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Re: ubuntu



 On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:38:58 -0400 
David Kramer <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Martin Owens wrote: 
> >> It's just that moving from Fedora to *buntu is a big deal.  The 
> >> packaging is all different.  I haven't worked on a BSD derivative since 
> >> early Slackware. 
> > 
> > Ubuntu is Debian based not BSD since BSD is something very different 
> > from Linux; And I'm pretty sure Slackware is also Linux. 
> 
> Sorry, you're right.  Never used a Debian. 
> 
> I'm sold now on getting away from x86_64, but I think I'll try loading 
> kubuntu on for a day and then make the decision on whether to wipe it 
> out and put on F7 i386. 
> 
> I would love to wait or F8, but I don't have that luxury.  It's been 
> many years since I've upgrades an OS (as opposed to backing up and 
> nuking from orbit then installing anew), but since my F7 install will 
> only be a month or so old, I might chance it when F8 is stable. 


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