[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing: > > Suse Ubuntu > ------------------------------------ > ----------------------------------------- > > Easy for complex server Hard for complex server > eg Firewall, MASQ, tun setup & routing
Ubuntu server or ubuntu desktop? > RPM is usually easy and lots of info apt-get is very easy > is available about installed not detailed info about packages > packages, changed packages, eg apt-get install kubuntu-desktop adds > 800M > contents of packaghes apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop dels > 40K !! apt-cache show bash (for one example). dpkg -L bash Also, aptitude will happily remove all orphaned packages. Also try deborphan. > KDE Very clear and obvious Gnome Full of undocumented (obviously) > tricks > (not really SuSE, but all eg ^L to list hidden files > all of SuSE seems to be (not really ubuntu, but see > comment re SuSE) > KDE minded despite Gnome eg update-rc.d > being the default choice now Don't like gnome in Ubuntu? Then Kubuntu is your friend. It's identical (same versioning and packages, just different desktop) I've not given comments on Suse - havent touched it in many years, but Ubuntu is more surprising than you think. BB -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
