tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post6635093307631517192..comments2023-03-31T22:37:10.833+08:00Comments on I' Been to Ubuntu: I'm on the Verge of Leaving Ubuntu.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155385927782965826noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-66294853394300760062008-06-14T12:31:00.000+08:002008-06-14T12:31:00.000+08:00The best thing abouty Linux is choice! I use Ubunt...The best thing abouty Linux is choice! I use Ubuntu and love it (I've tried many distros including Debian, Mint, Fedora, Debian, SuSE, Mandriva, and so on) and enjoy Ubuntu the most. However, that doesn't necessarily mean its the best distro. Far from it, its all what suits you.<BR/><BR/>I have a friend who uses Red Hat, another uses Linux Mint. Good Luck with Debian. It indeed is a great distro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-87164330686564609252008-05-16T06:47:00.000+08:002008-05-16T06:47:00.000+08:00Richard said... "My question is will you be hap...Richard said...<BR/> "My question is will you be happy where ever you may go !"<BR/><BR/>My experience over 11 years of Linux has been<BR/>1) RH (or localized derivatives for the country was in) -- 6 years<BR/>2) Debian -- 2 years<BR/>3) Ubuntu -- 3 years<BR/><BR/>I think that it's pretty obvious from that list that I'm not a distro hopper, so I'll probably be happy enough with Debian. Heck, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155385927782965826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-7872113954608913872008-05-16T05:09:00.000+08:002008-05-16T05:09:00.000+08:00I'm also leaving...last live 8.04 CDs stopped boot...I'm also leaving...<BR/>last live 8.04 CDs stopped booting in my PC...<BR/><BR/>Debian live CDs boot without problems...<BR/>and they are almost as fast as Puppy :D<BR/>Why ubuntu break things so badly?...<BR/><BR/>7.10 has become a boring thing and i'm booting more and more frequently in WXP...<BR/><BR/>My only hope for a "true" alternative to WXP is becoming ReactOS but that will take a lot of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-67088566898252087402008-05-16T01:50:00.000+08:002008-05-16T01:50:00.000+08:00Best of luck, but I only came here for your Ubuntu...Best of luck, but I only came here for your Ubuntu insight.<BR/><BR/>But distro choice is part of your freedom, so have fun.<BR/><BR/>I'm gone and so is your Live Bookmark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-16026784191135205502008-05-15T23:02:00.000+08:002008-05-15T23:02:00.000+08:00A second vote here for PCLinuxOS. Nice user exper...A second vote here for PCLinuxOS. Nice user experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-11263244253713043712008-05-15T18:26:00.000+08:002008-05-15T18:26:00.000+08:00My question is will you be happy where ever you ma...My question is will you be happy where ever you may go !<BR/><BR/>It just seems like such a silly reason to say goodbye. Almost like I didn't get my way so I will spit my dummy and go crying all the way home ! <BR/><BR/>Sorry but will you go running away next you can't get your way on your next distro of choice !!!<BR/><BR/>I will also say bye bye, well not to Ubuntu but to your blog.<BR/><BR/>I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-32415070929628129142008-05-15T09:09:00.000+08:002008-05-15T09:09:00.000+08:00I tried Ubuntu myself, and I wasn't too impressed ...I tried Ubuntu myself, and I wasn't too impressed with 8.04. So far, Im on PCLinuxOS, which also comes in GNOME flavor. I would recommend PCLinuxOS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-13654215237121762972008-05-15T03:07:00.000+08:002008-05-15T03:07:00.000+08:00Good decision, and good move. Maybe you should hav...Good decision, and good move. Maybe you should have never left Debian in the first place, but who knows, what is done is done. Now I hope to see a new blog from you detailing your Debian experiences. I will be one of your readers. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-39254258934927243262008-05-15T02:34:00.000+08:002008-05-15T02:34:00.000+08:00If you're talking about third-party repositories u...If you're talking about third-party repositories unofficially provided by the openSUSE devs, then no, especially not since Novell's patent indemnification deal with Microsoft.<BR/><BR/>I asked an openSUSE dev why his third-party version of freetype wasn't supplied with the usual features pre-compiled. He replied: "my repository are mirrored at several places, amongst which [...] the US. Without Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-16428658252026017522008-05-15T01:13:00.000+08:002008-05-15T01:13:00.000+08:00And OpenSuSE! That fits all the criteria.And OpenSuSE! That fits all the criteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-82837489787542610292008-05-15T00:05:00.000+08:002008-05-15T00:05:00.000+08:00When I finally abandoned Ubuntu for good last year...When I finally abandoned Ubuntu for good last year, the criteria adopted for choosing a distro were:<BR/><BR/>- sufficient stability for day-to-day desktop use (Debian Etch, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, MEPIS, PCLOS, Slackware, Fedora)<BR/><BR/>- a broad range of applications in the official repositories<BR/><BR/>- a package manager incorporating some kind of automatic dependency resolution<BR/><BR/>- a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-87541554407509492622008-05-14T23:27:00.000+08:002008-05-14T23:27:00.000+08:00On the other side, one bad apple doesn't make the ...On the other side, one bad apple doesn't make the tree bad.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm not a ubuntu user, I admire that this Distro is the most adventoruos in new features and is one of the few that is really innovative.<BR/><BR/>No distro si perfect, but i think that we should know to separate the good from the bad.<BR/><BR/>I will not tell you which Distro to use, but maybe take a deep breath before damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357631065520401136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-66935129900194084962008-05-14T22:40:00.000+08:002008-05-14T22:40:00.000+08:00You could try Linux Mint, which has a very communi...You could try Linux Mint, which has a very community driver forum. They listen to the users and add features based on that.<BR/><BR/>It still based on Ubuntu so you get the features you really like in the distro plus a lot of new tools. currently is number 4 in Distrowatch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-58141919868243664112008-05-14T22:29:00.000+08:002008-05-14T22:29:00.000+08:00Btw, the correct answer is: ejectBtw, the correct answer is: ejectAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-41946863399341140672008-05-14T22:25:00.000+08:002008-05-14T22:25:00.000+08:00bye, fucking joke? ;)bye, fucking joke? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-57704678035813209532008-05-14T22:03:00.000+08:002008-05-14T22:03:00.000+08:00Good for you. If you are comfortable with Debian t...Good for you. If you are comfortable with Debian then you should be helping out in Debian forums than to join in the mad rush.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward for your I've Been to Debain blog :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-67948909920504929152008-05-14T21:41:00.000+08:002008-05-14T21:41:00.000+08:00You might also want to consider Fedora which, perh...You might also want to consider Fedora which, perhaps not coincidentally (it shares quite a few package maintainers with Debian, together with a similar policy on software freedom), comes close to Joey Hess's vision of a "Constantly Usable Testing" version of Debian.<BR/><BR/>Unless it would be your intention to run Stable/Etch, Debian can only offer either breakage-prone, relatively untested Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-82442839357569583282008-05-14T21:25:00.000+08:002008-05-14T21:25:00.000+08:00I have had exactly the same problem with the bug t...I have had exactly the same problem with the bug team. I don't blame you for the switch.<BR/><BR/>I may well switch to OpenSUSE 11 soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-16871863218039335762008-05-14T20:34:00.000+08:002008-05-14T20:34:00.000+08:00Same here! I got weary of silly performance proble...Same here! I got weary of silly performance problems for no reason, especially on gnome.<BR/><BR/>I plan to install debian as soon as possible.osmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525424589037776140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117578413372837062.post-47464900601361482082008-05-14T19:16:00.000+08:002008-05-14T19:16:00.000+08:00Good Luck.Good Luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com