tuser wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > Ubuntu Envy
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Ubuntu is making some people antsy. Recall that this distro is a
> > | clever repackaging of Debian designed to make Linux simpler for the
> > | average person to use while still remaining free and fully open source
> > | (unlike some other Debian-based consumer distributions such as Linspire
> > | or Xandros).
>
> For years I wanted to make the transition from Windows XP to Linux:
>
> I tried Suse, Mandrake and Aurox before, they installed eventually, but
> it took me several days before I could start a console and type my
> first commands. Now that I installed Ubuntu on the very same hardware,
> I got running in less than 30 minutes. Also, I like that you have to
> boot from CD before you start the actual installation.
>
> > | What's wrong with that, you say? Well, the problem is that
> > | Ubuntu is getting to be a little bit too successful, so successful in
> > | fact (it's consistently number one on DistroWatch) that it's beginning
> > | to cast a shadow on the rest of planet Debian.
>
> Interesting, I haven't thought about Ubuntu getting too successful. We
> will see, I will certainly watch this space. For the moment, I say:
> "Thank you, Ubuntu".
Yes, a 30 min, or even less, painless install, and then automatix takes
care of those uninteresting but needed things you don't want to mess
with such as codecs and the rest. And then you have Apt to get you all
the software you want with perfect ease.
Also, ubuntu guide, ubuntu wiki, ubuntu forums; amazing!
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