That's funny. I heard Jeff Waugh said in a presentation once, something along the lines of "'Ubuntu' is an ancient African word meaning 'I am so sick of compiling gentoo'".<br><br>heh. Just kidding. I saw it in somebody's signature on the Ubuntu-users mailing list. :-)
<br><br>Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/06/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Vladimir Jakubovskij</b> <<a href="mailto:vladimir.jakubovskij@gmail.com">vladimir.jakubovskij@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>just to say i have got no broadband yet. that is all a question of a week probably.<br>
i am personally am somewhat a fan of ubuntu as a great desktop distro, although<br>being a long-term gentoo fan. <br><br><div></div><div><span class="e" id="q_10c2619fcab1baef_1"><span class="gmail_quote">
On 6/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Neary</b> <<a href="mailto:chris.neary@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">chris.neary@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></span>
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Just out of general interest and blind curiosity (hey, I'm a Linux<br>user - it goes with the territory), what is the specific need for a<br>bulky ~5cd distribution? Ubuntu comes on one CD and I consider that to<br>be a fairly 'full' distro. (That should probably be *half* a CD
<br>actually. They now cram the live 'Desktop' CD with the installable<br>system too - like Knoppix and its clones)<br><br>I'm not being blind to the fact that not everybody has high speed<br>broadband these days and uses a Debian/apt-based distro. I just
<br>wonder.<br><br>Just curious!<br><br>Chris<br><br>On 30/06/06, Vladimir Jakubovskij <<a href="mailto:vladimir.jakubovskij@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">vladimir.jakubovskij@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> hi, everybuddy!<br>>
<br>> well linux format magazine would not fit, as i need a full distro with some<br>> 5 (?) cd's of<br>> software along with the distribution.<br>> the linux emporium seems to have anything i need. thanx everybuddy!
<br>><br>> .v<br>><br>><br>><br>> On 6/29/06, Paul Hendrick <<a href="mailto:paul.hendrick@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">paul.hendrick@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> > Hi Vladimir,<br>> > places like WH Smiths (Church Street in the city centre, or Lime
<br>> > Street Station) have Linux Format magazine, which often has Linux<br>> > distro's on their cover disk.<br>> > to get full distro's online, you can try <a href="http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
www.linuxemporium.co.uk
</a> -<br>> > i've used them a lot in the past and they're really good.<br>> ><br>> > cheers,<br>> > paul<br>> ><br>> > On 29 Jun 2006, at 12:34, Vladimir Jakubovskij wrote:<br>> >
<br>> > > hello, all!<br>> > ><br>> > > i am a newcomer to liverpool city and uk in general.<br>> > > i wonder where i can get a full (bulk of cd's) distro in liverpool.<br>> > > [ linux centre maybe or some shop ].
<br>> > > basically i need gentoo (with all the sources/distfiles), or<br>> > > mandrake (their deliveries<br>> > > are too long), or suse. although any other (not the network install<br>> > > ones, because i have
<br>> > > more than a hundred of those tiny-little birds) would be ok (red<br>> > > hat maybe?)<br>> > > any links, phone numbers, adresses are ok!<br>> > ><br>> > > thanx in advance,
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