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Dell Picks Ubuntu For Linux PCs

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I had Ubuntu on my Thinkpad (T60 widescreen) for a while. I really was impressed at how well the hardware was supported, the only necessary tweaking was with the video setup.

I wiped it out because I can't stand Debian's package management system, but for people who aren't nitpicky and jaded nerds (or gamers), it'll be a hell of a nice option to have.
 
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msquared said:
I had Ubuntu on my Thinkpad (T60 widescreen) for a while. I really was impressed at how well the hardware was supported, the only necessary tweaking was with the video setup.

I wiped it out because I can't stand Debian's package management system, but for people who aren't nitpicky and jaded nerds (or gamers), it'll be a hell of a nice option to have.
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Wow, you hate apt? Apt is one of the best built package systems. The only thing better is Solaris' tree. This shocks me, what are your reasons for this?
 
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karrot-x said:
Wow, you hate apt? Apt is one of the best built package systems. The only thing better is Solaris' tree. This shocks me, what are your reasons for this?
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Just personal preference. Apt works fine and all, but as far as Linux package management goes I'm a diehard RPM fan. Well, as much as one can be a fan of package management systems anyway. In the end I really prefer Solaris's over either.
 
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Maybe linux's wireless development will be better now...

Slightly of topic, but is anyone impressed with ubuntu 7.04... I think they did excellent job with it... Oh and as far as people saying it's a noob os... I highly disagree, I think it's well balanced between comfort and reason why people like linux. Very well made IMO...


PS RPM sucks... :smug:
 
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kserg said:
Maybe linux's wireless development will be better now...

Slightly of topic, but is anyone impressed with ubuntu 7.04... I think they did excellent job with it... Oh and as far as people saying it's a noob os... I highly disagree, I think it's well balanced between comfort and reason why people like linux. Very well made IMO...
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I agree - I started on slackware, and sure sometimes it's nice to have that complete control over the OS, BUT...kubuntu just makes everything so much easier. I don't have to install drivers or configure bits and pieces, I just boot it up and it all works. Plus the whole apt-get thing is awesome.
 
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kserg said:
Oh and as far as people saying it's a noob os... I highly disagree, I think it's well balanced between comfort and reason why people like linux. Very well made IMO...
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I don't think any Linux distribution is a "noob os". They are all pretty much the same with the main differences being the package manager, desktop config, and installer. There isn't any distribution out there which hampers true power users because they are all the same under the hood.

I thought Ubuntu was well done, and I said as much above. I won't use it because I'm too set in my ways to bother learning the ins and outs of another package management system. I can be more productive using RH/CentOS, SuSE, or other distributions which use RPM. That doesn't make Ubuntu a "noob os", it makes me efficient.

some_noob said:
PS RPM sucks... :smug:
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In over a decade of professional enterprise Linux administration I've never had any problem getting RPM to do exactly what I need a package manager to do with little or no mental overhead. So all this time I've been making do with something that sucks? I'll just take that as a compliment, I guess. :)
 

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