Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-29 Thread Ben Koenig
Am I the only one who has noticed the overwhelming number of technical questions asked by Ubuntu users. I understand that Devs and Engineers have their opinions about what works and what does not, but there is a sense of "did it actually work". 1) If you want to know how many people use Ubuntu,

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-28 Thread Thomas Groman
On Tue, 28 May 2019 14:48:53 -0700 Darren Couch wrote: > I've gone back and forth with distros for a long time. Ubuntu works > fine for me - I don't have the rolling release blues like I often got > with Arch, or the ancient tools like I did with Debian or CentOS. > I like deb over rpm based

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-28 Thread Darren Couch
I've gone back and forth with distros for a long time. Ubuntu works fine for me - I don't have the rolling release blues like I often got with Arch, or the ancient tools like I did with Debian or CentOS. I like deb over rpm based solely on what I got used to. If I need the bleeding edge of

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-28 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Mon, 27 May 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: What is this about? Are you honestly asking question about someone elses opinion? Are you willing to accept the answers? What ever they may be? Obviously, the answer to your question - what is the best Linux distro - is 42. 42 - Because it depends

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Tomas Kuchta
Christopher, What is this about? Are you honestly asking question about someone elses opinion? Are you willing to accept the answers? What ever they may be? Obviously, the answer to your question - what is the best Linux distro - is 42. 42 - Because it depends on what is the the question and

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
I would like to see Debian, Redhat, Slackware, Arch, Mandrake, PCLINUXOS, and Ubuntu push each other in a positive competition to be better than they currently are. I feel that every major Linux distribution has strong pros and probably, hard to say this, some major cons. Slackware does just

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Russell Senior
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:01 PM Michael Christopher Robinson < mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > A lot of people seem to favor Ubuntu over all other flavors of Linux. > I don't. I have heard that in the Ubuntu world something considered > important today can disappear tomorrow. Example? I

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread King Beowulf
On 5/27/19 5:59 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: > A lot of people seem to favor Ubuntu over all other flavors of Linux. > I don't. I have heard that in the Ubuntu world something considered > important today can disappear tomorrow. Is this a problem? Yes, > especially if there is a

[PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
A lot of people seem to favor Ubuntu over all other flavors of Linux. I don't. I have heard that in the Ubuntu world something considered important today can disappear tomorrow. Is this a problem? Yes, especially if there is a high learning curve to the software program. Specifically, I have