Lord Illidan
August 2nd, 2006, 11:16 AM
Hi guys...
I have some bad news...or good news, depends how you take it, hehe..
I've been using Ubuntu steadily for over a year now. I've experienced my fair share of ups and downs on it..more ups than downs, to be correct. I've also spent a lot of time on this forum, and I hope I helped many people and encouraged discussion. Being part of this community is fun.
However, I now want to travel a bit further into Linux itself. I want a distro that is more DIY than Ubuntu.
At first I considered Gentoo..yet I have no time for compiling all that stuff.
ArchLinux seems a bit too advanced for me, atm.
I then started to gravitate towards slackware.
Then I remembered a small distro I had installed before installing Ubuntu, Zenwalk Linux. At that time, it had impressed me, but not that much. Some things didn't work, mainly nvidia drivers and the like, and it was hard to use.
Now I've given it a revisit, and I love it. It's faster than Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Xubuntu. Much much faster. Even with KDE and Gnome installed, apps start up in a few seconds or less. Nvidia drivers work. Codecs work.
To be fair, Ubuntu does all of those things, too. But I want to exercise my linux skills a bit more.
It's true, the lack of apt-get is a thorn in my side. Although netpkg is quite good, the GUI leaves a lot to be desired. Yet, I look at this as an opportunity, perhaps I could even write something myself for it.
The forums are also good...not that many members, true..but I get the feeling that Zenwalk is getting more relevant than many distros today.
It's also amazing how a community based distro can give a better user experience than larger distros like Suse or Mandriva which have industrial backing beside them. At least, in my experience.
I'll still pop in these forums from time to time though. And I wish the best of luck to many members, and I also look forward to seeing the Ubuntu Christian Edition.
Cheers.
I have some bad news...or good news, depends how you take it, hehe..
I've been using Ubuntu steadily for over a year now. I've experienced my fair share of ups and downs on it..more ups than downs, to be correct. I've also spent a lot of time on this forum, and I hope I helped many people and encouraged discussion. Being part of this community is fun.
However, I now want to travel a bit further into Linux itself. I want a distro that is more DIY than Ubuntu.
At first I considered Gentoo..yet I have no time for compiling all that stuff.
ArchLinux seems a bit too advanced for me, atm.
I then started to gravitate towards slackware.
Then I remembered a small distro I had installed before installing Ubuntu, Zenwalk Linux. At that time, it had impressed me, but not that much. Some things didn't work, mainly nvidia drivers and the like, and it was hard to use.
Now I've given it a revisit, and I love it. It's faster than Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Xubuntu. Much much faster. Even with KDE and Gnome installed, apps start up in a few seconds or less. Nvidia drivers work. Codecs work.
To be fair, Ubuntu does all of those things, too. But I want to exercise my linux skills a bit more.
It's true, the lack of apt-get is a thorn in my side. Although netpkg is quite good, the GUI leaves a lot to be desired. Yet, I look at this as an opportunity, perhaps I could even write something myself for it.
The forums are also good...not that many members, true..but I get the feeling that Zenwalk is getting more relevant than many distros today.
It's also amazing how a community based distro can give a better user experience than larger distros like Suse or Mandriva which have industrial backing beside them. At least, in my experience.
I'll still pop in these forums from time to time though. And I wish the best of luck to many members, and I also look forward to seeing the Ubuntu Christian Edition.
Cheers.