On Friday 15 December 2006 18:00, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > My dilemma is that I am waiting for the release of Etch but now I'm > tempted to use Ubuntu 6.10 for the job.
I'd recommend 6.06...it will be supported for longer. > What would be the benefit of using Debian Etch over Ubuntu 6.10 Slightly new kernel. Not sure about applications. > (aside from not having to use the stupid 'sudo') You can use su on Ubuntu too, if you want. Just give the root user a password. And you can always sudo -s to get to a shell. > since I've heard Ubuntu is better suited to the Gnome > desktop user? Is Debian Etch worth the wait for this particular > project? I've not used Gnome on Ubuntu, but we have six Ubuntu 6.06 installs in production here (two web server, two name servers, and two VMWare servers), with a couple more coming online soon, and they have been rock solid stable. I'm sure Etch will be too, but just FYI. j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111
