I'm inclined to agree with Shannon. I mostly favor a debian-based OS, and Ubuntu is easy enough for my friends and family to use, customizable enough for me. The last version or two are starting to go in some directions I don't like, but nothing to do with the search engines.
Warren "Tray" Torrance On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 14:47, Shannon Roddy <sro...@gmail.com> wrote: > For me, it's that it just freaking works. No hardware issues, minimal > install on the server version so I get only what I want. 5 years support > for LTS server. > > Don't get me started on Redhat/centos being years out of date... OpenLDAP > bugs that have been fixed for a *long* time are still broken in CentOS > current. I know their main target is a stable platform on redhat > enterprise/CentOS, but jeeze... fix the bugs. I don't like having to > compile from source unless I have to, and all too often, using CentOS means > having to compile. Take postfix... I had to modify the spec file for the > RPM to include MySQL support and rebuild. > > Ubuntu does what I want, when I want, and has reasonably current packages. > And it's still debian linux more or less, so I can edit config files to > customize it to do what/when I want the way I want. > > Rant over. :P > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Keith Stokes <kei...@neill.net> wrote: > >> I think the concept is that Ubuntu is dumbed-down and minimalistic to >> the degree that a normal computer user might be able to actually >> install and use it. >> >> It's got amazing hardware drivers too. I've had it work on brand-new >> hardware when no other "normal" distros would work. >> >> On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: >> >> > meh. >> > before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it >> > cause yahoo is gonna give them money. >> > but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using >> > ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu >> > is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. >> > every time I reload windows I have to change >> > the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need >> > money too. >> > >> > ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on >> > the ubuntu bandwagon? >> > it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian >> > <kart...@poobal.net> wrote: >> >> Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as >> >> Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I >> >> am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for >> >> the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a >> >> turf war for web search. >> >> >> >> Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer >> >> electronics company than a computer manufacturer. >> >> >> >> So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change >> >> the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? >> >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Karthik Poobalasubramanian >> >> kart...@poobal.net >> >> kart...@la.gov >> >> (225) 341-5855 >> >> skype: poobal >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: >> >> >> >>> See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. >> >>> Look here: >> >>> >> >>> >> http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html >> >>> >> >>> I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. >> >>> >> >>> If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and >> >>> let them slug it out. >> >>> >> >>> --- >> >>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >> >>> Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On >> >>> Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies >> >>> >> >>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >> >>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> General mailing list >> >>> General@brlug.net >> >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> General mailing list >> >> General@brlug.net >> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Have Mercy & Say Yeah >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > General mailing list >> > General@brlug.net >> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> -- >> >> Keith Stokes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General@brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
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