Nuke my Gentoo, Fedora for Ubuntu?

[Nex6]

I have Ubuntu on my laptop: AMD 1.4 mobile, 256 ram and an 32mb s3 video 
card and it works great.

ubuntu is Debian based, so it has all the software debian does, see the 
ubuntu webpage for some good info and basic questions on how it works.

but then again, I have always liked Debian.....


-Nex6



Andreas Geske wrote:

> Hi List!
>
> I'm still searching for my top Linux distro but still didn't find it. 
> Tried SuSE, Gentoo, Fedora, Mandrake in different releases, but none 
> of them fit my needs. Mandrake is a joke, SuSE and Fedora are sooooooo 
> slow , and Gentoo, ... well ... nice piece of work, but still too much 
> time consuming (compiling) and you need lots of knowledge to keep you 
> system up and running.
>
> Some time ago I read about Ubuntu Linux a heard lots of good things 
> about it. But before I try it I have a few questions, maybe some of 
> you are so kind to give me answers.
>
> - How fast is Ubuntu compared to SuSE or Fedora. Mentioned distros are 
> extremely slow on my PC (Athlon XP 1800+, 256 MB RAM). I know it's 
> hard to measure, but maybe you can give me your personal "feeling" 
> about the speed of Ubuntu Linux
>
> - I'm one of these "bleeding edge guys". I want to have major version 
> of software (e.g. Firefox 1.0) ASAP, that means 2 weeks after release. 
> Ubuntu is based on Debian, which is not known as a "speed wonder".
>
> - I don't like to search for third party packages throughout the whole 
> web. Does Ubuntu Linux provide a reasonable software repository 
> without having to edit yum.conf or other files where to pick up my 
> packages. Maybe there's a list of packages supported out of the box.
>
> - Even Ubuntu Linux is Gnome based distro there are two KDE apps I 
> won't miss: K3B and Krename. Are these apps available? (Note: I don't 
> need a fully featured KDE desktop, just these 2 apps)
>
> - Can I use Ubuntu Linux as a server? Not for production use, just for 
> private testing purposes. In other words: Does Ubuntu Linux provide 
> packages for latest versions of: MySQL, PostgreSQL, qmail+additional 
> packages, Python, Perl+additional packages, PHP, apache2?
>
> - Due to Ubuntu being a Debian based distro, I assume the package 
> format is DEB. Is there a graphical tool for installing software, like 
> synaptic? (or even better)
>
> - Does Ubuntu Linux provide goodies like
>      - automatic hardware detection
>      - autmounting CD-ROMs, digicams etc. (I love it to plug in my
>        digicam and use it *without* having to mount it manually)
>      - graphical configuration of the most important system settings
>        like network, X11, printer, mount points, boot options etc.
>
>
> Every answer is highly appreciated. Even a simple "yes" or "no" are 
> valid responses for me :-)
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> scsimodo
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