INPROCESS Re: root password...[ubuntu 5.10 installation issues]

[David]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:18:17PM -0500, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
> 
> Yeah well maybe debian has gotten easier to initially set up since I read
> about it some time ago. I'd heard that it had a GREAT package management
> system, but that the learning curve to get it initially off the ground
> was rather steep... (didn't have time then, don't have time now) Perhaps
> I'd heard wrong?

First: Debian install has improved greatly, but is not as simple as Ubuntu 
or Mandrake etc.

Second: Debian package management is the BEST... my opinion, and i'm 
sticking to it. Ubuntu uses Debian, so Ubuntu is also the best.

Third: all distros tend to have strengths and weaknesses. Ubuntu has less 
weaknesses than most, so I use it. sudo/root is just a peculiarity that is 
pretty easy to live with, and easy to bypass if you feel strongly about 
it. Simply do <sudo passwd root> and off you go. What's the problem?

Fourth:  I've suggested here previously that there should be a comment 
during the install about root passwords, but the gods of ubuntu have not 
taken note.

Fifth: if you want to do your own thing, do a "server" install, activate 
root, then build your own system using Ubuntu facilities. That's exactly 
what I do with my servers.

Sixth: For some one who doesn't have time, you have a lot of time to write 
emails. I could have done 3 installs in the time it would have taken to 
type your emails ;------)))

Seventh: I can only count to six