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Originally Posted by Zeeshan Quireshi
FOr the First time I agree with you Wholeheartedly Praka  |
I am surprised you do.
Because firstly, RPM based distros are NOT bad. They are a great experience in themselves. Its in the RPM camp where all innovation takes place. Look at Fedora. Its RED HAT who does most of the dirty work on linux to make it more enterprise ready. You can always install apt/dpkg in Fedora and use it. Tonnes of work arounds exist to makr yum similar to apt-get, and most of them are worth the trouble.
Secondly, Mandriva is actually the BEST RPM based distro. It does not have dependency issues like Fedora since it uses the urpmi continer for rpm packages, and ensures apt like functionality. There is nothing wrong with giving a different menu, since users can always fallback to default.
Thirdly, I agree Ubuntu Ultimate Edition may not be upto it, but one can NEVER insult Linux Mint. Its not just Ubuntu + Codecs. If prakash wants to see "proper" mint, let him see the light edition. Linux Mint light vs Ubuntu Main will show that Linux Mint wins. Why ? Because its just easier to use, Feels more comfortable, and has an excellent set of themes. Its the greenish mint look, mint wallpapers, mint themes, mint menu and the mint tools that make linux mint what it is. Infact, after using lots of, and I
mean lots of distros, I can safely say Mint appears to be the most friendly to use distro ever designed. In My Openion, linux mint is something like "the way ubuntu should have been".
And one must not forget that there DO exist other great desktop distros as well. Sidux is IMO the best desktop for a non beginner to intermediate stage user. PCLinuxOS is an excellent newbie distro, which is a classic example of a RED HAT based distro which uses .deb instead of .rpm . Slackware is the best example of linux at its sweet best. Vector Linux is the best light weight distro which still manages to offer great tools for nearly everything.
The reason many people like prakash (and me) are happy with debian sid is mainly this: Its pefect for lazy bones. Daily updates, everything automated, and a rolling release, so no need to use a CD to reinstall OS when new version comes out. And its light and has vast repositories. This makes it a perfect canditate for most people.
But, the fact still remains that "true" linux can't be experienced with anything ecept the hardcore category, which includes Crux, Arch, Gentoo, etc.
PS: WTH ? Am I writing a damn article here or what ?