ubuntu from Mandrake.  I don't mind sudo.  I like the
idea of sudo from a multiuser standpoint, but you are right, for a
(mostly) single user based distro it seems a little redundunt.  I can
mess up my machine just as easily with sudo as I can with su.

I liked Ubuntu because of apt and the popularity of the distro creates
a lot of really nice documentation and howto's on the web.  I need
this simple to follow type of documentation:)



On 5/4/06, Matthew Whitaker <matthew.whitaker at haworth.com> wrote:
>  I have to say that I firmly agree with David on this one.  The last time I
> installed Ubuntu I was really frustrated with the no root, just use sudo
> aspect of it.  I really prefer simply logging in as root at times.  It's
> true I have screwed things up that way, but live and learn - Ubuntu's model
> was simply too annoying for me.
>
>  I am pretty firmly in the Debian camp for desktops right now, with my
> preference for servers being RedHat (at least for the time being).
>
>
>
>  On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 08:45 -0400, David Pembrook wrote:
>
>  Any distro without clutter is a good thing but... (I'm gonna gripe here
> now...)
>
>  I tried ubuntu a couple of weeks ago. It installed easy enough. As easy as
> anything else I think.
>
>  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.
>
>  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
>
>  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!
>
>  Oh and I love simply mepis for a live cd linux. Any other good new live cd
> linuxes out there?
>
>  Dave
>
>  Jordan Hudson wrote:
>
>  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!
>
>
>
>  On 5/3/06, Raymond McLaughlin <driveray at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>
>  zdennis wrote:
>
>  > Congratulations! I am sure you will have a long and successful
> relationship with fedora,
>  > although I prefer debby myself. ;)
>
>  So did Ian, but then they forked, so I heard.
>
>  > Zach
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