opened another thread re this subject..sorry for the hijack...keep on discussing staroffice and the maltese government's policy pls
Move along nothing to see here! M On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 The Eclipse included in Ubuntu is 2 versions out of date, 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 >
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