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____/ Rick on Monday 04 August 2008 17:18 : \____
> On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:45:06 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> JEDIDIAH <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> On 2008-08-04, Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>> G> A Quick Look at Xubuntu Xtreme
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Unlike PC/OS and Linux Mint, Xubuntu Xtreme doesn’t make any
>>>>> attempt to call | itself a new distribution. It’s just Xubuntu with
>>>>> stuff added. You can read | more about what’s added here, but to
>>>>> summarize, you get multimedia codecs, | Java, Flash, DVD playback,
>>>>> some extra themes, and a few extra programs | already installed.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://linuxmoderate.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/a-quick-look-at-
> xubuntu-xtreme/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unbelievable.
>>>>
>>>> So a new name. A new "distro". And all it is pretty much a dkpg file
>>>> list. What a joke.
>>>
>>> If it weren't that you would be whining that the end user would have
>>> some unbearable burden like installing all of this stuff themselves.
>>
>> No I would not. I have frequently asked WHY distros exist when a good
>> solid one like Debian can be set up like the "new distro" in only a few
>> minutes.
>>
>> But lets not let the truth get in the way of a typical COLA lie and
>> slur.
>>
>> And heres how I did it on new ubuntu machines: (you snipped it in your
>> reply).
>>
>> ,----
>> | #!/bin/bash
>> | # restore-packages - bash script for Ubuntu. | # Script to restore
>> Ubuntu packages from a package list | # generated by the partner script
>> save-packages | # August 07 Hadron.
>> | packagesfile=$1
>> | if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
>> | packagesfile=$(hostname)"-installed-packages.txt" | echo "No
>> filename specified so using default filename to restore packages - "
>> $packagesfile | fi
>> | sudo dpkg --set-selections < $packagesfile | sudo dselect update
>> | sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
>> | echo "Done!"
>> `----
>>
>> So once again you are proven to be a liar.
>
>
> So, why did Canonical/Shuttleworth develop Ubuntu?
It's rhetorical.
Your entering a hyperbole with the Microsoft Munchkin. I think Jedidiah has
already nailed one on the coffin of a no-brainer. :-)
- --
~~ Best of wishes
"Bill Gates looks at everything as something that should be his. He acts in any
way he can to make it his. It can be an idea, market share, or a contract.
There is not an ounce of conscientiousness or compassion in him. The notion of
fairness means nothing to him. The only thing he understands is leverage."
--Philippe Kahn
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