On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:41 AM, sooraj kenoth <[email protected]> wrote: > If my understanding is correct, there is no critical difference in different > distribution.
There is a critical difference - its called vision. Ubuntu lacks that vision to create something new. By that, I do not reduce the fact that Ubuntu was able to gain so much mindshare in recent years, but I cannot see any technical reasons for that. > I found the differences in > > Package manager > Default application and drivers > Kernel version > Repository and > support Pardus has differences from distros in all these, it is true. But, there is a more important one - a vision to create a better desktop environment (and by that it doesnt mean make clones of Compiz or Mac OS X Dock). Nowadays, Kubuntu seems to be taking more and more from Pardus. Take for e.g. the package manager itself - its not a bunch of undocumented and non-understandable shell scripts and programs. Accepted that it is not as old and therefore robust as say deb/apt or rpm/blah, but the features they are able to add to it in such a short time is a testament to their vision. The packaging system is well integrated. Unlike deb/apt, in pisi the packages and the delivery system are totally integrated. Also the pisi packaging system is able to adapt to a variety of working styles - it is both similiar to gentoo and similiar to deb+apt. The package "sources" are extremely easy to understand ... by default you need an XML file that describes where you get the source and what components are in a particular software, and a simple python script that describes how to build it. Typically, the python script is just boilerplate (maybe 10 lines including whitespace), which you can mostly copy from other packages. Compared to this, generating a deb package is a real PITA. There are similiar aspects to all their systems, including configuration, device detection, init system, installer, etc. I would say that Pardus is turning out to be the premier KDE distro. Regards Rajeev J Sebastian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
