[Lvlug] What happened?

[Christopher Hever]

On 4/15/06, Mark <mstanley at technologist.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 15 April 2006 05:12 pm, Darryl Gibson wrote:
> > Linux excels at breathing new life into old hardware, so I was surprised
> > Ubuntu didn't support the serial mouse.
> >
> > Another problem with the Ubuntu live CD is it is slooow, Knoppix runs rings
> > around it.
>
> I ran Knoppix once or twice just for testing and was pleased.  So after I
> heard all the great noise about Ubuntu I was really disappointed at how badly
> it worked. I'll probably never try Ubuntu again.

Ubuntu is fine if you have fast hardware. But in my experience, the
best dists are Slackware, Debian, and those derivatives that most
remain faithful to their roots. (For me, that's Vector, but I am fond
of Knoppix esp. w/ lightweight window manager.)

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