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lau
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09 Feb 2009, 12:06 pm

ToadOfSteel wrote:
Daedulus wrote:
Ubuntu is now seen by the guys as a newbie OS for Mac/Win Converts who are lazy :p


So? Some of us just want a free OS that will install out of box... We don't have the incredible amount of time on our hands to configure and compile our own kernel, and get a system working after that...

I'd go one further than that. I'm an "oldbie". I've done all the stuff that "NotQuiteANewbie" Daedulus is talking about (with "the guys", whoever they may be), and more. I still do. However, a nice simple stable comprehensive up-to-date friendly unobtrusive well-supported free pretty distro, which is what Ubuntu is, is what I'll install on my machines (when it fits - which it does, on three of them).


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09 Feb 2009, 12:38 pm

it depends what you want out of a distribution, if you are not a hacker than fair enough, something that works out of the box is nice, however for me, who is a hacker, I like full control over the system, because chances are if something goes wrong I know how to fix it.

most of "the guys" < the 3 males I associate commonly with, are impressed at the fact that their boot times are in the 10s of seconds rather than minutes.