[LUNI] Ever heard of SimplyMEPIS Linux?

[Martin Maney]

On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 05:36:01PM -0700, sean-lynch at sean-lynch.com wrote:
> This is why I have not installed Ubuntu as a business 
> desktop. Most places want a great deal of 'lock down' on 
> what can be installed and tweaked by the users. This is 
> possible with the usual debian set up, but very difficult 
> with Ubuntu.

Oh, bullshit.  It's one thing to be excessively annoyed by it yourself,
and quite another to spout nonsense like this.

...unless you're having the users themselves install it from CD, I
guess, in which case I don't see how you lock them down with any other
distro either.

> I have not used the Ubuntu server install. It may not be 
> an issue there, but since debian has everything and is 
> easy to install there is no benefit to Ubuntu as a server.

There might still be benefit in some cases - even with the leisurely
pace of Debian releases, I don't think they've yet provided support for
any one version for a full five years.  :-)

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