Thank fucking god, no more Ubuntu

[Aloone_Jonez]

The defaults vary frome distro to distro some may be more sane than others. I agree though, I probably only find Windows easier because I use it more often than Linux and I've grown up with it.

[piratePenguin]

The defaults vary frome distro to distro some may be more sane than others.

And they're all saner than every version of Windows, IMO (save the not-for-noobs distros that intentionally don't automatically setup a user a/c / etc.).

[Pathos]

I had to alter fstab to enable my Win/Lin fat32 swap partition and a CD rom.
Had to alter xorg.conf to enable my second monitor and some missing resolutions.
Had to add asound.conf and rerun alsaconf to setup sound properly.

now it just works.

I don't know why alsaconf didn't work the first time. The xorg.conf is understandable, but I would have thought it would have put the entries for the monitor and card in but not enable it. The additions to fstab should not have been needed, Windows automatically installs new CD drives and partitions, theres no reason why Linux can't do the same (the CD drive was the one i used to install linux!).

[cymon]

I hate ubuntu, I wanted to try it, being a linux n00b, so I made the live CD's. After reading some FAQ's, I decided to skip the ripoff and get the real deal, in short, I decided to install debianppc on a dual boot with OSX tiger, only to find that I wasted the rest of my CD's on crappy Ubuntu that didn't work anyways.

[Narf Man]

kintaro... does Debian give you Linux's full power?
I've been using Xandros and quite frankly, it's pissing me off cuz it's so damn crippled. Even with K3B I can't burn faster than 2x and I can't get DVD burning ability to go. Windows partitions are read-only. The "file manager" crashes too frequently.
Xandros was OK when I was transitioning over from windowsland, but now it's just too restrictive (I'm not paying $90 to "unlock" full ability).

[MarathoN]

I had to alter fstab to enable my Win/Lin fat32 swap partition and a CD rom.
Had to alter xorg.conf to enable my second monitor and some missing resolutions.
Had to add asound.conf and rerun alsaconf to setup sound properly.

Odd, I've never, ever had any problems like that with Slackware, it all just works from the get-go. :p

[cymon]

Debian is completly free, it is opensourced freeware. Just install X11 and have fun.

[Aloone_Jonez]

[OFFTOPIC]Narf Man,
Why do you always write in blue?[/OFFTOPIC]

[Pathos]

kintaro... does Debian give you Linux's full power?
I've been using Xandros and quite frankly, it's pissing me off cuz it's so damn crippled. Even with K3B I can't burn faster than 2x and I can't get DVD burning ability to go. Windows partitions are read-only. The "file manager" crashes too frequently.
Xandros was OK when I was transitioning over from windowsland, but now it's just too restrictive (I'm not paying $90 to "unlock" full ability).

Yep, Debian is probably the pinacle of Linux distributions. Only one I know that comes in 14 CD's. It has everything.

But I reckon slackware based distributions, just simpler and lighter and easier to use. Any non commercial distributions will give you the full linux capabilities. If you just want it for a desktop a totally recommend Vector Linux 5.1 SOHO, or Slackware itself.

[cymon]

I've decided to go with Debian, it seems pretty cool, and apt-get sounds useful, chatting on IRC even before you get Xwindows up. I'm going to install it next week, just because I've got a major project due monday, and I can't afford to lose it by accident.

[themacuser]

I hate ubuntu, I wanted to try it, being a linux n00b, so I made the live CD's. After reading some FAQ's, I decided to skip the ripoff and get the real deal, in short, I decided to install debianppc on a dual boot with OSX tiger, only to find that I wasted the rest of my CD's on crappy Ubuntu that didn't work anyways.

Ubuntu works fine on my G4... but why? You have OS X which you can get most, if not all of the linux stuff to work on - see fink.sf.net and darwinports.opendarwin.org. Including KDE and Gnome (I once had them on my powerbook g4...).

[Narf Man]

Thanks, Pathos.

And as for the color of my text... three main reasons:
1) All forums I belong to I post in blue. (a habit, perhaps?)
2) It makes me stand out
3) Why not? I really like blue.

[Jenda]

Yeehah! No more Ubuntu? I say MORE Ubuntu! Breezy is sweet.

[Firefoxfanphill]

Narf you attention whore you.

*joking*


Ubuntu was the first linux live cd I ever tried :-(.

[Narf Man]

Attention whore?
Me?


...ok, well yeah.