kubuntu 5.04 - a pleasant experience

[Collins Richey]

On 10/9/05, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
>
> >I can't begin to express adequately how impressed I am with this
> >distro.
> >
>     I have been using Libranet for years, and prefer it to Ubuntu, but
> their future is uncertain due to the demise of their lead developer, so
> I'm thinking about changing eventually. I like ubuntu, but not with the
> K, being a gnome fan myself. I've heard that the gnome variety is more
> solid than Kubuntu, and have used it to some extent.
>

I'm actually neither a KDE nor a GNOME fan, but I can tolerate KDE a
lot better than GNOME. Meanwhile, I'm back running IceWM which
provides everything I need in the way of a WM.

>     BUT, they have that wierd non-root setup, requiring either sudo or
> opening a root terminal. I know they have their reasons, but I'm more
> old school.

I've gotten used to the sudo approach, so it's no big deal.

>
> >
> >If I get enough stuff to work, I could become a Debian convert of the
> >ubuntu variety.
> >

>
>     I'd like to see them make convert a few windozers.
>

Hear, Hear! All they really need is a combination of the
wipe-everything on the hard drive with an option that retains the
windows, adds a small FAT32 for file transfers, and formats the rest
of the drive automatically. A little scripting with ntfsresize, and
this would be killer for the Windoze-dumb autoinstall types. Package
this with an automated script to drag in all the
forbidden-but-wanted-by-all goodies that can't be distributed, and
you've got a true Windows-killer.

--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
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      smart enough to debug it.
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