Comments on: Confessions of a Distro Whore http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/confessions-of-a-distro-whore/ Linux rants, raves and meandering thoughts. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: no_akira http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/confessions-of-a-distro-whore/#comment-592 no_akira Wed, 06 May 2009 07:07:45 +0000 http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-592 Reading your weblog was like looking in a mirror! My interest in Linux only started after reading an article in NewScientist (UK) back in '97. But since the I have also been a complete distro whore. I have fond memories of my ZX81 and the early excitement and hope for computing. Linux started this anew. From one whore to another (whisper) 'Kubuntu 9.04 jaunty' - is this the one ! Reading your weblog was like looking in a mirror! My interest in Linux only started after reading an article in NewScientist (UK) back in ‘97. But since the I have also been a complete distro whore. I have fond memories of my ZX81 and the early excitement and hope for computing. Linux started this anew.
From one whore to another (whisper) ‘Kubuntu 9.04 jaunty’ – is this the one !

]]> By: linuxcanuck http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/confessions-of-a-distro-whore/#comment-3 linuxcanuck Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:02:18 +0000 http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-3 PCLinuxOS is a good choice. It is a fork in Mandriva. Texstar the founder of PCLinuxOS was a package manager for Mandrake, now Mandriva. He has produced a first rate distro. It has great hardware detection and some of the Mandriva tools. If you were using hardy heron then I am not surprised with bugs. It is still in alpha testing and you should never judge a distro by experimental releases. Even Gutsy released in October is more recent than PCLinuxOS. Keep that in mind. I am using a Ubuntu release called Ultimate Ubuntu. It is worth a look provided you have a broadband connection. It is about a 2 GB download. Best of luck! PCLinuxOS is a good choice. It is a fork in Mandriva. Texstar the founder of PCLinuxOS was a package manager for Mandrake, now Mandriva. He has produced a first rate distro. It has great hardware detection and some of the Mandriva tools.

If you were using hardy heron then I am not surprised with bugs. It is still in alpha testing and you should never judge a distro by experimental releases. Even Gutsy released in October is more recent than PCLinuxOS. Keep that in mind.

I am using a Ubuntu release called Ultimate Ubuntu. It is worth a look provided you have a broadband connection. It is about a 2 GB download. Best of luck!

]]> By: Hatem Nasrat http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/confessions-of-a-distro-whore/#comment-2 Hatem Nasrat Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:35:24 +0000 http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-2 Well it seems you have dug deep in the linux well. I on the other hand is relatively new to the linux world and have not used many distros. I fell in love with ubuntu early but is lately falling out. To many bugs in Kubuntu and Ubuntu doesn't do it for me anymore. I am experimenting with Mandriva 2008 after a failed upgrade to hardy, it seems to be much cleaner but I already feel that I will break it soon. After reading this page I will look into PCLinuxOS and PCLOS Gnome Edition. I prefer the debian based distros as I am running into walls with rpm. Never have I manually installed sudo. Well it seems you have dug deep in the linux well. I on the other hand is relatively new to the linux world and have not used many distros. I fell in love with ubuntu early but is lately falling out. To many bugs in Kubuntu and Ubuntu doesn’t do it for me anymore. I am experimenting with Mandriva 2008 after a failed upgrade to hardy, it seems to be much cleaner but I already feel that I will break it soon. After reading this page I will look into PCLinuxOS and PCLOS Gnome Edition. I prefer the debian based distros as I am running into walls with rpm. Never have I manually installed sudo.

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