[Luna] Ub 5

[Shane Lofgren]

I would have to agree with your statements for the most part.  Mine come
down to personal preferences. I have found quick solutions to most of the
complaints you have metioned.  So, do we have copies of the latest available
or do we need to make some?
-Shane



On 8/24/06, Andrew Roazen <Andrew.Roazen at nau.edu> wrote:
>
>  luna-request at lists.flaglug.org wrote:
>
>   Subject:
> Re: [Luna] Install Fest - NAU Details  From:
> Dennis Taylor <den_62 at yahoo.com> <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><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
>
> ------------------------------
>
>   Subject:
> Re: [Luna] Install Fest - NAU Details  From:
> Shane Lofgren <slofgren at gmail.com> <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><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 installing an outdated distro without telling students we are doing so.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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