Re: Suggestions for Distro
- From: Alex Butcher <alex.butcher.news1005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:52:57 +0000
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:20:05 +0000, Gordon wrote:
> I've used Ubuntu 5.10 and liked it very much. My only real criticism is
> the way that Evolution is tied so deeply into the distro - for example,
> if I right-click on a file in Nautilus and choose "send to" the ONLY
> email option given is Evolution, and you can't change it.
I bet you can, though it might require manually editing config files. Try
running commands like:
grep -r -i evolution ~/
and see if that finds any interesting config files that might be used by
nautilus. Failing that, if it really is hard-coded into Nautilus (ugh!),
then move the evolution binary out of the way, and try making a link named
'evolution' to the MUA of your choice.
TBH, every distro has its flaws, and if you're considering switching over
a minor irritation like this, you're going to be disappointed. IMHO,
you're better off learning how to configure the distro you like best to
your personal tastes. You also learn more that way, too. Personally, I've
stuck with RH-like distros (e.g. RHEL, FC, CentOS) since switching to
RH2.1 as my second distro after starting with Slackware 2.2.0 (the a.out
to ELF binary format change somewhat forced the issue, by all but forcing
a backup and reinstall).
> I would also like the ability to be able to install latest versions of
> apps - like TBird 1.5 etc. without having to climb through hoops in
> order to do it.
Depends what your view of 'jumping through hoops' is.
Generally, distros subscribe to one of two philosophies - either stick to
what comes with the distro, and upgrade to the next release when you want
newer toys (and jump through hoops if you want o diverge from that), or
they're built to be fiddled with and customised, but /everything/ is
jumping through hoops to a lesser or greater degree. I would characterise
Debian (Stable) and RH-alike distros as the former, and Gentoo as the
latter.
> I have tried the server install of Ubuntu and then got XFCE but I am not
> sure that that sort of Windows manager is suitable for the other users
> on the machine.
Sure it is, but you might need to manually configure it. Try creating
other user accounts and see what happens. Bear in mind that you should be
able to drop templates config files for new user home directories in
/etc/skel.
HTH,
Alex.
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