Comments on: Downloading FC5 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html according to my observations, there is now sufficient reasons for greater optimism Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:50:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: cana pre http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-172517 cana pre Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:41:54 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-172517 <strong>cana pre...</strong> SomegifttoME 354671 Actual news on cana pre category.... cana pre…

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]]> By: Aaron Wormus http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101263 Aaron Wormus Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:01:12 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101263 heh, well I remember installing gnucash on slackware with gnome 1.x it was simpler before gnome2... now I use <a href="http://www.grisbi.org/" rel="nofollow">grisbi</a>. So RPM doesn't do automatic dependancy resolution? There was a reason why I didn't like rpms but I just wasn't sure what it was :) heh, well I remember installing gnucash on slackware with gnome 1.x it was simpler before gnome2… now I use grisbi.

So RPM doesn’t do automatic dependancy resolution? There was a reason why I didn’t like rpms but I just wasn’t sure what it was :)

]]> By: Markus Wolff http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101262 Markus Wolff Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:50:13 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101262 It wasn't always like that, but Kubuntu does have a stable release cycle now. In fact, it has the same release cycle as Ubuntu itself. The latest incarnation, Kubuntu 6.06 a.k.a Dapper Drake, has the same three trailing letters as its mother distribution: LTS - which stands for "Long Time Support". In Ubuntu/Kubuntu terms, this means three years of guaranteed updates. The most complicated (read: *tons* of dependencies) thing I had to compile by hand was GnuCash, which went surprisingly well, considering the number of libs it needs (these guys are f... mental!). I've tried older releases of SuSE, RedHat and Mandrake before - but since I got introduced to distributions with package management systems that auto-resolve dependencies (read: Portage, APT), I'm hooked - can't imagine how anyone could ever have lived without it (read: RPM) :-) It wasn’t always like that, but Kubuntu does have a stable release cycle now. In fact, it has the same release cycle as Ubuntu itself. The latest incarnation, Kubuntu 6.06 a.k.a Dapper Drake, has the same three trailing letters as its mother distribution: LTS - which stands for “Long Time Support”. In Ubuntu/Kubuntu terms, this means three years of guaranteed updates.

The most complicated (read: *tons* of dependencies) thing I had to compile by hand was GnuCash, which went surprisingly well, considering the number of libs it needs (these guys are f… mental!).

I’ve tried older releases of SuSE, RedHat and Mandrake before - but since I got introduced to distributions with package management systems that auto-resolve dependencies (read: Portage, APT), I’m hooked - can’t imagine how anyone could ever have lived without it (read: RPM) :-)

]]> By: Aaron Wormus http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101240 Aaron Wormus Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:51:41 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101240 Yeh, that's what everyone says about their own personal favorite... what I'm looking for is: 1. Continued Support 2. Good KDE Support 3. Easy to compile stuff from scratch I don't want to use Ubuntu because they are so Gnome heavy (I know there is Kubuntu, but that is a spin off without the stable release cycle). I could go with Debian (I already have a deb server and I'm very happy with it) but for a desktop OS I need more bells and whistles, I also don't want to have to configure my wifi by hand. I know 2 people who use FC (1 commercially supporting it), and I know I can ask them for support so it makes the choice a lot easier. Maybe you can show me around your system when I come over :) Yeh, that’s what everyone says about their own personal favorite… what I’m looking for is:

1. Continued Support
2. Good KDE Support
3. Easy to compile stuff from scratch

I don’t want to use Ubuntu because they are so Gnome heavy (I know there is Kubuntu, but that is a spin off without the stable release cycle). I could go with Debian (I already have a deb server and I’m very happy with it) but for a desktop OS I need more bells and whistles, I also don’t want to have to configure my wifi by hand.

I know 2 people who use FC (1 commercially supporting it), and I know I can ask them for support so it makes the choice a lot easier.

Maybe you can show me around your system when I come over :)

]]> By: Xanthous http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101239 Xanthous Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:45:19 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/07/31/downloading-fc5.html#comment-101239 You should check out Mepis. They have a cool live CD as well. I've been using it exclusively on my desktop for a year now. Great stuff, great distro, great forum/support!! ;-) http://www.mepis.org You should check out Mepis. They have a cool live CD as well. I’ve been using it exclusively on my desktop for a year now.
Great stuff, great distro, great forum/support!! ;-)

http://www.mepis.org

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