On 12/12/05, toman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > based. At some point a root > password got assigned, but not by me, so I have no idea what it is.
Ubuntu works like OS X in that respect, the user account you create during the install has the power to sudo, but there is no root login account as such, unless you specifically create one. > application install GUI was really primitive, maybe they're expecting > users to be apt-get > conversant. Synaptic, and the Applications>Add Applications menu item (which is a simplifid front end for synaptic) aren't any more difficult or less complex than Yast. > It couldn't find a driver for my linksys wireless card, > which older versions of Suse have. Valid, but remember that Ubuntu is aimed at desktops so... > All in all, for a distribution that's > working that "Linux for > everybody" angle it seemed like Linux for almost nobody. That hasn't been my experience. > I think if I > were to inflict a Debian variant on an unsuspecting newbie, it would be > Knoppix or its > progeny, because it does such a good job of autoprobing hardware, and > just works. Anyway, if my Ubuntu bashing wasn't enough to disuade > folks, I have a few > that are free to good homes. > In general, it's not a good idea to just drop Linux on the unsuspecting, you should tell them enough to make them suspicious first, then cut them loose with the install disc :-) -- http://Zoneverte.org -- information explained Do you know what your IT infrastructure does?
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