Poll: Choose your least favorite Linux distribution

[BiOPSY]

i dont see a point in arguing on a forum with people who i have never met in my life, and probably never will, over a distrobution, which is as much a personal opinion as someones favorite color

Originally Posted by tonight.we.dine.in.hell

but since BiOPSY started arguing with everyone over how much better fedora is, it has just turned into a giant "I HATE UBUNTU" or "WHY DO YOU THINK UBUNTU IS SO TERRIBLE?" argument

Your opinion on this forum is as much as a personal opinion as someone's favorite color.

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Originally Posted by Zok

I just voted and have lost all faith in this forum now that I've seen the results. Good job, assholes.

I blame methamphetamine.

[Zok]

Oh wait, I misread the poll. I read it as "Favorite distro" not "least favorite distro" (I thought I had already voted...). -1 for slackware then. +1 for ubuntu. Good job, assholes.

FALSE ALARM

[maximo]

Im a linux ubuntu n00b of sorts, I haven´t been using it for a long time, but the difference between it and XP is clear to see, especially with Beryl installed. I would like to try others, as such I havent voted as i have no informed opinion, but from what I see, apart from the root user being locked, i havent had a problem with it. Is there a good distribution to use if you have liked ubuntu as your first distribution as I would like to try another, just which one...

[Beka]

Originally Posted by maximo

Im a linux ubuntu n00b of sorts, I haven´t been using it for a long time, but the difference between it and XP is clear to see, especially with Beryl installed. I would like to try others, as such I havent voted as i have no informed opinion, but from what I see, apart from the root user being locked, i havent had a problem with it. Is there a good distribution to use if you have liked ubuntu as your first distribution as I would like to try another, just which one...

surely Debian, which is the distribution on which Ubuntu is based

[tonight.we.dine.in.hell]

Originally Posted by maximo

Im a linux ubuntu n00b of sorts, I haven´t been using it for a long time, but the difference between it and XP is clear to see, especially with Beryl installed. I would like to try others, as such I havent voted as i have no informed opinion, but from what I see, apart from the root user being locked, i havent had a problem with it. Is there a good distribution to use if you have liked ubuntu as your first distribution as I would like to try another, just which one...

debian, its a lot like ubuntu, except the apt sources are strict and limit your packages a ot until you edit them
and wireless netowrking was a little difficult for me, wifi-radar didnt work, and Kwifi was so slow at aqquiring the IP of the wireless network

[maximo]

Originally Posted by tonight.we.dine.in.hell

debian, its a lot like ubuntu, except the apt sources are strict and limit your packages a ot until you edit them
and wireless netowrking was a little difficult for me, wifi-radar didnt work, and Kwifi was so slow at aqquiring the IP of the wireless network

I've decided to try the ubuntu studio repos, if i like that, i'll stick with it, otherwise i'll make a debian livecd and try that

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Originally Posted by tonight.we.dine.in.hell

nubuntu is a lot like Debian

Fixed.
Don't pronounce the holy name of the Debian Delusional community as associated with ubuntu.

[Cosmonaut3030]

Where is all the SuSE hate?

[deus-redux]

Ubuntu. Why?

Ubuntu is a Debian fork. Forks can be good, and Debian is a good distribution.

However, Ubuntu has essentially just made a slightly easier installer for Debian, added a few of its own packages, and claimed the whole OS as their own.

They're put together a CD of Debian's packages, except they've stripped out important things, and included instead ethically if not legally questionable packages.

Ubuntu has made several changes, like the retarded idea of disabling the root account, that complicate things for people used to other distributions, and teach newbies the wrong way of doing things.

Rather than specialising Debian and sending compatible benefits back to upsteam, they've effectively highjacked their packages.

I think that Ubuntu probably was a little easier to install a while back.

That's absolutely not true now. Fedora 6 and 7 are easy as piss to install.

-deus-