[SC.LUG] .deb vs rpm [was Re: Fwd: Worldwide 2007 Mandriva...]

[Robert Marshall]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Richard Smedley wrote:

> On Thursday 19 October 2006 12:33, Robert Marshall wrote:
> [snip]
>> As a mdk 2006 (and back to 8.2) I could ask for suggestions as to where
>> to go but I'd guess that non-Mandr* will say pretty much the same as
>> they'd said before the Gael/mdk bustup (together with a 'you see'
>> emphasis)
> 
> Mandrake-based PCLinuxOS continues to get good reviews...
> 
>> Maybe I shall get around to switching to Ubuntu...
> 
> ...but I'm interested to hear if you've gone to Ubuntu yet?
> And if so what, as a long-term RPM user, you think of it?
> 

Time passes (incredible busyness) and I've still not got around to this and
LXF has produced Madriva 2007 as a ready temptation to which at the moment
I haven't succumbed!

I remembered recently that I have a Ubuntu already installed on this
machine and at the weekend I tweaked lilo to add it as a boot option just
need to work out how to have a window manager (ok yes I know!) other than
gnome/metacity. Also seen reports on problems with ubuntu and LaTex which are
causing other hesitations

My son has recently installed SLED on his W**** m/c with me providing some of
the problem solving but it's all experience...

Robert
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Robert Marshall