On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:49, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is exactly what I do! However, I use a Debian derivative as it > has slightly better hardware support out of the box and more > up-to-date packages than straight Debian. That is exactly what this > thread is about. For personal use i prefer Debian, i really dislike the sudo approach and all the pampering (as dislike big desktop environments regardless of my über hardware). Wanting to look under the hood is why i tried Linux in the first place (some old redhat i didn't like). Distros like Ubuntu are good in that they are much more end-user friendly and are good advertising tools - provided the issues Andrei Popescu mentioned are dealt with; as people already stated, end-users don't care about open source or GPL or the evil Mr Gates, they want stuff that Just Works™. As long as the user is willing to tolerate a slight aesthetic change, it's a go. However, the more these distros become "windows-ised" the more i get this eerie feeling i can't quite name, maybe history repeating? My 2¢ -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/v2r6b1504c41004110437p3113b149ubad817b7f7868...@mail.gmail.com
