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   Subject: Re: Canonical and Linspire Announce Technology Partnership   
   From: SINNER    
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   Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:28:13 GMT   
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   * MCR wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
      
   > SINNER wrote:   
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   >> I cannot, in my heart reccommend anything that is so windows like as   
   >> to make the user think they are using windows, it will just lead to   
   >> bad feelings about the OS. IMO, Users should always be able to see   
   >> and feel like they are in a different OS so they can adjust their   
   >> expectations accordingly. So if a newb were to ask me, I would still   
   >> reccomend Ubuntu, but I myself am considering moving on to somethiing   
   >> a bit less newb friendly as I feel my learning is stagnating. Maybe I   
   >> need to create a few problems ;)   
   >>    
   >    
   > I tried Gentoo and found it a real P.I.T.A.    
      
   Me too! I have a virtual machine of Gentoo that I have been tring to get    
   up to date but it failed miserably.   
      
   > I have also used Mandrake   
   > (before it went down the toilet and became mandriva).    
      
   Ditto, since 8.2 until 10.2   
      
   > Whatever distro   
   > I jump to (If i drop Ubuntu) it will be debian based as I also hate   
   > RPM.   
      
   I do like Deb based stuff also. Ubuntu was my first Deb based distro.   
      
   > Obviously this is personal taste.  I am not here to convince you   
   > not to jump ship.   
      
   Oh, I wont be jumping anytime soon. I think I'd like to try Slackware but    
   the whole package manager not handleing dependencies seems like a step    
   backwards to me. I know, slack users like it that way, as you say,    
   personal preference.   
      
   --    
   David   
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