Freddy Freeloader wrote:
> To tell the truth the Debian way of doing things, and I'll admit I'm
> biased because I'm far more familiar with Debian, is more
> straightforward and seems more logical to me. It doesn't hide anything
> like the Ubuntu way of doing things does.
There's hiding and there's automating. Do you say that Debian hides how
to install software because you don't have to make install everything ala
Slackware or Gentoo or do you say that Debian automates it? To
Slackware/Gentoo folk I'd wager a goodly portion would call it hiding while we
Debian people call it automating.
Same with Ubuntu. Just as there's nothing stopping you from getting down
and dirty and make install on Debian there's nothing on Ubuntu to getting down
in the dirt to configure what you want to the way you want to. On the other
hand it sure was nice to have my video configured properly, sound working out
of the box and on my game machine having Ubuntu detect and properly install my
USBNIC which didn't even work on one of my two Windows boxes.
Could I have done all of that on my own? Probably after hours of cursing
and screaming and having to hunt the net over for esoteric incantations. Am I
glad that Ubuntu hid^H^H^Hautomated the process for me? You're damn skippy!
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