Updating, adding, and managing software on Ubuntu wins hands down over any other distro I have tried, and between Aaron and myself, we have used about 10 different distros in the past 3 months or so. In addition to the software management, the built-in driver support for Ubuntu wins especially in the area of wireless networking, but also for simple things such as properly setting up hotkeys on your laptop. The frequency scaling that Ubuntu does with your processor, while not entirely unique works very well. In fact in regards to the processor, my processor is not working nearly as hard with Ubuntu as it did with openSUSE, which is my most recent dabbling into other distros.
When it comes to running programs, Linux is Linux is Linux. Pretty much anything you can run on one, you can run on another. It is the simple "feel good" things that I listed above that make the difference to me. On 5/24/07, Walt Kimbrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ubuntu seemed to run smoother for me (and didn't seem to have as big of a memory foot print as Red Hat) And updating is VERY easy. On 5/24/07, Dylan Bass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And my mp3s work just fine -- any needed codecs that didn't come with > the default player were automatically downloaded. Smrt! > > On 5/24/07, Dylan Bass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As someone who has been using Ubuntu for.. 3 days, my only advice is > > to download Automatix after you're done installing/ updating the OS. This > > great little app will give you a listing of lots of things that either > > should've come with the OS (but couldn't mostly due to licensing) or just > > handy to have. > > > > //dy > > > > On 5/24/07, Joe Kelly < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm planning to reformat and older laptop into a linux workstation. > > > I've seen a few CFUGgers using Ubuntu, but most of the OS's I deal > > > with are of the RedHat line (RH & CentOS). Other than lack of mp3 > > > support and some unidentified issues w/ yum/RPM updates & installs > > > on > > > the RH side, I have not found any justifiable reason to use one over > > > the other. > > > > > > Any opinions from the experienced users out there? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Joe Kelly > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > > [email protected] > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > > List Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > > www.instantspot.com/ > > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.instantspot.com/ > www.teksystems.com/ > > _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.instantspot.com/ www.teksystems.com/
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