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[stoker at headweb.co.uk]

Hia, 

I run fedora for desktops, centos for servers, bsd (based) for
network control, and debian lenny for radius serivices. 

Ubuntu appears to
be based on debian and Red Hat based Fedora is , I think, in the same line
of business as Ubuntu. 

I've used Ubuntu, it works fine, whatever gets the
job done, really. 

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:18 +0000, Jake Davies  wrote:
I never really understood this "newbie distro" take on Ubuntu and friends.
The term just doesn't seem to connote to what's involved. Yeah, true
enough..
 It's not a computer game difficulty... An operating system is
simply for running your apps. If people want to use FreeBSD, Gentoo or
Arch, that's great. If people can use Ubuntu to get the job done, that's
even better. - Quoted straight from the boss. Sure, compiling the Linux
kernel may teach you how it works, but I'm left questioning if it'll ever
be useful, even in the industry..? Any thoughts? Useful? not to the enduser
I'd a thought...server admin? Probably not either. 

Compiling the odd
specialized service or application I understand, if you need it or are into
developement, Launching you own distro? Yup that'll do, you might need it
there....maybe.. 

Perhaps "newbie distro" could refer to those that make
simple things even more difficult for people that don't have any work to
do, you know?  not sure about that.....
 Say if you have a C project you
need to get done by a certain time, who wants to setup config files and
configure package managers when there's coding to be done?

 Um depends
what your doing, setting up systems or coding, eh? maybe not....lol

 'm
new to Linux in the workplace, I've just started. But it's not surprising
that they're adopting Ubuntu more and more. Opinions, guys? 
    Hia Jason,
welcome to the list...     On 24 November 2010 12:50, jason trunks  wrote: 
Hey all, 
I've just joined up and thought I'd better introduce myself.

My
name's Jason, I'm based in Bridgwater and I'm a C/C++ programmer by trade
(currently working in Street). I've been using *nix on all of my personal
PC's for the last 4 or 5 years and I've recently found myself wanting to
get more actively involved in the open-source community and meeting other
*nix users. Hence signing-up here! 

I've probably tried all of the major
distros over the years and quite a few of the lesser known ones along the
way too! 

I currently use Ubuntu on most of my machines, with Gnome as my
current desktop of choice. I know Ubuntu is generally seen as a bit of a
newbie distro, but I quite like it! However, like most *nix enthusiasts, I
constantly find myself trying new releases of other distros. So at some
point, I'll almost inevitably find myself switching to something else!

I
have experience with rather a wide range of *nix software and various
programming languages besides C/C++, so I'm willing to help out wherever I
can with any problems related to installing and using *nix software or any
programming problems people might have.

As long as my hectic schedule
permits it, I'd also be interested in attending meetings if there are any
planned! 
Cheers for
now,
Jas.

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