OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu?

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 22:13:06 +0530
Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi
 
> >It comes on a single CD, so you can
> >get a basic working system without downloading/burning four ISOs
> >(*ahem*Fedora*ahem*).  And it's focused to the desktop - which is how I
> >use Linux.

> Fedora only requires the first two CD's for personal desktop
> installation

I always get asked for the third (I've never gotten asked for the fourth),
but I customize the package list a little bit, and I need to install devel
stuff because I have to compile the ltmodem drivers and some scientific
software for my laptops.

Still, it doesn't change the point about Ubuntu significantly - it's a
smaller download that's just about as "complete" for a desktop/laptop user
as Fedora's two, three, or four discs.

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