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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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