I installed ubuntu on one my machines to try it out and it seemed pretty solid. As stated it is just Debian but with security updates and app updates. You can comment out some lines and you pull from all the apt bases. It has a pretty big user base and it keeps growing. There are some pretty good posts about it on the Gentoo forums (forums.gentoo.org) explaining some more details about it.
The only downfall about it I have heard is that the user forums are less then helpfull to new users. Josh On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:00:05 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:12:47 -0800 > From: "Gary L. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [RLUG] Ubuntu Desktop - opinions? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Okay --- take two! I just sent the first attempt to some non-existent > entity, named [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geez! > > ----------------------------------- > > Hi folks: > > I'm interested in opinions on ubuntu desktop. I've been trying different > distros for quite a while now. As a deliberately less technical user > (thus far), I've been looking for one that pretty much just does what I > want without tweaking too much. I started picking up Linux User & > Developer because it usually has cool distros and apps packaged with it. > I've found ubuntu to be exactly what I was looking for on the surface > (GUI, installed apps). It even uses a cool text-based installer and > update tool (cool!!!). But I am admittedly not a *nix guru, nor will I > probably ever be. > > Fundamentally, what is the general opinion of this newcomer? Is there a > general opinion? Is it basically a solid distro underneath the covers? I > mean, it's debian based, so a lot of the apps are older... I'm used to > that with debian based distros by now. No problem for me. > > I turned to Linux to get away from the overkill of Windows security and > stability problems. I have not been disappointed with ubuntu so far. > I've tried Slackware, Storm, Mandrake, Red Hat (including Fedora), > Xandros 3 (nice, easy), dynebolic, gentoo, JDS r2, and a host of others > I can't even remember from the late '90s. This one just struck a > pleasing chord with me. > > Thanks for your help! > -Gary > > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
