Which Distro?

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 01:28:58PM -0500, Phil D. wrote:
> I would shy away from Mandrake personally.  Distros you may want to 
> consider for PPC besides YDL are:
> 
> Ubuntu - Debian based with a different package repository

I've tried Ubuntu and to me it's the Linux of the "great unlinuxed". It's
a very carefully chosen set of packages to provide the most function a
simple Windows user would want. It does not have a glitzy installer
(as if one is needed) and it uses the lower impact, lower function GNOME
over the super-whiz=bang KDE. 

I expect that it will take off as the desktop linux of choice for many 
people. Most of them will be too poor to afford windows and MS Office 
and it will make computing affordable to them. It will also appeal to
those people who want to use linux without the high technical level or
resource level a fuller disitribution requires.

It's a nice package for what it is, but it is not YDL. IMHO you
should download Ubuntu and give it to everyone you can, but buy YDL for
yourself.

> Please note that this is just my opinion.  My opinion and $2.00 will get 
> you a cup of coffee. ;^)

Same here.

Geoff.
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