[TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway

[jason at monsterjam.org]

aha! ok, so I stand corrected.. I always hear the guys at work complain about "theres 
no upgrade option" available for redhat x.x.. and (wrongly) assumed that it was the 
same for debian/ubuntu.. I have used ubuntu on my wifes pc for a while, but didnt have it 
installed long enough to go through a version upgrade.

Jason


On Sun, 
Mar 25, 
2007 at 02:22:14PM -0400, Jim Tuttle 
wrote:
> trilug-request at trilug.org wrote:
> > Message: 27
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:08:04 -0400
> From: jason at monsterjam.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> Message-ID: <20070325160804.GA15973 at monsterjam.org>
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> 
> well, like I said, you dont have to install X, you dont have to install
> gnome or kde or
> anything else you dont want. Personally, I dont see what everyones
> hang-up is with "install
> time". I cant say that Ive installed gentoo on a P75, but yes, it will
> take quite a while to
> compile your kernel and whatever else you want to install. So I set up a
> screen session to
> the box, emerge a few packages at once, and go do something else for a
> few hours. or let it
> run overnight. Sure it might take a weekend to ge a server installed.
> Its not like I have to
> sit there any watch it compile..  ;)
> 
> in my opinion, the up-front time to install a gentoo system ONCE outweighs
> having to reinstall <your binary distro version here> as they go through
> their release cycles
> over the years.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> That's not true.  I've used Ubuntu since version 4.10 released in late
> 2004.  I've never reinstalled my desktop.  I always apt-get the latest
> release.  So far I've been through 5 releases and am waiting for the
> next one to come out of beta.
> 
> Jim
> 
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