--- Jan Alonzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > <snip> > > > What distro did you use? > > > > I'm trying to see is there are such distros out > there > > that are "workstation" oriented (secured and > > minimalist-type) out-of-the-box rather than the > > all-in-one flavor that most major distro come > packaged > > as. > > Hi Michael, > > I would like to suggest that you SHOULD really try > UbuntuLinux[1]. It is very > easy to install ( < 5 screens on most cases), based > on Debian snapshot of sid > (with patches from Canonical), 6-month timely > releases which coincides with > the GNOME Release, therefore, you get a new GNOME > Desktop every release (!), and most importantly, > they provide support for releases for up to 18 > months.
Thanks. I'll go check it out. SO far, I have Lycoris and SimplyMEPIS (Live CD). > [1] http://www.ubuntulinux.org > > PS. The next release will be using x.org's X server > so you get a really nice > desktop-oriented X server. > > PPS. I'm not a Canonical employee nor any relation > to Canonical. I just don't > get the idea that UbuntuLinux hasn't been talked > about in this Mailing list. > Shame. Well there's so many distros out there, and usually most people go for the better known ones. For our servers here, we're using Trustix Secure Linux -- a secured server-oriented distro that's also not talked about much locally. --- mike t. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
