[Wolves] Ubuntu - Flavour of the Month or Year??

[Larry Tomkins]

Hello
I have tried ubuntu and had difficulty getting some
things working. I then found SimplyMepis which is also
a debian based distro and did a far better job of
recognising hardware, it seems to be quite fast
compared with others and whats more I like it.
Not as pretty as some others but it works and thats
the important thing for me
Larry T


--- Tim Humpherson <tim.humpherson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I acquired another spare Hard Drive and fancied
> having a go with a
> different Linux system.  I already have SuSE 9.2 Pro
> and FC3.  But
> want to try debian-based OS, such as Ubuntu.
> 
> I am aware that SuSE has excellent USB connectivity
> (recognised what's
> plugged in, with most devices - except my webcam,
> unfortunately)..... 
> does Ubuntu offer the same ease of use, ie. would it
> recognise digital
> camera, Canon LiDE30 scanner and also Epson R300?
> 
> An interesting debate would be appreciated and I
> don't need anything
> like "SuSE is better than FC3" and others say "FC3
> is better than
> SuSE".  I do realise that not all of us are the same
> and some would
> stick to their own perferences.  I, for one, want to
> explore several
> Linuxes, and try to get any of them working with
> what I require it to
> work.  If it meets my criteria, then I would STICK
> with that
> particular Linux OS.
> 
> As I have tried SuSE 9.2 Pro, FC3, Mandrake 10,
> Slackware, Xandros,
> Knoppix, Gnoppix, Debian (not fully tried as pretty
> darn hard to
> install - not a criticism, but what I experienced,
> that's all).
> 
> Much appreciated.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Tim
> 
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