Re: How long to setup a new system?

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 10:56 -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> On Jan 30, 2008 10:50 AM, Jarod Wilson <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > No, I've heard of Gobuntu before. But that isn't the distro du jour 
> > coming out of Canonical. How many people actually use it, juxtaposed to 
> > {Ku,U}buntu? Joe Schmoe has never heard of Gobuntu. He typically grabs 
> > either Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, or <insert other distro(s) here>... 
> 
> Users seem to find the latter more useful -- caring nothing for software purity! 

Yep. And I really do think that plays no small part in lots of people 
choosing Ubuntu over Fedora -- stuff like mp3 playback Just Works(tm), 
nvidia drivers are pre-packaged by Canonical, etc., no need to seek out 
some 3rd-party repo. 


> > Did I mention that I enjoy a good debate too? :D 
> 
> I always see to learn something cool from you when I get fired up. 

Heh, likewise. :) 

> I'll plan to ruffle your feathers in the future too :-) 

Bring it on! :D 



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