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>Good morning from Jim, just South of Boston MA. I have been using Ubuntu
>for a while now and although it seems OK, I am not totally happy with it.
>When I first got it, it seemed streamlined and fast. However as "updates"
>came along it seemed to me to slow down until recently when it is now
>going much slower. At first I thought it was all in my head so I
>reinstalled Ubuntu from my original install disk. Wow, much
>faster.....then the updates started coming and things started slowing down
>a again.
>
>Today as I type this on packet, I am downloading Slackware, Debian and
>Fedora 9.0. I think I'm going to try them all to see which one I like
>best.
Hi Jim,
Ubuntu, Kubuntu & Knoppix are all Debian based, so if you're familiar with
the package handler in Ubuntu you'll have nothing to learn if you choose
Debian.
I've been running Debian systems for 16 years and although difficult to
handle in the past, I believe it is now no more difficult than anything
else.
My bbs (fbb/fpac/xastir aprs) machine runs Debian v4.0 with all updates.
Given that it's only a P300, any slowdowns would be quite evident but I've
not noticed any. My test machine is a P700, also with Debian v4.0, with all
updates.
I ran Kubuntu (7.04) on the test machine for a while and it, too, was fine.
I don't know how Linux savvy you are, but if you're shakey, pick the same
distro as a nearby elmer so that help is more available.
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
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