On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Collins Richey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crichey@gmail.com">crichey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Ken Moffat <<a href="mailto:kmoffat@drizzle.com">kmoffat@drizzle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Collins Richey wrote:<br>
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>> Well, maybe that's why I switched to a continuous upgrade release.<br>
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> I tried Ubuntu, but switched to Debian testing and unstable (one box each).<br>
> Although, Ubuntu is handy for newer hardware.<br>
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Yeah, Sidux is unstable with a little bit of filtering to avoid some<br>
of the really unstable stuff and with frequent kernel updates.<br>
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--<br>
Collins Richey<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>I installed Xubuntu on the PC my grandson uses. After frequent warnings about Limewire and dangerous downloading habits, a third episode of serious problems was the last straw.<br><br>I was uneasy about the switch because I could not get wireless networking to work in Ubuntu and SUSE earlier this year; so my PC's still run FreeBSD.<br>
<br>My first attempt was Ubuntu 8.10. Things went well until I performed the first update. After rebooting, the GUI was completely hosed. This was really disappointing (not the word I used at the time).<br><br>My second attempt was Xubuntu 8.10. I know: Why try a distro with the same broken base? I don't know.<br>
<br>Wow. Everything is working. Wireless with WPA2/PSK is working. The HP Photosmart C4180's printer is working. The C4180's scanner is working with xsane. You Linux users may take this for granted; buth with most of the inexpensive printers going the "all-in-one" route, having HPLIP working is a big deal to FreeBSD users.<br>
<br>The first update has come and gone without a hitch. The restricted software for dvd watching/mp3 stuff was available in one metapackage.<br><br>Woohoo!<br><br> - Andrew<br>