[Luna] Ub 5

[Andrew Roazen]

luna-request at lists.flaglug.org wrote:
> Subject:
> Re: [Luna] Install Fest - NAU Details
> From:
> Dennis Taylor <den_62 at yahoo.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:20:11 -0700 (PDT)
> To:
> Linux Users of Flagstaff/Northern Arizona <luna at lists.flaglug.org>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> I was going to meetings for a while and then stopped because my life 
> got in the way.
>
> Anyway, I have 12 copies of Ubuntu 5.10 that I was ordered for the 
> install fest, I will try and drop them off to Deborah in the next 
> couple days.
>
> Dennis
>
>
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>
> Subject:
> Re: [Luna] Install Fest - NAU Details
> From:
> Shane Lofgren <slofgren at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:01:33 -0700
> To:
> Linux Users of Flagstaff/Northern Arizona <luna at lists.flaglug.org>
>
>
> That is actually best.  I prefer that version much better than the 
> current.  Thanks for getting those.
> -Shane
With Dapper available, I do not find Breezy a viable candidate for 
advocating Linux as a desktop system for newcomers, and I've worked with 
both. If we are uncomfortable with Dapper, that should be resolved 
before installing an outdated distro without telling students we are 
doing so.

For starters, the university VPN uses MPPE, which isn't part of the 
kernel until 2.6.15; Breezy uses 2.6.12.

Breezy's support for wireless is poor and difficult to configure without 
installing additional tools (not all of which are in the repository). 
Dapper comes with much better networking support and tools to manage it, 
and is likelier to see the 2.6.17 kernel (Broadcom support) than Breezy. 
Having installed Dapper on a laptop with an external Broadcom wifi card 
and on a desktop machine with Atheros, I'm speaking from experience.

I've also upgraded machines from Breezy to Dapper and even on a T1 
connection the time and energy expended is a waste if a newer distro is 
available. It's annoying enough that Ubuntu's made a separate upgrade CD 
for that purpose.

Dapper's font selection is superior, if even only for the inclusion of 
DejaVu and DejaVu Condensed. Its implementation of GNOME is better and 
friendlier to GLX support. Dapper is more aggressive about keeping a 
current version of Firefox instead of just the version that was released 
with Dapper.

A lot changes in the Linux world in nine months. Part of the reason for 
choosing Ubuntu is to have them in your hands instead of waiting for the 
Debian team's blessings.
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