I guess it depends on whether you are installing afresh or just sick of an existing Ubuntu installation.
I've done both, I prefer the clean sheets smell of a fresh Xubuntu installation but installing the Xubuntu package does the job.
I gotta agree, I've tried several other distros and despite sticking with them long enough to work out what I needed to do to get the setup I desired, they were no way as easy to install, configure and use. All our machines at home run Mandriva 2007 and even the non-technical family members find the distro very stable and user-friendly. I'll be updating to Spring.
"Europe is great if you are young or unemployed. Europe sucks if you actually want to make something of yourself through hard work.
Personally, I couldn't live if I worked 6 days a week knowing I'd only get 3-days pay after taxes just so some 22-yo punk could sit in the park all day and smoke pot."
Junior ministers have already been deployed to find out what the government should do about free software... "It goes against the grain to have this sort of thing going on in Great Britain. We've partially dismantled free speech and the freedom of movement. We will need to review what can be done to combat this new threat." (quote was made up).
If, by saying "doing well for itself", you mean, doing business with oppressive regimes, then I guess it's all just down to irrational fear of big companies. I think the comment that Google is making some very UN-egalitarian moves right now is very fair. If they want to battle with Microsoft they will probably have to be as aggressive and that doesn't necessarily bode well.
So lets take a look at your open minded and balanced opinions.... comment #1 'Or more likely, you have ex post facto justifications....' = Presumption comment #2 "MS is an amorphous collective composed of diverse individuals with varying goals and motivations", Er, didn't the bullshit light go on in your head when you wrote this? Sure there's hype about MS but it's not completely undeserved. Collective? The word is 'Company'. comment #3 'you've questioned jack shit... You're a simple-minded fundamentalist' Intolerant and inflamatory. Who were you trying to convince?
I have been a club member for 2 years now. I had been using Mandrake since 7.2 and knowing how much work can go into a fairly small application I decided a little bit of my hard-earned was worth spending. Mandrake's near demise also prompted me to think about the value in having many distros and not just two or three.
It's true that the RPMs available to club members save alot of time when you wanna get something installed and early access to the latest release is a big bonus, the biggest help came when I bought an Acer 1700 laptop and needed the touchpad and power management working, I couldnt afford to spend ages getting this machine up and running and the club RPM repository was an indispensible time saver. Without it I might have been running XP.
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There is no UK law preventing an individual from wearing bear arms.
I guess it depends on whether you are installing afresh or just sick of an existing Ubuntu installation. I've done both, I prefer the clean sheets smell of a fresh Xubuntu installation but installing the Xubuntu package does the job.
I gotta agree, I've tried several other distros and despite sticking with them long enough to work out what I needed to do to get the setup I desired, they were no way as easy to install, configure and use. All our machines at home run Mandriva 2007 and even the non-technical family members find the distro very stable and user-friendly. I'll be updating to Spring.
"Europe is great if you are young or unemployed. Europe sucks if you actually want to make something of yourself through hard work.
Personally, I couldn't live if I worked 6 days a week knowing I'd only get 3-days pay after taxes just so some 22-yo punk could sit in the park all day and smoke pot."
Please stay in America.
Junior ministers have already been deployed to find out what the government should do about free software...
"It goes against the grain to have this sort of thing going on in Great Britain. We've partially dismantled free speech and the freedom of movement. We will need to review what can be done to combat this new threat." (quote was made up).
If, by saying "doing well for itself", you mean, doing business with oppressive regimes, then I guess it's all just down to irrational fear of big companies. I think the comment that Google is making some very UN-egalitarian moves right now is very fair. If they want to battle with Microsoft they will probably have to be as aggressive and that doesn't necessarily bode well.
yes you are so intellegent - so very INTELLIGENT
would this be the same ID that put Bush in charge of Iraq?
And while we all get distracted by Iran's domestic nuclear program Korea is chugging nukes out! C'mon Neo-Cons where's yer balls for a REAL fight?
A fat american fuck is a fat american fuck is a fat american fuck, bring on another 9-11 lets see some more of you fuckers jump.
So lets take a look at your open minded and balanced opinions....
comment #1 'Or more likely, you have ex post facto justifications....' = Presumption
comment #2 "MS is an amorphous collective composed of diverse individuals with varying goals and motivations", Er, didn't the bullshit light go on in your head when you wrote this? Sure there's hype about MS but it's not completely undeserved. Collective? The word is 'Company'.
comment #3 'you've questioned jack shit... You're a simple-minded fundamentalist' Intolerant and inflamatory.
Who were you trying to convince?
I have been a club member for 2 years now. I had been using Mandrake since 7.2 and knowing how much work can go into a fairly small application I decided a little bit of my hard-earned was worth spending. Mandrake's near demise also prompted me to think about the value in having many distros and not just two or three. It's true that the RPMs available to club members save alot of time when you wanna get something installed and early access to the latest release is a big bonus, the biggest help came when I bought an Acer 1700 laptop and needed the touchpad and power management working, I couldnt afford to spend ages getting this machine up and running and the club RPM repository was an indispensible time saver. Without it I might have been running XP.
Now the Israeli military can see the women and children behind the walls of the house they are about to bulldoze - woohoo another great advance.
I dont think there's an option to ignore the middle east now y'all poked a stick up its ass.