[lug] Re: KDE or GNOME

On 12/21/05, Mike Myers <fluffymikey@gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope I didn't imply I was bashing any of the distros, because I
> certainly wasn't. I think the debian distro is a good one, and in
> fact gentoo's portage system concept was taken from debian's apt-get.
> I just like Gentoo because I have much greater control over
> everything, and also because apt-get didn't seem to have nearly as
> many packages as gentoo. Although, I've only tried Kubuntu, which is

I would be a Gentoo person, but I have enough problems with installers as it is.

> debian based. I assume the apt-get is the same for kubuntu as it is
> for a regular install of debian. I haven't heard many bad things

It is.

> abouse Suse, but I could tell you some stories about FC. Those rpms
> make administrating a red hat system a nightmare. I don't like to
> really think in terms of 'this distro is better than that one' as much
> as I think like, 'this distro suits me better than that one'. The
> whole point of linux is choice, so for any distro to downright
> dominate would pretty much defeat that philosophy.

I try not to bash distros, but I have to admit that the RPM system is
very bad and really needs some work (as in: emergency re-do type work)