Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
just tried Ubuntu, and oh my gawd am I ever impressed. It isn't even INSTALLED yet, it's just booted from the CD, and it recognized nearly ALL of my Toshiba laptops hardware. I have an up and running basic desktop without answering even *1* question. Yes I was completely confussed/thrown off by this. They really have a good simplicity theme going. I was also impressed with the update manager and package manaager. I highly recommend updating and adding some Kubuntu features, Konsole. This Distro is really something I could get my wife and kids onto using. I use all kinds of Distro's but I wouldn't trouble beginers whith them without first introducing Ubunto. Michael Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC 3 Bradford Street Windham NH 03087 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:36:15 -0800 (PST) Michael Nolin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just tried Ubuntu, and oh my gawd am I ever impressed. It isn't even INSTALLED yet, it's just booted from the CD, and it recognized nearly ALL of my Toshiba laptops hardware. I have an up and running basic desktop without answering even *1* question. Yes I was completely confussed/thrown off by this. They really have a good simplicity theme going. I was also impressed with the update manager and package manaager. I highly recommend updating and adding some Kubuntu features, Konsole. This Distro is really something I could get my wife and kids onto using. I use all kinds of Distro's but I wouldn't trouble beginers whith them without first introducing Ubunto. Thank goodness for Ubuntu. Without them we might have been faced with having to use the distribution previously known as best for beginners, SuSE. (SuSE did look good, before Novell's decision to become a de facto subsidiary of a major proprietary-software vendor.) -Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
On 12/22/06, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:36:15 -0800 (PST) Thank goodness for Ubuntu. Without them we might have been faced with having to use the distribution previously known as best for beginners, SuSE. (SuSE did look good, before Novell's decision to become a de facto subsidiary of a major proprietary-software vendor.) It's funny how people can actually decide the functionality of a product is somehow broken once a business arrangement which does affect one line of code is made. Yes, my name is Bill Gates. I've officially decided that Linux sux0rs based on the fact that Bill Sconce decided to not like Microsoft. Yes, I know this sounds strange, but we're so glad Bill enlightened us to this unique twist on FUD -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
On 12/22/06, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (SuSE did look good, before Novell's decision to become a de facto subsidiary of a major proprietary-software vendor.) It's funny how people can actually decide the functionality of a product is somehow broken once a business arrangement which does affect one line of code is made. It's funny how people can think other people's new objections to SuSE are based on the functionality of the product. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
[replying on-list to an off-list reply, with the author's permission] On 12/22/06, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SuSE looked good. That statement itself would infer it functioned. ;-) It looked good because it functioned *and* there were no objections to the company behind it. Now that Novell has partnered with The Great Satan, many people (myself included) have an objection to SuSE Linux. Not because the functionality of the software has changed, but because we want nothing to do with the company behind it. People make produce purchase/use choices based on this sort of thing all the time. For example, some people refuse to buy sneakers from certain companies, due to the working conditions in the manufacturing facilities. The sneakers themselves might be fine footware. I had been continually impressed by SuSE Linux in the past. They were early leaders in things like decent partitioning during install, hardware auto-detection, and distro-wide integration of component packages. The YaST series was a very comprehensive tool. (I disliked some of their design decisions, but there were arguments in favor of them, too, so it was a matter of personal preference.) SuSE the company was a big supporter and funder of Open Source efforts. The Novell/Microsoft deal is a deal with a company I dislike, and worse, it's a deal that is quite likely to be used as ammunition in a campaign against Linux. That puts Novell on my personal no fly list. It's disappointing to me and many others *because* SuSE Linux is a good product. At least with the SCO campaign, we didn't have that aspect, because SCO's products sucked anyway. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
New Linux Installs from long time ago
A long while ago, I starte a thread regarding trying new distros. Well, I just tried Ubuntu, and oh my gawd am I ever impressed. It isn't even INSTALLED yet, it's just booted from the CD, and it recognized nearly ALL of my Toshiba laptops hardware. I have an up and running basic desktop without answering even *1* question. And a nice little icon saying 'Install' with a little icon pointing to a little computer. This is GREAT! -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
Thomas Charron wrote: A long while ago, I starte a thread regarding trying new distros. Well, I just tried Ubuntu, and oh my gawd am I ever impressed. It isn't even INSTALLED yet, it's just booted from the CD, and it recognized nearly ALL of my Toshiba laptops hardware. I have an up and running basic desktop without answering even *1* question. And a nice little icon saying 'Install' with a little icon pointing to a little computer. This is GREAT! I've been running it for a couple of weeks now and agree it has it's benefits. On the other hand, it's the only Linux distro I've ever seen that tells me it's updated my OS and now I need to reboot. Reboot? Linux? I don't know what to think of that. --charlie -- Charles Farinella Appropriate Solutions, Inc. (www.AppropriateSolutions.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: 603.924.6079 fax: 603.924.8668 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: New Linux Installs from long time ago
Well, it IS the safest way to ensure anything running is up to date, and any new libraries are also utilized. Thomas On 12/21/06, Charles Farinella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: A long while ago, I starte a thread regarding trying new distros. Well, I just tried Ubuntu, and oh my gawd am I ever impressed. It isn't even INSTALLED yet, it's just booted from the CD, and it recognized nearly ALL of my Toshiba laptops hardware. I have an up and running basic desktop without answering even *1* question. And a nice little icon saying 'Install' with a little icon pointing to a little computer. This is GREAT! I've been running it for a couple of weeks now and agree it has it's benefits. On the other hand, it's the only Linux distro I've ever seen that tells me it's updated my OS and now I need to reboot. Reboot? Linux? I don't know what to think of that. --charlie -- Charles Farinella Appropriate Solutions, Inc. (www.AppropriateSolutions.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: 603.924.6079 fax: 603.924.8668 -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
