Mark Kent wrote:
> I have to agree. Taking 1/2 hour just for the OS is truly abysmal.
Kubuntu took 42 minutes including the update of 89 packages. That's
good, right? Six more CUPS updates this morning took less than a minute.
> Then two or three apps takes a further 1/2 hour... it would take days to
> get most machines usable.
I didn't say two or three apps took 30 minutes to install. Try reading
instead of yapping.
>
> Debian, on the other hand, is quick and simple, as is Ubuntu, since all
> the packages are in one place, and any configuration issues are
> highlighted as you go along, rather than having to spend hours surfing
> to find things.
sean@zohor:~$ dpkg --list
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii acpi 0.09-3ubuntu1 displays information on ACPI devices
ii acpi-support 0.103 a collection of useful events for acpi
ii acpid 1.0.4-5ubuntu8 Utilities for using ACPI power management
ii adduser 3.103ubuntu1 Add and remove users and groups
ii adept 2.1.3ubuntu17. package management suite for KDE
ii adept-batch 2.1.3ubuntu17. command line install for Adept
skip 914 packages
ii xvidtune 1:1.0.1-0ubunt X client - xvidtune
ii xvinfo 1:1.0.1-0ubunt XVideo information
ii xwd 1:1.0.1-0ubunt X client - xwd
ii xwininfo 1:1.0.2-0ubunt X client - xwininfo
ii xwud 1:1.0.1-0ubunt X client - xwud
ii zip 2.32-1 Archiver for .zip files
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg compression library - runtime
924 packages != 924 applications
The only truthful claim you've made is in regard to apt-get.
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