[Ilugc] which Linux distros are dying?
- From: aditya87@xxxxxxxxx (Aditya M)
- Date: Thu Jul 3 15:21:52 2008
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Ashok Gautham J. <ashokgautham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would never use Ubuntu on a system like a university. It needs some
configuration to fit that bill.. Imagine every user having access to every
file using sudo. Of course it can be modified. But it needs more config than
something that comes configured for this out of the box like Debian. Also
remember, if Debian ever shuts down.. which is next to impossible, there
will be no ubuntu.. ubuntu will need those deb packages to add more shine
too.
I don't want to argue that one is better or worse. But I would like to
clear up things that are deluding you:
1) Only the first user created by the person who installs the system
has sudo powers. All other users created, are normal users who can't
see everything. Unless you explicitly specify it, they are not able to
use sudo to see all files. And this is by default.
2) Ubuntu now manages all its own packages. If debian shuts down (and
I agree thats its rather unlikely), Ubuntu will manage. In any case,
Ubuntu now contributes quite a lot back to the debian project.
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Aditya Manthramurthy
B. Tech, CSE NIT Trichy
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