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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #30 on Apr 24, 2011, 8:48am »

No. I don't like *buntu

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #31 on Apr 24, 2011, 12:52pm »

I like Debian Stable. But I have to use Ubuntu LTS on my MacBook 2.1, because for some funny "Mac related" issues, Debian won't boot, while Ubuntu boots just fine... I guess it has something to do with the lack of Bios and the Efi file... Not sure.
This MacBook 2.1 is my main laptop, a hand-me-down, you know, those first white ones from 2007... Single-boot Ubuntu LTS 10.04...

Now on my (much older) Mac iBook G3, I single-boot Debain Stable PPC. Fluxbox, Epiphany, Thunar, Aterm and LXmusic, plus some other lightweight stuff, the usual suspect... For my wife & kids, I also have Lxde & Xfce installed, as it looks more like Windows... This iBook is also a hand-me-down...

When I found out recently about Saline, I enjoyed the idea... I am downloading the iso...

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #32 on Apr 24, 2011, 4:14pm »

Ohh, Ubuntu. The distro that is either loved or hated.
It has done so much for Linux name recognition, but at a cost.
But what did we expect?
In order to sell Linux to the masses, it has to look like what they're used to.

Love it or hate it, it has brought Linux into the main stream.
Whether that is good or bad is always debatable.
Debian is still instalable but always requires some tweaking,
Or maybe requires a lot of tweaking.

I'm lazy. I like SalineOS 'cause I don't have to futz around with it.
Install Sos, install my essential apps, modify the desktop to my look,
Argue with myself: LibreOffice & Chrome? Or backports?
And after that, it just works; boring, boring, happy, happy, happy.

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #33 on Apr 27, 2011, 4:07pm »

Hi there ! ... I think ... we shouldn't forget .. what ' Ubuntu ' is all about ! ... it's where those ' LINUX-kernels ' coming from ! ... and WE all profit of this ! ... even ' Debian ' is working with a ' LINUX-kernel ' ... which is coming from ' Ubuntu ' ! ... those ' Ubuntu-distros ' are not bad at all ! ... is just a different taste ! ...

I like ' Ubuntu ' ! ... I don't like ' Microsoft Corporation ' ! ...

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #34 on Apr 27, 2011, 4:25pm »

Apr 27, 2011, 4:07pm, casey972oo wrote:

blissful thinking

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #35 on Apr 27, 2011, 4:37pm »

Apr 27, 2011, 4:07pm, casey972oo wrote:

Actually Ubuntu takes about 93% of all its code base from Debian. And, the largest contributors to the Linux kernel are Unknown, none, Red Hat, IBM and Oracle. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9783069-16.html

Canonical barely registers on this list, though they claim that pushing the latest release to desktop users helps with testing, therefor they are huge contributors. I disagree with this assessment, because to Joe public a brand new kernel means nothing more than "broken" if it don't work. Which will push said people back to a more familiar platform, both hurting adoption and not aiding any in testing. There are plenty of bleeding edge distributions that you can go to if you want to help with testing, but a lot of people want their machines to work and not have to learn kernel troubleshooting/hacking to accomplish that.

The best platform for getting involved with the actual kernel is Fedora. And, most the code Canonical writes doesn't actually work on pure Debian. For example Linux Mint Debian Edition is using Casper (Ubuntu's live boot scripts) on Debian testing and suffering large amounts of unstable behavior because of it. They are also working on porting Jockey-gtk to their Debian edition, I too have looked into trying to port Jockey-gtk to Debian and decided writing my own from scratch was WAY easier. (Magix-driver-installer is on the Dev5 builds of the PSE)

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #36 on Apr 27, 2011, 11:08pm »

Oh, well. There are probably plenty of good reasons why I shouldn't like Ubuntu and Canonical, but... I guess I've had good luck with the distro; it works fine, so why not? So, it'll be one of the distros I keep installed here unless it becomes something I don't like. Maybe that'll happen with the next LTS release! 8-)

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #37 on Apr 28, 2011, 6:57pm »

I don't like ' Microsoft Corporation ' ! ...

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #38 on Apr 28, 2011, 7:23pm »

Apr 28, 2011, 6:57pm, casey972oo wrote:

I don't like ' Microsoft Corporation ' ! ...

I don't either. That's why I switched to Linux back in 1996.

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #39 on Apr 29, 2011, 1:41am »

Hi there ! ... ' aicardi ' ! ...

I remember the time ... about 197o ... and after ... when I did play with ' MS-DOS ' ! ...and ' basic ' ! ...
but then I lost the track ... before ' Windows ' came out ! ... and now ... don't know why ! ... don't understand why ! ...
' Microsoft Corporation ' is so rediculous about their copyright ? ...

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #40 on May 14, 2011, 1:24am »

Ubuntu has its purpose. It brings in new users who love it for a version or 2 then it totally alienates them, and makes them distro hop looking for that next big thing. I do think that Ubuntu has sparked a larger interest in linux, and motivated quite a few distros. Oh yeah the question was do you like Ubuntu? I spose yes for what it is, and what it brings, I don't think we would be were we are at this moment if it wernt for the MS Windows of linux's, so yes I do like it.

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #41 on May 14, 2011, 3:54am »

Yeah ! ... for some reason I do like ' Ubuntu ' too ! ...

but their distros are just too slow ! ... I like ' GNOME ' ! .. from ' Ubuntu ' ! ...

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #42 on May 14, 2011, 6:42am »

May 14, 2011, 1:24am, jcris wrote:

For Windows of Linux try Zorin, though I would not recommend it. It is too much like windows.

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #43 on Oct 2, 2011, 9:05pm »

I would be hard pressed to name a distro/derivative that I haven't run.

My favorite was Slackware for a good while. If it wasn't for the KDE4 thing it probably still would be.
PC-BSD is very stable but a tad slow. The only prob I had wasn't with pc-bsd itself. The prob was hplip and sane couldn't find my printer/scanner for some reason with PC-BSD. If not for that, I might still be with them as well.
Arch was another favorite. AUR was to die for. Being bleeding edge, I had to fix things more often than I liked.
As for PCLOS, I ran that for awhile and it was ok. Great for the total beginner. When I ran it though they had an attitude similar to the Windows attitude of, you'll run only what's in our repo or you're on your own. They also refused to help anyone advance in actually running Linux. There was a terminal, but very few would help with actually using it. Dunno if things have changed or not since then.
Of course I've ran Debian. What I didn't like was trying to track down all the how - to's for things. Deb also wouldn't install on my SATA box for some reason. The cd wouldn't see the hd.
As for Ubuntu, let's just say I couldn't recommend it to anyone and let it go at that.
What I'm wanting to try now is an XFCE desktop with a DEB base.
Anyone have any recommendations? LOL!

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Re: Do you like Ubuntu?
« Reply #44 on Oct 2, 2011, 11:36pm »

Oct 2, 2011, 9:05pm, smithnwesson wrote:

I would be hard pressed to name a distro/derivative that I haven't run.
What I'm wanting to try now is an XFCE desktop with a DEB base.
Anyone have any recommendations? LOL!

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Yeah ! ... how about ' SalineOS 1.5 ' ? ... is stable & fast ! ... of course that's what matters ! ...

and it is Xfce with a " DEB base " ! ... Lol ! ...

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