Nothing like stirring things a bit... ;) Let's have another drink at the virtual bar, relax, and continue:
> Actually, taking this further off-topic, how do you construe the choice > of a default as shoving something down your throat? I have this ubuntu disk here. Some distros ask me which desktop I want, this disk doesn't. Given it's only one CD, I'm not surprised. No choice there. > Are you prevented from installing Kubuntu? No I'm not prevented from installing a different distro. Which is what I do :) > Are you prevented from compiling random progs from source? Let's keep at least somewhat to the point. The point was some statement about some distro being choicier than choice, or that's what it sounded like. Then a distro was offered which doesn't even offer me a choice of desktop. Having had a good day, I felt like wasting some time^H^H^H^H^H^H^H commenting on this nonsense. But in direct answer to your question: I don't make my own distro for the same reason as I don't make my own car. I rather go out shooting photos. > It's fun to complain about things that you don't happen to like. Doesn't > make them true though. It's fun watching the Militant Free-Choice Brigade(TM), that's for sure! As this thread shows, a barrage results when chosing different than politically correct. Why does this remind me of current religious wars? What was this particular religion called again? Software Freedom Foundation, upper case? Just so I can stay clear. > -jim, using Ubuntu Oops sorry for treading on your toes. I'll buy you a glass next time we meet in a real bar :) But now that you all have pointed out that ubuntu can do it too, (whatever IT is), remind me again what IT is that any other distro (Mandrake, Turbo, Fedora, SUSE gosh who cares spring to mind) doesn't do as well? Volker, being outside of a few glasses right now -- Volker Kuhlmann Life's short. http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Take the piss while you can.
