Ubuntu & Linspire

[Earl Violet]

> On 2/8/07, Joe Hart <j.hart at orange.nl> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Well, that to me is the straw that broke the camel's back.  I'm
> all for
> > the advancement of Linux and of it gaining popularity, but I was
> already
> > leary of the way they were heading...trying to remove the command
> line
> > from Linux is just as bad as Windows 95 taking away DOS.
> >
> > Perhaps I have just grown out of the hand-holding of the
> community.  I
> > don't want things easier because that makes them transparent. 
> Perhaps
> > Debian itself is a better alternative.  At least that community
> is the
> > one that is doing most of the work, and THEY know when things are
> > stable.  The only downside is that they support too many
> different
> > architectures that hold them back.  There are others...
> >
> > Let Ubuntu/Mepis/Linspire/Mint be for the new converts.  The real
> > hackers won't run them anyway.  You want good information, you
> need to
> > turn to Debian and since Dapper, compatibility with Debian has
> been
> > waning.  Dapper is good, Edgy is OK, but I am afraid that Feisty
> will
> > never make it on my computer.
> >
> > Do I hear Sid calling?  Perhaps Gentoo is knocking on the door...
> > The beauty of Linux is to be able to choose.  I choose control
> over my
> > computer.
> >
> > The beauty of Linux lies in the fact that there is a distribution
> for
> > everyone.  I wish all of you the best of luck.
> >

I guess doing Linux from scratch is the best way to keep the purity
of the system.

Earl

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