At SCaLE, one of the Google people (Dan Kegel, I think) said that Unbuntu was "Debian done right"
I've heard nothing but good things about it. I watched someone install SuSE last night. Wow, that was incredibly easy -- way easier than Windows in a lot of respects. On 2/23/06, Brauer, Joel (LLU) <jbra...@llu.edu> wrote: > > > Nah, Gentoo is very nice, for those who have time to customize everything > and build everything from source. Ubuntu just works. I don't have as much > time to tinker as I used to, but I still love linux. So I moved to an > environment that allows me to use my preferred environment, and is set up > pretty much the way I like it, out of the box. I still like gentoo, I just > wish they had a binary release so I didn't have to wait for everything to > compile. > > You can't imagine how much fun it is to install a new version of KDE in > the time it takes to download packages + 1 minute to install. > > Gentoo, eat your heart out :) > > -joel > > -----Original Message----- > From: 909linux-boun...@909linux.org on behalf of Roger E. Rustad, Jr. > Sent: Thu 2/23/2006 11:52 AM > To: 909linux@909linux.org > Subject: Re: [909linux] Walla Walla Gentoo Mirror > > Lemme guess, one too many bad uses of "emerge world"? > > > > On 2/23/06, Diehl, William <wdi...@llu.edu> wrote: > > Ubuntu? Why did you switch? > > William Diehl > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 909linux-boun...@909linux.org > [mailto:909linux-boun...@909linux.org] On Behalf Of Joel Brauer > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:41 PM > To: 909linux@909linux.org > Cc: Roger E. Rustad, Jr. > Subject: Re: [909linux] Walla Walla Gentoo Mirror > > back when I was still using gentoo, I'm on ubuntu now, I like the > oregan > state > university mirror, or the default. Never really had issues with > too > much > slow down. Are you really on a fast enough pipe to notice? > > -joel > > On Monday 20 February 2006 14:19, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > > Actually, Walla Walla's is quite fast. Perhaps I'll stick with > that > one... > > > > Is there one at La Sierra that I can use? > > -- > Joel Brauer > Manager IS > Web Application Development > Loma Linda University > jbra...@llu.edu > work: 909-558-7713 > pager: jbra...@sprintpcs.com > cell: 909-534-1934 > _______________________________________________ > 909linux mailing list > 909linux@909linux.org > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux > > > > >
