Arch Linux ftw! Well, I wouldn't give it to noobs, but as you're not a noob, I'd definitely suggest it to you. It's usable (well, otherwise I wouldn't be typing this), and there are no such things as feature freeze, it's a rolling release. Some things haven't updated yet, like KDE 4, but it's a piece of cake to compile it as a package. Customisable? You just have to edit 1 file. Wiki's excellent, community is excellent. Packages are quite fine too. There isn't a synaptic like utility though..but controlling it from the command line shouldn't be a problem. Oh,and suspend and hibernate work.. They never did in Ubuntu. Plus, the good things of Ubuntu, like the patches they add to cairo for better font rendering, are also easily obtainable.
Sorry for the offtopicness, though. On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 22:04 +0200, Anton Xuereb wrote: > totally offtopic of me but anyways: that's fucken true jean...I'm > getting pissed off at ubuntu for this very reason...they insist on not > upgrading anything to the latest versions..and by the time there is > feature freeze half the programs are waiting to be updated still and > we end up with old versions of stuff..prime example of this are games > which are totally pointless sionce you wont be able to connect to any > multiplayer server as you are out of sync with versions and thus > incompatible :/ Makes my blood boil :/ GRRRR ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa > > > someone can suggest a usable distro that has proper backports, easily > customisable with proper package management (ala debian ie ? ) > > /sigh > > > M > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Jean Azzopardi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Eclipse included in Ubuntu is 2 versions out of date, > there's a > launchpad bug filed upon it. Personally, I don't want to touch > Ubuntu > with a 6 foot pole right now :( Compared to Arch Linux, it's > been crap > all the way along. > > However, for most people, I think that vanilla Ubuntu is quite > good. I > think most ICT students should be able to install packages > from > synaptic, it ain't rocket science, and there are always people > around to > help. Not to mention google. > > Anyway, here are a few packages you might want to consider > removing : > > Ekiga, Gnome Games > > And add : > wine - save the trouble of installing it > hotbabe - for cpu monitoring, very important. > restricted codecs :D > Development stuff - if necessary > emacs > vim-full > htop > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 14:48 +0200, Anton Xuereb wrote: > > yep...I was thinking of having some developement oriented > stuff > > pre-installed such as eclipse, monodevelop, perl, etc mostly > aimed at > > uni it students... > > > > M > > > > On 5/28/08, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What were you planning to customise though? I > thought Ubuntu > > already had > > most stuff people need..and if you add new stuff, > you'll need > > DVDs, just > > to warn you. > > > > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 14:44 +0200, Anton Xuereb > wrote: > > > I'v actually heard a bit of both tbfh.. > > > > > > Ye i was thinking of spinning a custom ubuntu, > making a 100 > > copies or > > > so and off we go.. > > > > > > M > > > > > > > > > On 5/28/08, Keith Vassallo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > And it's probably useless to rely on the > > Government to do > > > anything right > > > > when it comes to Linux. (I'm not talking > > politically here, > > > but right now > > > > it seems to me that they're rolling in > bed with > > MS). > > > > > > > > > > Don't be too sure about that... I've heard > > differently > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 11:14 +0200, Anton > Xuereb > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> last exam next sunday, then I have a > week or 2 > > before i > > > start my ccna > > > >> so I will be able to dedicate some time > to the > > matter of > > > spinning our > > > >> own > > > >> > > > >> On 5/28/08, Keith Vassallo > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I doubt the government's > metaphorical > > skills :P > > > >> > > > >> Anyway, this prompts me on the > importance > > of having > > > our own > > > >> distributions... > > > >> > > > >> Behind me are the two famous > replicators > > we're > > > always talking > > > >> about... > > > >> > > > >> Keith > > > >> > > > >> Anton Xuereb wrote: > > > >> > It's all about paving the > road of the > > internet > > > superhighway > > > >> O_o > > > >> > > > > >> > M > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > On 5/28/08, *Keith Vassallo* > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > Oh that's just great. > > > >> > > > > >> > And by the way... > Ministry of > > Infrastructure, > > > Transport > > > >> and > > > >> > Communications.... > > > >> > > > > >> > Exactly where the hell is > IT in > > that? Doesn't > > > it deserve > > > >> it's own > > > >> > ministry? > > > >> > > > > >> > K. > > > >> > > > > >> > Anton Xuereb wrote: > > > >> > > I don't want to be the > eternal > > pessimist > > > but the one > > > >> time the > > > >> > > government decides to > do > > something > > > non-microsoft there > > > >> is a form of > > > >> > > cock-up...Apparently > some of the > > cds > > > distributed with > > > >> staroffice > > > >> > didnt > > > >> > > contain the completed > package or > > some files > > > were > > > >> corrupted. To this > > > >> > > end a website was setup > > > >> > http://staroffice.2iltd.com/ ...Can't > > help > > > >> > > thinking tho that ppl > will blame > > staroffice > > > for not > > > >> working :/ > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > M > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > >> > > [email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > >> > > > > > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > MLUG-list mailing list > > > >> > [email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > >> > > > > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >> > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > MLUG-list mailing list > > > >> > [email protected] > > > >> > > > > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> MLUG-list mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> > > > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > >> MLUG-list mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
