[GNUz] test clock

[Rik Tindall]

Nick Rout wrote:

>>Yes, we got it in the end.
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>before the distro change wasn't it?
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Yes. And Suse is still safely in place, just in case it gets preferred; 
I clipped another 10GB off XP for Ubuntu. Suse Yast & fdisk did the job 
well.

>I didn't know they had removed theming support from SuSE?
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Haven't played round with it enough to know. I thought it was the (poor) 
video support. Ubu-Gnome just looks sharper, if more basic, out of the 
box. It displays clearer & tidier.

>>Now she has something she likes much better, of a professionally sharp 
>>appearance, plus more regular support.
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>dunno that i would put support for ubuntu ahead of SuSE?
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It depends where one is looking. GLU adds an extra focus.

>Hmm I see see ubuntu as good if it has what u want in it, but falls down on hardware support to an extent (viz vatsala's modem!),
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that's common to all Linux's, except Xandro$, from what I have seen.

> and package
>selection (unless you want to try and break its philosophy and maybe its whole being) by introducing outside packages.
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I'm not troubled getting everything necessary so far.

>Don't get me wrong I do quite like it, but not sure that it is ideal by
>any stretch. I still agree with the position you held a year ago when we
>did the last installfest, that SuSE is the best for newbies.
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Ubu wasn't out then. I find it better to use, with Apt over RPM as a 
surety; not much wrong with Suse's RPMs tho, unless you want Gnome - it 
lags.

Both are good, but there's an advanced path to Debian worth having.

Most installees get left high & dry with what's provided them, & are not 
seen again.

>Nick
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- Rik

on new Ubuntu desktop, with Firestarter 1.0.1. RedHat Linux becoming 
history..