What Linux Distro were you using before Ubuntu?

[dataw0lf]

I personally view Ubuntu's popularity with "power linux-users" like gentoo users as a seal of approval from those knowledgeable of Linux. And there is no shortage of affection from first-time/entry level Linux users either.

I agree. I was *extremely* surprised when I first started watching Ubuntu's progress and started seeing Slackware and Gentoo guys jump aboard. It was easy to dismiss Ubuntu as a 'noob distro', but after I got indepth with examining Ubuntu I was quite surprised at the depth (and the Debian roots helped alot too, I'm a HUGE fan of apt/dpkg). Ubuntu is probably the best desktop/workstation distro I've found so far. Plus, it's easy to sychronize between my Debian server and my Ubuntu workstation. Now, if they'd just come out with a Ubuntu version of FreeBSD...
dataw0lf

[Magneto]

Now, if they'd just come out with a Ubuntu version of FreeBSD...
dataw0lf

they did its called OpenBSD

[BWF89]

I used Fedora Core 2 for about a day until dad wanted Windows XP back so we had to reload the computer. I'm still not actully useing Ubuntu but I'm going to save up to get one by shoveling driveways...

[Magneto]

I used Fedora Core 2 for about a day until dad wanted Windows XP back so we had to reload the computer. I'm still not actully useing Ubuntu but I'm going to save up to get one by shoveling driveways...

ROTFL Whoa who almost died off of that one? you or your dad?

why not dual boot if you have the space?

[BWF89]

why not dual boot if you have the space?

I tried to install Fedora 2 on my backup drive (which I deleted to try to install Windows Server 2003) but it didn't work...


I followed the windows instrctions to make a new partition useing MS Dos TO THE WORD and it didn't work...

and after having to spend 8 hours reloading the computer my parents don't want ANYTHING having to do with Linux on the pc. Plus the fact that they litterly blame EVERYTHING that goes wrong on the pc on me. A week ago I was getting yelled at just about every day from my dad because he thinks me downloading GIMP, Firefox, Openoffice and other programs had to do with the computer not working right...

It's just alot easier for me to shovel driveways than to have to put up with the moronic reasoning and getting yelled at every day from my parents for "screwing up the computer"...

[Magneto]

lol i hope it snows alot

[TravisNewman]

I tried to install Fedora 2 on my backup drive (which I deleted to try to install Windows Server 2003) but it didn't work...


I followed the windows instrctions to make a new partition useing MS Dos TO THE WORD and it didn't work...

and after having to spend 8 hours reloading the computer my parents don't want ANYTHING having to do with Linux on the pc. Plus the fact that they litterly blame EVERYTHING that goes wrong on the pc on me. A week ago I was getting yelled at just about every day from my dad because he thinks me downloading GIMP, Firefox, Openoffice and other programs had to do with the computer not working right...

It's just alot easier for me to shovel driveways than to have to put up with the moronic reasoning and getting yelled at every day from my parents for "screwing up the computer"...

Dude, that sucks. Luckily my parents were scared of the computer, and even now only gets on about 5 minutes a week to send an email or something. So until I built them a computer (when I moved to college) they never touched it or cared what I did.

[piedamaro]

and after having to spend 8 hours reloading the computer my parents don't want ANYTHING having to do with Linux on the pc.

8 hours? Upgrade the pc, or better, upgrade your parents! *lol*

[[xploit]]

I orignally came from Red Hat 3.x , hows that for a long time

Since then, Debian Woody. Fell in love with apt-get. Tried Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware, Gentoo, stuck with Knoppix for the logest time due to the bleeding edge, but it always seem to come up short. I installed Ubuntu and was blown away.

I love it. GOOD WORK!

[spartas]

uh, ubuntu is my first distro. I read about how people are praising it for what it is. I came from windows, where (most of the time) things just worked, and you were a slave to MS.

After installing ubuntu, things were broken. GDM, and my wireless card were broke. I almost regretted moving to linux, until I saw the light, and it changed me. Ubuntu is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me. I haven't dealt with other distros, so I don't exactly know what ubuntu has over FC, or slackware, or even debian. But it works, and it works as expected. That's all I expect.

<< Has been using ubuntu about 3 months.