<div>I noticed while looking in a APC DVD cover disc that the Fedora Core system requirements are huge.</div> <div> </div> <div>From Joshua Chase<joshych@yahoo.com.au><BR><BR><B><I>Shayne O'Neill <shayneo@bestflights.com.au></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Yeah, Xandros is great, although its been a while. It does a pretty<BR>convincing job of hiding the underbelly<BR>>From joe-user, whilst still letting you get in if you must. Its got a<BR>few weird quirks (the desktop environment<BR>Is pretty much a non-standard KDE, although xandros's additions are<BR>great. <BR><BR>Seriously however, if you want more of the "real thing", do be sure to<BR>check out Ubuntu if you are not<BR>Completely adverse to the odd file edit. It's a really nice OS, that<BR>combines the geek-friendlyness of debian with the user-friendlyness of<BR>xandros. Plus it's a really nice
clean gnome desktop, and I like gnome a<BR>lot.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: plug-bounces@plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au] On<BR>Behalf Of hatari<BR>Sent: Monday, 24 July 2006 9:07 PM<BR>To: plug@plug.org.au<BR>Subject: Re: [plug] Fedora Core 5 - Install<BR><BR>Shayne O'Neill wrote:<BR>>>Diversity gives choice - but too much diversity causes <BR>>>factionalisation<BR>> <BR>> away from the central cause - ie Instead >of the fight being between <BR>> Linux vs Microsoft - it seems to increase the tendency for distro wars<BR><BR>> - then you add >in the differences with the Solaris systems and the <BR>> BSD systems as well.<BR>> <BR>> I still reckon there are only three types of linux these days<BR>> <BR>> Red hat (and its children , ie mandrake/SuSe/etc) Debian (and its <BR>> children, ubuntu, Xandros, etc) And Gentoo (and its children, if it <BR>> has any)<BR>> <BR>> I just stick to debian
stuff and my knowledge transfers nicely. Debian<BR><BR>> for the server, Ubuntu for the desktop, and Xandros for my<BR>grandmother.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au <BR>> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<BR>> Committee e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<BR>> <BR>> <BR>Should we include BSD (and it's children, ie FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc.) or<BR>is doing THAAT not a "Lin" thing?<BR><BR>OK, could it/they be illegitimate chldren then?<BR><BR>P.S. Kev's almost talked me into Xandros. However I might wait till my<BR>newly-installed Debian breaks. (Damn; if only I can find that Services<BR>panel!)<BR><BR>wayne<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au<BR>http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<BR>Committee e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PLUG discussion list:
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