Updating? Ubuntu is fresh!

[Dave Andruczyk]

--- hawkwynd <nflug at afourthdimension.com> wrote:

> I've been using Ubuntu now for 2 weeks. I'm hooked! It's fast, friendly, 
> and a joy to use. I'm considering testing the Os on my wife's 70+ yr old 
> mom, who's only interest is email, a little surfing for recipies, and 
> solitaire. She likes BIG icons on her desktop and only three: email, 
> web, and solitaire. So, I think shes' going to love it. We'll see when I 
> install it next week. For me,  it's a nice fresh Os, with a small 
> installation, and has the capabilities to support the big stuff, but I 
> don't want it to.
> 

she might like "beatrix" as well,  www.watsky.net,  basiclaly a minimalist
linux for office/home users. based on ubuntu only lighter and cleaner.




> Jsut my .02 on Ubuntu
> 
> Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
> 
> > Ron Maggio wrote:
> >
> >> I see that the distributions are switching to a annual subscription 
> >> for updating, what distros are then still offering free updates other 
> >> then Debian, I think? So which flavors are still truelly free to use?
> >>  
> >> Ron:)
> >>
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> >    I think Ubuntu may have been made just for me, lol. It is and will 
> > always be absolutely free, and of course that means updates. I get new 
> > updates just about every hour, which is a lot more than any other 
> > distro I've used. Ubuntu is the most "open" distro I've seen. I love 
> > the fact that it's Gnome based, starts off very small, and let's you 
> > add things yourself. Plus the apt repositories are absolutely huge, 
> > there's nothing I haven't been able to find yet. Read some of the 
> > reviews, Breezy is awesome. Much faster then Fedora was, and the same 
> > install is a full 2 gig less bloated.
> >
> 
> 


Dave J. Andruczyk

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