> > On Thu, May 3, 2007 9:14 am, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: >> On Thu 03 May 2007 08:51:32 NZST +1200, Campbell McKenzie wrote: >> >>> Mepis and Ubunutu are great for new users because if they want new >>> software >>> they can use Synaptic (aka apt-get) >> >> New users means they'd want a "desktop". You want to put Linux on the >> desktop with apt-get? Perhaps next Millennium. Until then you'd have to >> come up with something better, i.e. graphical, to break the "Linux is >> only for geeks" association. > > Well frankly this is crap. synaptic is a user friendly front end to > apt-get, just as yast tries to be a user friendly front end to rpm. With > ubuntu, or mepis (both apt based) you get a desktop that works. Its a > fact, live with it.
Agree 100%, as a former Gentoo user now on Ubuntu I find Ubuntu to be very very good for my needs, easy to maintain and update and above all else very reliable.
