I meant chipset, sorry.
2009/1/20 Alfredo Covaleda <[email protected]> > Hola > > (Because of my pitiful English, see Spanish version at the bottom) > > Ubuntu has become a very popular distro. In fact, the most popular. I have > seen many people without previous experience in Linux using Ubuntu but > always having problems with wirless or their ethernet devices. But windows > doesn´t have to worry. Even a Linux fanatic hides a portatil with Vista down > the bed... (don't tell nobody). > > A problem with last distros, at least with the free downloadables, are the > propietary codecs. > > The best distro depends on your chipset. I have three diferent machines > with diferent chipset (actually, cheap-set) running well, each one with a > different Linux distro. (Two of them Red Hat based and one Debian based) > > Seems to me that RPMs based repositories are better. On december I upgraded > to Fedora 10 from Fedora 9. Zero problems, even more, Fedora 10 corrected > problems I had with the previous version. Yum is a good repository. > Alfredo > > > > Ubuntu se ha convertido en una distribución muy popular. De hecho, el más > popular. He visto a muchas personas sin experiencia previa en Linux usando > Ubuntu, pero siempre teniendo problemas con su conexión Wi-Fi o sus > dispositivos Ethernet. Pero windows no tiene de qué preocuparse, incluso los > fanáticos de Linux tienen un portatil con Vista oculto bajo la cama ... (no > le digas a nadie. > > Un problema con las últimas distribuciones, al menos con las versiones > libres descargables, son los codecs propietarios. > > Me parece que los repositorios basados en RPMs son mejores. He actualizado > en diciembre a Fedora 10 desde Fedora 9. Cero problemas, aún más, Fedora 10 > corrigió los problemas que tuve con la versión anterior. Yum es un buen > repositorio. > > Alfredo > > 2009/1/20 Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > > Canonical, the company creating the Ubuntu linux distro, apparently is >> getting close to profitable. >> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/20/1627243 >> >> I haven't used Linux/Unix for several years as my main desktop, opting for >> Mac's "Unix with a pretty face" OS X. So here are a few questions for our >> Unix/Linux users: >> >> 1 - Have the distro wars settled enough so that Ubuntu is emerging as the >> desktop of choice? >> >> 2 - Can Ubuntu run on the most modern laptops, with full access to the >> often proprietary device drivers? >> >> 3 - Is Ubuntu's package management sophisticated enough that upgrades are >> trivial to perform and free of version conflicts? >> >> 4 - Are there players/viewers/editors for the common media/formats? Maybe >> this is better asked as: What applications and data formats are you missing >> most? >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > >
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