Ubuntu/GNOME deteriorating?
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From: White Spirit on 26 Mar 2010 13:08 On 26/03/2010 16:45, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > My big problem with Fedora was that I could never upgrade Fedora from > one release to the next. I used it for years, and gave up for this > reason and some others (such as it screwing up my config files). > Is that still the case? I believe so. Try Arch Linux. If you're happy editing one or two config files with the command line before everything is working then you'll never have to worry about upgrades and mishaps again. It's a rolling distribution, which means that you can install it once and keep upgrading to the latest set of packages. If you (or a util) have edited any config files then the package upgrade scripts will save any new config files and keep your originals as they were. It's the most hassle-free distro in my view and in the unlikely event that there is any problem with packages having bugs you can roll back to an earlier package with ease. http://www.archlinux.org The Wiki is very good and has detailed instructions for first-time installation: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page Beginner's guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide Official install guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide It takes a little bit more effort to install and configure but once it's done you can forget about it and enjoy using one of the fastest distros with one of the best package management systems around. For 64-bit CPUs, there's also no reason not to use the x64 version as the necessary 32-bit libs are available for running 32-bit apps like Skype, Google Earth, Quake4 etc :)
From: Moshe on 26 Mar 2010 13:30 On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:56:09 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> Sure do. >> Most people choose the option to not use it in the first place. > > No most are not even aware of the choice. > > Of those that are, I would say the vast majority choose to use it. > > The very few that fail are those who almost, but not quite, too stupid > to use a computer. Classic Linux advocate tactic to blame the user for Linux's faults.
From: Robert Heller on 26 Mar 2010 13:52 At Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:45:59 -0500 Ignoramus8345 <ignoramus8345(a)NOSPAM.8345.invalid> wrote: > My big problem with Fedora was that I could never upgrade Fedora from > one release to the next. I used it for years, and gave up for this > reason and some others (such as it screwing up my config files). > > Is that still the case? Yes. RHEL/CentOS/SL has long term *stable* support. > > i > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
From: Ignoramus8345 on 26 Mar 2010 13:58 On 2010-03-26, The Natural Philosopher <tnp(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > Ignoramus8345 wrote: >> On 2010-03-26, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc(a)launchmodem.com> wrote: >>>> I use Linux to conduct my entire digital life, I do not dual boot, it >>>> is not a play project for me. I live, breathe, and make money with >>>> Linux. And I want it to work instead of being a game of chance. At >>>> this point I am considering to maybe switch to CentOS, at least for >>>> the laptop. >>> You have a LOT of options, with Linux. >>> >> >> That's what I am trying to figure out, what option can I use to get >> something relatively bug free. I want to play sound, flash, use user >> switching and network manager where appropriate. >> > > Looks like lenny should do all that. > > You will have to log in and out of the default desktop manager to switch > users. So there is no "live" switching in Lenny? Where two users can switch between permanent sessions? Is that right? i
From: Ignoramus8345 on 26 Mar 2010 14:35
On 2010-03-26, Robert Heller <heller(a)deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:45:59 -0500 Ignoramus8345 <ignoramus8345(a)NOSPAM.8345.invalid> wrote: > >> My big problem with Fedora was that I could never upgrade Fedora from >> one release to the next. I used it for years, and gave up for this >> reason and some others (such as it screwing up my config files). >> >> Is that still the case? > > Yes. > > RHEL/CentOS/SL has long term *stable* support. OK, say, in CentOS 5.4, can I: 1) Switch users doing "live user switching" 2) Does sound work even for multiple users 3) Does it have Network Manager 4) Is it upgradeable to later versions of CentOS or do I have to reinstall Thanks |