On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 at 19:52 -0600, Brian Beardall wrote: > Gentoo is very flexible, and I like it for it's flexibility, and that is > why I use it. However if someone just wants something up and running > with the necessary software I usually recommend Ubuntu. I find Ubuntu > quite appealing. I bet an Ubuntu install could be stripped down, but the > user would need to have the skills.
No real point in stripping down Ubuntu. If you want stripped down, just start with Debian since that's basically what you'd get if you stripped down Ubuntu. The real reason he didn't want to use Ubuntu, though, is that Ubuntu lags behind Debian. I know that goes against all the Debian jokes you ever heard, but it's true. Ubuntu is at any time up to 6 months behind Debian unstable (sometimes more, as with the Dapper release delay), and Ubuntu Universe is just a snapshot of unstable, so you may have buggy packages for those six months. He thought he wanted Debian, but had issues with unstable. He could have installed Debian stable or testing and just installed the lisp stuff by hand. As far as the lisp stuff goes, basically the same situation as Slackware. But for the rest of the world he could take advantage of apt. This is basically what I do with audio apps. When it comes to audio I live on the bleeding edge, but everything else I'm happy with Debian testing. However it sounds like Slackware fits his style, so he's all set. -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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