Re: Linux for an older PC
From: Sybren Stuvel (sybrenUSE_at_YOURthirdtower.com.imagination)
Date: 08/23/05
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:04:04 +0200
noi enlightened us with:
> I'd like to hear some real world experiences. For instance, Ubuntu
> doesn't support USB nic adapters yet, a basic firewall is missing but it
> runs nicely.
A firewall is included in every (major) distribution, and that
includes Ubuntu. Besides that, the distro is so easy to install and
use, that my two most computer-illiterate friends use it now without
any trouble.
> Its package manager frontend is light years ahead of FC's up2date
> and yum.
That's true of the whole package manager, not just the frontend.
Sybren
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