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Date: | Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:39:13 -0400 |
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I've tried Kabuntu (a KDE-specific version of Ubuntu) on my old laptop which
uses Debian packages and liked it except for one thing - there is no root;
you set yourself up as 'Super User' and do all admin task with 'su -'. The
only problem with this approach is that there are still a few things that are
more easly done as root and so I found it a bit limiting. However it's the
perfect Linux distro for Linux newbies.
My sister has an old laptop on which I installed Mephis but she only uses it
when she's feeling adventuresome. ;) (this was before Kabuntu came out).
Personally I use Fedora Core 4 on my desktop and test distros on my old
laptop. I prefer Fedora because the update cycles are relatively frequent,
yet it's very stable. And it's an offshoot of an 'home product' -- Red Hat,
which is based in my home state of North Carolina. :)
Kat
On Monday 20 June 2005 11:07 pm, Rayna wrote:
> Oh, now I know the answer to Kat's question!!!! I knew I knew this!
> I'm running Debian distro (sigh... wy carrrnt kompuuut'er langwidge b
> proper Engleeesh loike wot I speke? Hee hee, sorry couldn't resist)
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> Feeling slightly less silly now!
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> Thanks again Deri, and thanks Kat (genuine thanks, *not* sarcastic
> thanks!), for prompting me to figure out a little more of what I don't
> know about computers - or about the computer lingo at any rate.
>
> Rayna
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