On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 06:48 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 06:33:28AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 01:41 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:26:54PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:28 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 08:20:58PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > [snip] > > > Hi Rich, > > > I have met a few of the ubuntu Developers and it is an good 'desktop' > > > > Now that GNOME 2.8 is in Sid, what makes ubuntu better than Sid > > (for the power- and semi-power-user)? > > Hi Ron, > it is targeted to the desktop user like knoppix, lycoris, etc. > Some DD's have reported using for it for stricly desktop use on extra > computers. > Ubuntu is not meant to be a debian replacement. Anyone who uses Ubuntu and > wants 'more' can only but look to install Debian. Mark Shuttleworth is > trying to spread the gospel of FLOSS. He is funding Ubuntu and other > FLOSS inititaives. He is providing incentives ($$) for people to aid > this effort to fix the projects he creates. And of course, Ubuntu will > be feeding back most improvements to Debian. So Debian provides all the > power needed by semi- and power users and Ubuntu is like Debian with > training wheels -- shiny, easy to use, free support for 18 mon. and 6 > mon. release cycles.
So the semi- and power user has no real need to go to Ubuntu. Except for the geek factor... Oh, and they have "released" an AMD64 distro. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting." Ambrose Bierce
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