Graham Percival wrote:
Dunno what version Ubuntu has, but Debian's at texi2html 1.78 and
fontforge 20080429 and 20090408 (unstable).
That's the same texi2html version as Ubuntu has. autogen.sh always
complains that the version is too old.
I'm much more advanced now and am considering something like
Arch or Debian.
Given that Valentin is the only person in the world that uses
Arch, use Debian. You'll like it. :)
Ok. :)
BTW I hear that Linux Mint (an Ubuntu derivative) is even more
noob-friendly b/c it contains all the proprietary drivers and media
codecs already and you don't have to go hunting around for them. Grab
the (indecent) Live CD and give it a spin. ;)
That's only possible because Mint is small enought that nobody
cares that they're breaking the law. There's a reason that
proprietary drivers and media codecs aren't included in the base
system of (most) Linux distros: it's because it's illegal to
distribute them in certain parts of the world, notably the US.
That takes indecency to the next level!
Yes. To be fair, there's a warning on the Mint site saying exactly what
you did. Users are free to ignore it, I guess.
Gotta love the "shoot yourself in the foot" notion that makes
hardware companies copyright their drivers. "No, we do not want
people using our products! We only want consumers to *buy* them,
not *use* them! Video cards should be placed on a shelf and
admired, not used to generate graphics in a computer!"
No kidding. I spent 3+ hours recently trying to make the graphics card
work right with Ubuntu on one of my student's laptops. It still won't
go to the right native resolution after trying the proprietary drivers
and hacking the xorg.conf file, etc. Stupid Nvidia cards...
Even so, the student is happier with a funny-looking Ubuntu install than
he was with Vista. :)
Jon
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