Michael wrote:
>
> My first taste of Linux was Kubuntu Edgy...and
> I never bothered with any other distro. I use
> it because it's light on resources, will run on
> anything more technically advanced than a brick
> and is faster than the Redmond Virus in every
> important respect.
>
> The only thing I can't stand is the constant
> password nags. If anyone uses a distro that,
> once you log in never needs one again, let me
> know. This is a distro I'd like to see!
>
> Michael,
> [Kubuntu, 8.10.]
>
> --- In [email protected]
> <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bob"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Why did you choose the distribution of Linux that you did from all
> the other choices?
>
> I started the move from windows earlier this year and tried a couple
> of different distros. The first decision I came to was that I couldn't
> get on with KDE and much preferred Gnome. I needed a distro that
> didn't need the latest hardware and was easy to set up. In the end, I
> have settled on Linux Mint Elyssa. I find it quite attractive and easy
> to adapt to my way of doing things (for example, the original menu has
> been removed and replaced by a more logical menu). I also liked it
> because it came with many of the proprietary codecs that I had spent
> ages obtaining with other distros, while having all the support
> advantages of Ubuntu 8.04 (on which it is based). And, finally, it
> basically just worked "out of the box" for me with my hardware.
>
> Michael - I can't speak for Kubuntu - it may be specific to Gnome or
> Mint - but I can go to Administration>Login Window>Security and enable
> automatic login. This suits me as I am the sole users of this machine
> though, of course, it wouldn't be secure in another environment.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
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