[clue-talk] Linux Desktop reliable ?

[Collins Richey]

On 8/1/06, Michael Fierro <biffster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/31/06, rex evans <rexfordevans at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Are there reliable distros?
> > Is this only a problem related
> > to Debian and derivatives?
>
> As opposed to some others on the list (most notably Collins, who has
> had some bad luck with hardware compatibility), I've had no problems
> with Debian-based distros.

I did stress for the original poster: there are NO reliability
problems with Debian based distros. My problem is hardware support,
and that's not likely to be fixed.

>
> I would not use anything but Ubuntu at this point, and I'd
> point all new Linux users to use Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu)
> also.
>

I agree in general. The only caveat is if you have just bought a
Gateway amd64 box <grin>. [K|X|'']ubuntu is now LTS (uggh!), and
you'll have to roll your own fixes.


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Collins Richey
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