On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:02:48 +0100, Kier wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:57:18 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Rick on Thursday 27 September 2007 21:20 : \____
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>>>> PClinuxOS 2007.0 Review
>>>>
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>>>> | I am a Kubuntu user since version 6.06. However, that hasn't made |
>>>> me blindly consider (k)ubuntu to be the best linux distro; I am |
>>>> always open to newcomers. In recent days, PClinuxOS 2007.0 was |
>>>> released, and quickly hit the top of of the distrowatch charts. | I
>>>> decided to download it and give this relatively new distribution | a
>>>> text run on my Acer Aspire 5050 laptop, nicknamed the geebee. `----
>>>>
>>>> http://nosrednaekim.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/pclinuxos-20070-review/
>>>
>>>
>>> ... and yet Ubuntu gets all the press. I don't understand.
>>
>> Me neither, but Ubuntu has q lot of decent features too, particularly
>> ones that simplify, say... Flash/gnash and codec installations for a
>> new user. It's probably simple to achieve in PCLOS too.
>
> Preinstalled for some of it, I think
>
>
>> I have always said that Ubuntu got popular because of its ditribution
>> of CDs (free shipping). It's also the reason that I installed the first
>> version of Ubuntu (4.04).
>
> It's got a much larger community, larger developer base, and a solid
> company with money behind it. And it's based on Debian. Those ares some
> of the reasons.
>
> PCLOS has done very well, though, considering its small dev team. That
> no doubt makes decision-making easier. It's a good distro but I don't
> see it taking over Ubuntu for a while, if ever, Distrowatch rankings
> notwithstanding.
Distrowatch notwithstanding???
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Rick
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