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Ubuntu, Linux...all confusion.
Duki3003:
So? LXDE is canceled but why would you want that...
There is just no official date set for the release of 8 yet, but it should happen this month...
Mikan:
--- Quote from: Duki3003 on November 01, 2009, 01:58:44 AM ---So? LXDE is canceled but why would you want that...
There is just no official date set for the release of 8 yet, but it should happen this month...
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I guess im going to wait then if theres going to be an update soon, no point to get it now then update it in a few weeks
sdedalus83:
With a debian based distro, the way you upgrade your OS is apt-get dist upgrade, not reformat, reinstall. Get really used to constant updates.
Mikan:
--- Quote from: sdedalus83 on November 01, 2009, 02:09:06 AM ---With a debian based distro, the way you upgrade your OS is apt-get dist upgrade, not reformat, reinstall. Get really used to constant updates.
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ooh i see thats good
Xiong Chiamiov:
Yes to everything everybody has said.
--- Quote from: sdedalus83 on November 01, 2009, 02:09:06 AM ---With a debian based distro, the way you upgrade your OS is apt-get dist upgrade, not reformat, reinstall. Get really used to constant updates.
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...except that most people I know do reinstalls for new versions (on Ubuntu, at least), because everything breaks doing a dist upgrade. Now, if you're using a rolling-release distro, then yes, you make sure to never go more than a few days without upgrading.
I do not feel that Ubuntu is technically the best distro for beginners to linux, but it is by far the most popular, so it is quite easy to get assistance with it. Although, when I was last around the forums, the asker-to-answerer ratio was getting pretty high.
Do you enjoy tinkering? Do you enjoy reading manuals? If not, then linux doesn't really have much to offer you - yes, it has no price and yes, we like to push cool open-source stuff but really, you'll only be really happy with it if you're looking for extreme flexibility. For instance, before using linux, I was using an alternate file manager and shell on Windows, because I thought that explorer kinda sucked. If you like explorer, then I don't really see the point of linux for you.
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