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Question of the Day: Do you think Bafana Bafana will win tonight?
Bye Bye Kubuntu
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I also have to disagree with TiredOfWaiting. I have not had any broken or messed installs or packages in all the years with Ubuntu. Wine worked straight out of the box. Maybe you had a messed repository mirror? Also, Ubuntu is actually right up there when it comes to the latest versions. They don't always go into ""the latest"" because those are often unsupported betas or whatever. You do have an option of using them though.
It's not just WINE. Apart from the vast amount of application that can't load from the repos (I've tried the local one, the main one, even some European ones), the system also can't update.
I just haven't been enjoying much luck with Ubuntu at all!
OpenSUSE works like a charm right out of the box, though. Not a single application install has failed yet and I'm just enjoying a much better overall experience with it. Your mileage on Ubuntu may vary, but my mind has been made up.
I know that feeling, hwne I started on kubuntu, I had no idea what a repos even was. I would just click update, and get these pages of errors and completely screwed up my adept db.
But then I decided to do something radical....I read the howtos. And from there it has been fine. But I know what you are saying, when there is a problem in the repos, its usually a painful one
I'm not sure I understand you here. What do you mean when you say most widely supported?
Check how many mirrors there are available for Ubuntu, then compare it to the other distros. I like many of the other distros but both personally and from experience and from other Linux-users, I would have to say that Ubuntu just beats them. <no, not going to start another distrowar>
I run fully functional Debian, Sidux and Fedora (core and update repos, and Livna) based on SA servers alone. By fully functional I mean I could run the same system of international sites and there would be no difference. So I am sorry but you are talking crap. And if you are talking internationally as well then you have missed the boat altogether.
I have not run the other distros in a long while so I cannot vouch as to the availability of repos for them.
I have not run the other distros in a long while so I cannot vouch as to the availability of repos for them.
Nope, I meant *good* repositories
LMFAO!
MyWorld
Executive Member
The problem for me comes when you want to install something NOT in the repositories, how easy is it then to configure and install said package?
That is why I will never in all my live touch another RPM based distro (RPM hell - last time I touched anything RPM based was back in 2003) and the reason I'll stick with Gentoo tank you very much (source based)!
That is why I will never in all my live touch another RPM based distro (RPM hell - last time I touched anything RPM based was back in 2003) and the reason I'll stick with Gentoo tank you very much (source based)!
That's one thing I love about Debian-->Ubuntu. You can simply execute the .deb file and it is installed in exactly the same manner as in the package manager. Except of course if it has a million other dependancies, in which case I send it to my install cache and type "apt-get install <package>" and it will install that and the dependancies (99% of the time it works)
"Myworld" mentioned hating that about his distro, whichever it is, not doing that... ?!
tbf MyWorld's statement is similar to someone saying they will never touch linux again because they had a bad experience in 2003. I was merely pointing out that there is a RPM based distro which treats installing standalone RPMs in a similar way that deb packages are handled.
As I use both a deb and a RPM based distro quite often, I felt it necessary to highlight the fact.
As I use both a deb and a RPM based distro quite often, I felt it necessary to highlight the fact.
Yeah no that's fine. I also don't approve of the "I tried it once and didn't like it, so it sucks" approach.
Also, my bad for not using the right wording on the "local repos" for distros other than Ubuntu.
