RE: [tlug] Newbie: Kubuntu Configuration: Kubuntu 7.10 (GutsyGibbon)Released

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tlug-bounces@example.com [mailto:tlug-bounces@example.com Behalf Of
> Scott Robbins
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 1:04 PM
> To: Tokyo Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [tlug] Newbie: Kubuntu Configuration: Kubuntu 7.10
> (GutsyGibbon)Released
> 
> Especially for the newcomer, it has several attractions.  Things like
> Arch and Gentoo aren't really newcomer friendly. Nor is the venerable
> Slackware.  Fedora is cutting edge, and things break, also 
> Ubuntu comes on one CD vs. the Fedora DVD.  
> 
<snip>
> So, there's your looooooooooooooong answer.  The biggest 
> factors in its popularity are probably the publicity that 
> it gets, deservedly so, the fact that it's on one CD, 
> (I left out SuSE earlier--like Fedora, they don't have a 
> single CD, though Fedora now has a single live CD which
> will also install.)
> 

You know, it could be argued that Gentoo comes with
a single LiveCD that will allow install as well. *grins*

>:P

A functional GUI wasn't specifically mentioned after all. ^_^

hehehe.

-- 
Ken