Comments on: Students using PCLinuxOS in Vietnam

By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin)

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:41:29 +0000

Getting Compiz to run on an Acer, no way When I can get some desktops for full Linux installs, then maybe…

By: loudog

loudog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:05:43 +0000

I am curious if the compiz 3d desktop is a hit with your class (im sure the the students will figure out a way to make it work) or if it has even been explored yet?

By: O.S. Revolution » PCLinuxOS - radically simple.

O.S. Revolution » PCLinuxOS - radically simple. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:07:03 +0000

[...] Tornando seri e sperando che seguano un po’ tutti questo mio esempio, ho deciso di scaricare la iso e provarla … Devo per forza dirvi le miei impressioni? Secondo me è ben fatta e se date uno sguardo in rete vi accorgerete che in tutto il mondo se ne parla altrettanto bene. [...]

By: Hoàng ??c Hi?u

Hoàng ??c Hi?u — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:39:11 +0000

@Fri13: I don’t get what you mean, marketing is marketing. I also haven’t heard the “there isn’t any other samekind [t]hat would be easy to use” from anybody.

And Ubuntu also has all packages it inherits from Debian, not just non-”normal user needs”. Which, btw, is much more than what a person on #pclinuxos-support told me available in PCLOS “7260 or 7270 packages”.

Ubuntu also separates non-free sw into multiverse and restricted, Does PCLOS do so? There’re Gobuntu, a free-sw-only Ubuntu flavour, and Gnewsense, based on Ubuntu 6.06 that only serves free sw.

And shouldn’t each distro have a distinct default look? That’s just a theme.

By: Fri13

Fri13 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:57:58 +0000

“@Tom G: I am getting that a lot. I keep telling some people, Ubuntu DOES NOT Linux. The Ubuntu community in Vietnam is really hurting the Linux movement in this country.”

Do you mean what i think? That some people thinks Ubuntu builds GNU/Linux as Microsoft does windows. I have seen many new GNU/Linux users to believe that Ubuntu is different Operating System than any other distribution and Ubuntu is easy to use because it has great desktop. They just dont understand that Ubuntu is using same parts of GNU/Linux as any other distribution like by using Gnome as desktop, but it configures and choose them in different way.
Like only selects those parts what they think normal user needs and leaves everything else off. And configure Gnome to use own theme and few other applets by default as other distros does samething.

I feel that Ubuntu is doint more harm to GNU/Linux FOSS community than any other distribution. Just becase it is marketing itself (and by users) as easy to use Linux based OS and there isn’t any other samekind what would be easy to use.

I’m Mandriva user myself and i have long time wanted to try PCLinuxOS (it is based to Mandriva) because it has few nice things by default, and if it really rocks, i can suggest it for new users. Now i suggest Mandriva over any Ubuntu based distro

It’s great to see that computer users knows that there is always a alternative to select what OS they like to run. It doesn’t need to be Windows XP or Windows Vista, It can be GNU/Linux or even *BSD. And there is great applications for free (as time (speech) and as money (beer) ).

By: Hugh E Torrance

Hugh E Torrance — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:08:57 +0000

I regularly use PCLinuxOS and Ubuntu 7.1, also several other distros are up and running plus some PC-BSD and…they are all just great and getting better all the time…I have xp as well but its really just a handy tool.