Re:Time for an internal fork... to fix Dapper firs
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 23, 2006 09:20 AM
I notice a lot of your comments have to do with Edubuntu derivative. Really this is one of the newest ubuntu distributions and has only had 2 releases unlike kubuntu (3 releases) and ubuntu 4 releases. As such it likely will have a lot missing which really won't get fixed for another 2 releases.
Kubuntu has had one more release but it too needs probably a few more releases to catch up to Ubuntu. The thing to realize is that the whole project started with Ubuntu and that has been the main focus. However other derivatives are comming off and as they mature they will hopefully get to the maturity of ubuntu.
As for ubuntu, there were a few things that could have been handled better like the installer, last minute drivers and printing but hopefully the poin t release for dapper will fix that.
Also why do you think the *buntu releases need a firewall? It's not like they have any ports open and it's not like their are viruses for linux. (Not saying we should be lax about security but it's hard to know what to look out for unless we have a real virus to deal with). I know you can add firewalls after the install but I'm still not quite sure what the point is. Maybe one of the server options should be setting up a firewall but personal firewalls don't make a lot of sense to me. You may as well go out and buy a hardware firewall if you're concerned about stuff.
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Re:Time for an internal fork... to fix Dapper firs
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 23, 2006 09:20 AMKubuntu has had one more release but it too needs probably a few more releases to catch up to Ubuntu. The thing to realize is that the whole project started with Ubuntu and that has been the main focus. However other derivatives are comming off and as they mature they will hopefully get to the maturity of ubuntu.
As for ubuntu, there were a few things that could have been handled better like the installer, last minute drivers and printing but hopefully the poin t release for dapper will fix that.
Also why do you think the *buntu releases need a firewall? It's not like they have any ports open and it's not like their are viruses for linux. (Not saying we should be lax about security but it's hard to know what to look out for unless we have a real virus to deal with). I know you can add firewalls after the install but I'm still not quite sure what the point is. Maybe one of the server options should be setting up a firewall but personal firewalls don't make a lot of sense to me. You may as well go out and buy a hardware firewall if you're concerned about stuff.
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