[GRLUG] Distro's - was GRLUG test comment

[David Pembrook]

I was playing around with distro's that day.. I remember it looked good 
and I had to fix it. I hacked mine to operate as I expect it to. My only 
point is:

No matter how you slice it, the root user is taken away by default and 
replaced with sudo. I use sudo on other systems when I want to and su to 
root when I want to.

Again every issue I have with it can be addressed, its Linux. Its 
personal taste.

Dave

Bob Kline wrote:
> Is the need to use sudo the only thing you don't particularly
> like about Ubuntu?   You mention "things like that."  What
> are some of the other things?
>
>    -Bob
>
>
> On 5/4/06, *David Pembrook* <david at pembrook.net 
> <mailto:david at pembrook.net>> 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
>>     <mailto: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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