[supersloth]

woooo, new default ubuntu 7.10 install.

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[MarkoDaGeek]

Hahaha, that wallpaper is priceless.

[capty99]

i going to install it on my desky.
my lappy is old and i want to see it in all its glory.

btw, ubuntu.com shows a big 7.1 logo and download button but only lets you download 7.4 upsetting.

only because i don't have buntu installed on this pc and i need the full cd.

[GWatt]

How much better is gibbon than feisty?

[supersloth]

i've got it set to super effects with no problems so far on the lappy

GWatt, on 17 Oct, 2007 - 09:01 PM, said:

How much better is gibbon than feisty?

everything i needed to customize on feisty to get it up and running was fixed by default in the install on gibbon. other than that, still digging around in it.

[Nova Dragoon]

you gonna actually use it now?

[supersloth]

i've been using ubuntu on my laptop regularly for quite a while now.

[GWatt]

Nova Dragoon, on 17 Oct, 2007 - 11:30 PM, said:

you gonna actually use it now?

Well, honestly, I like a few things about Ubuntu better than Fedora. Package management is so much better and faster, even if you install synaptic under fedora, which I did. I also like that distro upgrades can be done through apt, as opposed to downloading several gigabytes worth of stuff, most of which I probably won't need. Fedora also realeases about 300 updates within a week of releasing a new version. Ubuntu also has better desktop sharing. As in it actually works without completely killing the firewall. I'm not just talking about a normal X11 vncserver. I want to be able to work on the desktop that shows on my monitor. I couldn't get desktop sharing to work properly with Fedora unless I just turned off the firewall. Turning off the firewall is completely unacceptable.
Why I am using Fedora right now:
It's set up to autoconfigure X for screens so that you don't have to edit xorg.conf to get the best resolution. I use a 16x10 ratio monitor, and ubuntu only supported the 4x3. Not a big deal, but I am looking to avoid unnecessary tweaking. I also run a print server for a USB printer and the drivers for the printer are available as rpm ONLY from Canon, and alien didn't get the print drivers working for me. I just realized that I could copy the ppd file and see if that works, so I might try that. I also run a samba server, for no real reason, and I couldn't get it to work on any of the other distros I tried (mandrake, suse, and ubuntu.)

I might try it. I really don't like the slow as balls package management fedora offers. Synaptic on Ubuntu is much faster than on fedora. Everything else I can get around easily enough. I don't store anything for school on my desktop. All of that I have on a thumb drive so I won't lose anything if either of my Macbook or desktop go bad.

I guess the short answer to your question is : I'll most likely try it out.
Although, I have always come back to Fedora.

[capty99]

gibbon is expected to not be as stable as hoary.

since its not a LTS release,
alot of people feel they throw in a bunch of stuff that might normally not be fully ready, so that it can get completely tested out before its released on an LTS release.

nonetheless, i have not had any stability issues with it on the lappy so far, and those were the betas.

[[email protected]!ST!C]

My work desktop

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[MarkoDaGeek]

[GWatt]

That doesn't dismiss everything, just ubuntu.

[supersloth]

no, you can use "nah, i'm not really into pokemon" for pretty much anything i bet.

[axel]

GWatt, on 19 Oct, 2007 - 02:24 PM, said:

That doesn't dismiss everything, just ubuntu.

nah, I'm not really into Pokemon

[Nova Dragoon]

except there, bad form. -10 points