[geeks] And The Linux Weenies Wonder Why They Aren't Mainstream...

[velociraptor]

On 2/28/06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm at mendelson.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:16:09AM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > Ubuntu, with the EasyUbuntu add-on for the multimedia codecs, etc?
>
> I though of that, but I wanted the eye candy of KDE. I also wanted an
> RPM based distribution as I am used to it. Ubuntu is based on Debian and
> Gnome.

This is where we differ...I hate RPM.  Apt and it's derivatives are bearable,
though the configuration hierarchy is something I haven't quite grokked
yet.

I may break down and attempt Sol 10 x86 on this hunk of junk desktop
I rec'd at new $ork depending on what the HCL tells me.

=Nadine=