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[Derek Broughton]

Mark Haney wrote:

> I do agree there, maybe my phrasing was off, but it did seem to get the
> point across.  You find many more 'first timers' on the Ubuntu list
> /because/ it's more user friendly.  I started my kids and Mother out on
> it, but they graduated to Gentoo.  No more upgrades, just rolling updates.

Ack!  You put your _mother_ on Gentoo!  That's just evil...  Seriously, I
just have rolling upgrades too - they'd roll more easily if Ubuntu used a
repository structure like Debian's, where the current repo is always
named "stable".  I don't see the Gentoo advantage.

>> otoh, claiming you can do everything in the CLI faster than I can do it
>> in a GUI is just plain ignorant :-)
> 
> Okay, when I wrote that, I really meant more administration type things.

LOL.  I'm kidding you - you asked for flames.  There are things I always do
with the CLI.  I haven't downloaded new packages except with aptitude in
years.

>>> Whereas in linux, you have lots tools that do ONE thing, but does it
>>> extremely well.  In linux there is more than one way to skin a cat.
>> 
>> Well, that would be an argument against having two databases that seem to
>> do the same thing.
> 
> I don't see how that would be an argument against that.  

Yes, but JW thought the two databases were doing the same thing - if so,
noone wouldn't need both.  But you're not skinning one cat - you're
skinning different ones.
-- 
derek