On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 11 Nov 2011 07:37:56 J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Thu, November 10, 2011 8:03 pm, Dale wrote: >> >> <SNIPPED> >> >> > Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you >> > update/install something for idiots' type thing. lol >> >> I think Sabayon would be a better option, but if you really want to go >> with *buntu/debian: >> >> - Install <X> >> # sudo apt-get install <X> >> >> - Update repository: >> # sudo apt-get update >> >> - Upgrade system: >> # sudo apt-get upgrade >> >> For "major" upgrades, you need to change to a different repository or >> something like that. >> I installed Gentoo on my netbook as I got really annoyed with the dodgy >> way ubuntu deals with this. > > Not to forget: > > sudo apt-get autoclean > > and yes, you'll need to get to grips with the various repos to install > packages outside the vanilla version of any distro. > > I've installed Kubuntu on a laptop and a load of extra packages for web > development. Have not heard any complaints for at least a year now. ;-) > > A point to note: Last time I used OpenSuse (must be 4 years ago or more) it > did not seem to be as flexible as ?Ubuntu. There were all sort of dependency > problems if you veered off the beaten track. Also back then there was no way > to upgrade to the later version. It was a matter of reinstalling and > reconfiguring. Things may have moved on since.
Never used OpenSuse, but I've spent about ten years bouncing between Ubuntu and Debian. (I started using Ubuntu around either 5.04 or 6.06. Not sure.) While Ubuntu is usually among the first of the binary distros to support new things, it's been suffering more and more (and more!) decay when you wander off the beaten path. Over the last couple years, it's tended toward beating its own path, so knowledge and skills are becoming less portable if you're bouncing between Ubuntu and other distros, or even between Ubuntu and Debian. It's nice if you want something up and running fast, it's friendly to newbies, and it's friendly to some kinds of administrators, but it's *not* friendly to power users. -- :wq
