Am Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:23:26 -0500 schrieb Nick Sabalausky <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com>:
> On 1/20/2014 11:20 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > > (P.S. Now I know Ubuntu is based on Debian, but the one time I had to > > deal with an Ubuntu system directly I noticed that they were not as > > friendly to customization. > > > > I'd say that's fairly accurate. Ubuntu started as an easy-to-use Debian. > But ever since, they've been gradually, but steadily, turning it into an > OSX clone. > > With Unity now, it's exactly what I'd recommend to Mac fans who want to > try Linux, but not really to anyone else. Even just Gnome 3 is too heavy weight for my taste. >500 MiB RAM for a desktop shell alone and quite a slice of free video memory wasn't worth it too me for what it offers in usability over light weight desktops. Maybe if I had 8 GiB RAM or so... :) -- Marco
